[53.] See speech of Sir B. Hall in 1885 in House of Commons, Hansard, vol. cxxxvii. p. 715.

[54.] 18 and 19 Vic. cap. 120.

[55.] 18 and 19 Vic. cap. 121.

[56.] 18 and 19 Vic. cap. 122.

[57.] Section 103 of Metropolis Local Management Act.

[58.] There is in the library of the London County Council an almost complete set of these annual reports inherited from the Metropolitan Board of Works. Unless those sent to the Secretary of State, as directed by the Act, have been preserved, there is no other collection in existence.

[59.] St. Giles’.

[60.] Fulham.

[61.] Rotherhithe.

[62.] Hackney.