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The Order required that a capital of £15,000 should be appropriated
as a separate capital for the purposes of the undertaking, and a
deposit of or security for £2,250; and if such deposit was not made
within six months the Board of Trade might revoke the Order.
The deposit was not made, hut an application was made by the
promoters to the Vestry for consent for an extension of time. The
Vestry refused for reasons which need not here be stated, and it is
anticipated that the promoters will not proceed further with the
scheme.*
ST. JOHN'S ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
This has been completed and the purchase-money paid to the
London School Board, towards which the Metropolitan Board will
contribute one-half.
REGENTS' CANAL RAILWAY.
No progress whatever seems to have been made in the direction
of the execution of this scheme. It is now certain that the
Company must apply to Parliament for an extension of time for
completion, or abandon part or the whole of the undertaking.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Vestry has been engaged in four Actions-at-Law during
the past year. One in which the Vestry was Plaintiff, to try the
right of possession to a piece of land, which being a public nuisance
and failing to find an owner who could furnish a satisfactory title,
the Vestry enclosed and occupied. In this the Vestry was not
successful. In one case an action was brought against the Vestry
to recover damages by a person who slipped upon a worn sewer
flap ; the case was brought from the Superior to the County
Court, and damages were given for £100. In another case a
person met with injury while descending some steps from the
lown Hall, where he had been to attend a concert. He recovered
Since the above was written the Board of Trade have issued notice that the
Order will be revoked. The course will thereupon be open for other parties to
apply for powers.