The Boroughs of the Metropolis

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Excerpt from The Boroughs of the Metropolis: A Handbook to Local Administration in London Under the London Government Act, 1899At this time Of day it would be almost impossible, if it were worth the trouble, to Obtain anything like a correct statement Of the number of these petty authorities, or of their districts Of administration. It was computed by Sir Benjamin Hall that they numbered fully 300, with a mem hership of about acting under some 250 different local Acts. A summary Of the facts in a single instance (by no means the worst that could be furnished) may suf ficiently exemplify the state of things existing in the first half Of the present century.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.