THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAECH 22, 1901. 2041 Purchase, acquisition, laying out, planting and (e) Removal of certain gates, bars, or other improvement of parks, gardens, and open spaces. obstructions in streets. Fencing, drainage, buildings, entrance gates, (f) Expenditure in connection with historical bandstands, shelters, gymnasiums, boats, appli- buildings. ances, and conveniences of various kinds in Purchases of property, compensation, and parks and open spaces, formation and improve- works, rehousing of persons displaced, and other ment of lakes and ponds, and providing accommo- incidental expenditure under the London County dation for bathing, river-walls and embankments Council (Improvements) Act, 18P9. viz.:— and water supply. (a) Holborn to Strand, new street. Contributions towards purchase, acquisition, (b) Southampton-row widening. laying out and improvement of opeu spaces, (c) Wandsworth-road, Lambeth, widening. gardens and recreation grounds. (d) High-street, Kensington, widening. Purchase of propertj-, compensation, and (e) Cat and Mutton Bridge, Shoreditch, works in connection with the tunnel authorised reconstruction. by the Thames Tunnel (Blackwall) Acts, 1887 (f) OH Gravel-lane Bridge, St. George's-in- and 1888, including formation of approaches the-East, j econstruction. and provisions for rehousing persons displaced. Construction of railway sidings at Hortou Purchase of property, compensation, and con- including the exchange and purchase of lands, struction of subways, authorized by the Thames plant, and stock. Tunnel (Greenwich to Millwall) Act, 1897, and Purchase of land (the " Brickfield"), Lime- the Thames Tunnel (Rotherhithe and Ratcliff) house, for open space. Act, 1900. Purchases of property, compensation, and Schemes and contributions to schemes, acquisi- works, and other incidental expenditure under tion of lands, erection of dwellings, and other the London County Council (Improvements) Act, expenditure under the Housing of the Working 1900, viz. :— Glasses Acts. (a) Thames Embankment extension and im- Purchase of sites for and the erection of provements at Westminster. Coroners' Courts under the Public Health (b) Mare-street, Hackney, widening. (London) Act, 1891, and Acts amending the (c) Gos well-road, widening. same. (d) St. John-street, Clerkenwell, widening. Purposes mentioned in Section 144 of the (e) Archway-road widening. Metropolis Management Act, 1855, and Section (f) Kentish Town-road widening. 72 of the Metropolis Management Amendment (g) Nine Elms-lane widening, Act, 18G2. (h) Widenings at Battersea-rise. General expenditure upon improvements and (i) Widenings at Blackbeath-road. Blackheath- works sanctioned by Parliament. hill, and New-road, Provision of dwellings in connection with the (j) High-street and GardenerVlane, Putney, rebuilding of Battersea Bridge under the Metro- widening. politan Board of Works (Bridges) Act, 1884. Purchase of lands for the purposes of parks Purchase of property, compensation, and and open spaces under the London County works in connection with the St. George's-place, Council (General Powers) Act. 1900, viz.:— Knightsbridge Improvement under the London (a) Newiugton Recreation Ground (additional Council (General Powers) Act, 1891. land). Electric lighting on Victoria Embankment and (b) Albert Square, Ratcliff. Westminster Bridge. Providing sites for and building, eulargingj Temporary accommodation for persons (plague and improving lunatic asylums, plans, buildings> cases). including temporary buildings, fittings, furni- Highgate Archway reconstruction. ture, equipment, heating, lighting, drainage, Tower Bridge southern approach, purchase of sinking wells, pumps, machinery, farm buildings, property, compensation, and works, and dwell- stock, planting, road-making, cemetery, estab- ings for rehousing persons displaced and other lishment of au epileptic colony at Hortou, incidental expenditure. fencing and miscellaneous expenditure on Rebuilding Vauxhall Bridge, including the improvement and development of lands held formation of approaches. with the various asylums. Purchase of interests of Metropolitan Borough Additions, improvements, &c., to industrial Councils in surplus lands. schools, and provision of shipping agency in Purchase of property, compensation, and connection with such schools. works, dwellings for persons displaced, and Provision of reformatories for inebriates, erec- incidental expenses in connection with the tion and adaptation of buildings, furnishing, Tower Bridge northern approach, and the equipment, and incidental expenditure in con- widening of the Strand at Holywell-street. nection therewith. Purchase of property, compensation, and Provision of offices and appliances for the works, and the rehousing of persons displaced verification and stamping of weights and mea- in connection with the widening of Long-lane, sures. Battersea Park-road, Hollo way-road, Old-street, Acquiring sites for and providing new offices and Gosweil-road, and formation of a new street for the Council. in Southwark. Provision of workshops, erection of buildings, Purchases of property, compensation, and machinery, &c. works, and rehousing of persons displaced in Provision of technical schools. connection therewith, under London County Widening and reconstructing certain county Council (General Powers.) Act, 1898, viz.:— bridges, including Waterloo Bridge. (a) Roehatnpton-street, Westminster continua- Construction of conveniences at Westminster tion. Bridge. (b) York-road, Battersea and Wands worth Improving spans and headways of railway widening. bridges over or under streets. (c) Albert Embankment widening. Acquisition and adaptation for the purposes of (d) Kosemary Branch Bridge over^Regent's small holdings of laud at Plumstead. Canal reconstruction. Purchase of tramways under the Acts relatiog.