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afford an opportunity for all parties baiag heard, the Commissioners
decided that a Local Inquiry should take place
on the matter. At this, not only the Board of Works for
the St. Giles District but also the Board of Works for the
Holborn District, the Vestry of the Liberty of Saffron
Hill, and the Governors and Directors of the Poor of the
United Parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn-above-the-Bars,
and St. George the Martyr, Middlesex, were represented,
as well as the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn.
The whole of the details of the rateable value, population,
and all the circumstances were gone into, and after some
little delay the Commissioners published a draft scheme,
which, excepting for minor matters of detail, followed
their original proposals, and they decided that the Councillors
for the Borough of Holborn should be 42, and that
the Borough should be divided into nine Wards, which
were to have a representation as follows:—
Saffron Hill Ward.—Three Councillors. This Ward
will consist of the Liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden,
Ely Rents, and Ely Place. This is coloured purple on the
map which accompanies this Report.
North St. Andrew Ward.—Three Councillors. To
consist of that part of the Parish of St. Andrew, Holbornabove-the-Bars,
lying to the west of Gray's Inn Road,
coloured grey on the map.
South-East St. Andrew Ward.—Nine Councillors. To
consist of the residue of the Parish of St. Andrew,
Holborn-above-the-Bars, with Furnivals Inn, Staple Inn,
and Gray's Inn, coloured orange on the map.
St. George-the-Martyr Ward.—Three Councillors. To
consist of the Parish of St. George-the-Martyr, coloured
light green on the map.