WATER SUPPLY OF LONDON:- THE CITY CONDUITS:

WATERWORKS AT LONDON BRIDGE: THE NEW RIVER

36-78

CHAPTER IX.

WATER SUPPLY OF LONDON (continued): BILLS AND

PROJECTS IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH

CENTURIES: EXTENSION OF LONDON BRIDGE WATER-

WORKS: YORK BUILDINGS, CHELSEA, AND LAMBETH

COMPANIES: DRINKING WATER FROM CANALS: THE

GRAND JUNCTION, SOUTH LONDON, KENT, WEST

MIDDLESEX, AND EAST LONDON COMPANIES: COMPE-

TITION BETWEEN NEW AND OLD UNDERTAKINGS:

1810-17: PARTITION OF DISTRICTS: INCREASE IN

WATER RATES: UNLIMITED POWERS OF COMPANIES:

MARYLEBONE PAROCHIAL WATERWORKS BILL, 1810-19

79-128

CHAPTER X.

WATER SUPPLY OF LONDON (continued): PROFITS OF COM-

PANIES, AND THEIR CHARGES, DOWN TO 1827: WOODEN

PIPES: DEFECTIVE SERVICE: PARLIAMENTARY IN-

QUIRIES, 1821 AND 1828: POLLUTED SOURCES OF SUP-

PLY: ROYAL COMMISSION, 1827-8: MR. TELFORD'S

SCHEME, 1834 RENEWED INQUIRIES BY PARLIAMENT,

1834 AND 1840: BILL OF GOVERNMENT TO CONSOLI-

DATE COMPANIES, 1851: METROPOLIS WATER ACT,

1852: QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF WATER REPORTS

AND INQUIRIES, 1856-69: PLANS OF SUPPLY, 1840-84:

DISPUTED PURITY OF RIVER WATER: CONSTANT

SUPPLY: METROPOLIS WATER ACT, 1871: EXTINC-

TION OF FIRES: ATTEMPTS TO TRANSFER WATER

SUPPLY TO PUBLIC BODIES: METROPOLIS WATER-

WORKS PURCHASE BILL, 1880: ASSESSMENT OF WATER

RENTS INCREASED VALUE OF WATER UNDER-

TAKINGS

PAGE

129-198

CHAPTER XI.

LOCAL AUTHORITIES:- BOROUGHS, BEFORE AND AFTER

THE CONQUEST: BURGHAL CUSTOMS IN DOMESDAY:

CHARTERS: INCORPORATION-BY IMPLICATION OR PRE-

SCRIPTION AND BY EXPRESS GRANT: BOROUGHS AFTER

1688 POLITICAL ABUSES ARISING UNDER CHARTERS:

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN 1835: MUNICIPAL RE-

FORM ACT: EARLY EXAMPLES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT:

BUILDING ASsize in LondoN: FIRES: ACT FOR GOOD

ORDER IN LONDON, A.D. 1285: TAVERNS: WATCH AND

WARD: CLEANSING OF STREETS: VILLEINS TAKING

REFUGE IN TOWNS

199-254

CHAPTER XII.

PAGE

LOCAL AUTHORITIES (continued): PAVAGE AND IMPROVE-

MENT ACTS, A.D. 1301-1662: CALAIS: LONDON AND

WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1662: REBUILDING

DECAYED TOWNS, A.D. 1540: Two PENNIES SCOTS

ACTS: EARLY SANITARY LEGISLATION: COMMISSIONS

OF SEWERS: SANITARY STATE OF TOWNS, 1800-47:

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES AND ROYAL COMMIS-

SIONS: LOCAL RATING, 1845: CHARGE FOR PERMANENT

WORKS: SANITARY ADMINISTRATION IN THE MEIRO-

POLIS, 1845-7
- 255-319

CHAPTER XIII.

LOCAL AUTHORITIES (continued):-GENERAL LEGISLATION

SUPPLEMENTING LOCAL STATUTES: PUBLIC HEALTH,

SANITARY, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTS, 1848-75:

LOCAL LEGISLATION IN LONDON: SEWERS COMMIS-

SIONS: METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 1855:

MAIN DRAINAGE: EMBANKMENTS OF THE THAMES:

STREET IMPROVEMENTS: JURISDICTION AND FINANCIAL

POWERS OF METROPOLITAN BOARD: PRINCIPLES OF

CENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL AUTHORITY RECONCILED

IN ACT OF 1855: FUTURE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN

METROPOLIS
- 320-357

CHAPTER XIV.-PART I.

CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON: THEIR ANCIENT

TRADITIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICES: CONSTITUTION:

MILITARY SPIRIT: CHARTEred Rights: COAL DUTIES

-ORIGIN AND OBJECTS OF, AND STATUTES RELATING

THERETO: CITY ORPHANS: DIVERSION OF ORPHANS'

FUNDS BY CROWN: ORPHANS' RELIEF ACT, A.D. 1694:

CITY AND METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS CHARGED

ON COAL AND WINE DUTIES: WORK OF CORPORATION:

CHARITABLE AND PATRIOTIC GRANTS: EDUCATION:

THE ROYAL HOSPITALS: THE IRISH SOCIETY: CORN

DUTIES: OPEN SPACES AROUND LONDON: EPPING

FOREST-CONSPICUOUS PART TAKEN BY CORPORATION

IN PRESERVING EXCEPTIONAL POSITION OF CORPORA-

TION

358-432

CHAPTER XIV.-PART II.

LOCAL AUTHORITIES (continued):-EFFECT OF SANITARY

IMPROVEMENTS UPON MORTALITY: PRIVATE LEGISLA-

TION RELATING TO GLASGOW THEATRES ESTABLISHED

BY LOCAL ACTS: MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS IN EDIN-

BURGH, DUNDEE, GREENOCK, ABERDEEN, LIVERPOOL,

MANCHESTER, BIRMINGHAM, LEEDS, BRADFORD: EN-

LARGEMENT OF MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS BY PARLIA-

MENT: INFLUENCE OF PUBLIC LEGISLATION ON LOCAL

EXPENDITURE: LOCAL REVENUE AND DEBT: CORPO-

RATION STOCKS: ANNUAL INCREMENT IN RATEABLE

VALUE: OPERATION OF SINKING FUNDS: REPRODUC-

TIVE OUTLAY-GAS, WATER, MARKETS, &C.: EXISTING

CHECKS UPON LOCAL EXPEnditure: NeED FOR CON-

TINUED IMPERIAL CONTROL

PAGE

433-520

CHAPTER XV.

LOCAL AUTHORITIES (concluded): CONSOLIDATION ACTS,

1845-7 MUNICIPAL LAW, OFTEN INTRICATE AND CON-

FLICTING FREQUENT VARIATION FROM GENERAL

LAW: ATTEMPT TO BRING THEM INTO GREATER HAR-

MONY: CONSOLIDATION OF LOCAL ACTS: COMMONS'

COMMITTEES ON POLICE AND SANITARY REGULATIONS,

1882-6: BOROUGH FUNDS ACT, 1872: APPLICATION

of Gas and Water RevenuE: METROPOLITAN WATER

ACTS, 1886-SINKING FUND IN INTEREST OF COM-

MUNITY: STREET IMPROVEMENTS-DISPOSAL OF SUPER-

FLUOUS LAND: EXEMPTIONS FROM LOCAL RATING:

NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES

521-561

CHAPTER XVI.

MARINE, LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE: EARLY USE OF

MARINE INSURANCES: THE HANSE MERCHANTS AND

LOMBARDS: STATUTE CONCERNING INSURANCES AMONG

MERCHANTS, A.D. 1601: LOSSES AMONG UNDER-

WRITERS, A.D. 1693: LONDON AND ROYAL EXCHANGE

ASSURANCE CORPORATIONS, 1720: RESTRAINTS UPON

INSURANCES BY PARLIAMENT, 1752: MONOPOLY OF

1720 REPEALED, 1824: STATUTORY INCORPORATION

OF LLOYD'S, 1871: FIRE INSURANCE: CHURCH

BRIEFS: MUNICIPAL INSURANCE IN LONDON: COM-

PETITION BETWEEN COMPANIES, 1683: COMMON LAW

LIABILITY FOR FIRES: RISE OF LIFE INSURANCE:

MERCERS' COMPANY SCHEME: INSOLVENT SOCIETIES:
GAMBLING POLICIES: PLAN OF PAROCHIAL LIFE
ANNUITIES, 1773: STATE ANNUITIES AND INSURANCE

PAGE

562-624

CHAPTER XVII.

DOCKS IN THE THAMES:-STATUTES AGAINST EVASION

OF CUSTOMS: ORIGIN OF LEGAL AND SUFFERANCE

WHARFS: WANT OF ACCOMMODATION FOR SHIPPING,

1762-1800 MERCHANTS' BILL OF 1796: COMPETING

SCHEME OF CORPORATION OF LONDON: INQUIRIES IN

HOUSE OF COMMONS INCREASED COMMERCE OF

PORT: RIVAL BILLS, 1797-9: PORT OF LONDON AND

WEST INDIA Docks ACT, 1799: CITY CANAL THROUGH

ISLE OF DOGS: LONDON DOCKS, 1800: EAST INDIA

DOCKS, 1803 ST. KATHARINE'S, 1826: AMALGAMA-

TION OF EAST AND WEST INDIA COMPANIES, 1838:

SURREY, COMMERCIAL, VICTORIA, MILLWALL, DAGEN-

HAM, TILBURY DOCKS

625-675