C. LONSDALE, 26. Old Bond Street.
THE GENERAL LAND DRAINAGE AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 12 and 13 Vict. c. 91.
DIRECTORS.
- HENRY KER SEYMER, Esq., M.P., Hanford, Dorset, Chairman.
- JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, Esq., Maresfield Park, Sussex, Deputy-Chairman.
- JOHN CHEVALLIER COBBOLD, Esq., M.P., Ipswich.
- WILLIAM CUBITT, Esq., Great George Street, Westminster.
- HENRY CURRIE, Esq., M.P., West Horsley, Surrey.
- THOMAS EDWARD DICEY, Esq., Claybrook Hall, Lutterworth.
- WILLIAM FISHER HOBBS, Esq., Boxted Lodge, Colchester.
- EDWARD JOHN HUTCHINS, Esq., M.P., Eaton Square, London.
- SAMUEL MORTON PETO, Esq., M.P., Great George Street.
- COLONEL GEORGE ALEXANDER REID, M.P., Bulstrode Park, Bucks.
- WILLIAM TITE, Esq., F.R.S., Lowndes Square, London.
- WILLIAM WILSHERE, Esq., The Frythe, Welwyn, Herts.
This Company is empowered to execute—
1. All works of Drainage (including Outfalls through adjoining Estates), Irrigation, Reclaiming, Enclosing, and otherwise improving Land.
2. To erect Farm Homesteads, and other Buildings necessary for the cultivation of Land.
3. To execute Improvements, under Contract, with Commissioners of Sewers, Local Boards of Health, Corporations, Trustees, and other Public Bodies.
4. To purchase Lands capable of Improvement, and fettered by Restrictions of Entail; and having executed the necessary Works, to resell them with a Title communicated by the Company's Act.