REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES:

1854.

TWELVE VOLUMES : — CONTENTS OF THE

EIGHTH VOLUME.

N.B.-THE Figures at the beginning of the line, correspond with the N° at the
foot of each Report; and the Figures at the end of the line, refer to the MS. Paging
of the Volumes arranged for The House of Commons.

METROPOLITAN BRIDGES:

370. REPORT from the Select Committee on METROPOLITAN BRIDGES;

together with the PROCEEDINGS of the COMMITTEE, MINUTES of

EVIDENCE, APPENDIX, and INDEX

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PUBLIC-HOUSES:

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367. REPORT from the Select Committee on PUBLIC-HOUSES; together

with the PROCEEDINGS of the COMMITTEE, MINUTES of EVIDENCE,

APPENDIX, and INDEX

VOL. XIV. Sess. 1854

231

REPORT

FROM THE

SELECT COMMITTEE

ON

METROPOLITAN BRIDGES;

TOGETHER WITH THE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE,

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE,

APPENDIX AND INDEX.

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,

14 July 1854.

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Jovis, 23° die Februarii, 1854.

Ordered, THAT a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the State and Condi-

tion of the BRIDGES over the THAMES in the METROPOLIS; to report whether they are

adequate to the present vastly-increasing traffic; whether it be desirable to construct one

or more Bridges over the River, and, if so, at what point or points; whether it would be

desirable to provide, out of local funds, the means of throwing open to the Public the

present toll-paying Bridges; and, if so, upon what terms such Bridges could be thrown open.

Mercurii, 1o die Martii, 1854.

Committee nominated of,-

Mr. Oliveira.

Sir William Molesworth.

Lord John Manners.

Lord Robert Grosvenor.

Sir James Duke.

Sir Benjamin Hall.

Mr. Wilkinson.

Mr. Blackett.

Mr. Alderman Cubitt.

Mr. Alderman Challis.

Mr. Pellatt.

Lord Alfred Hervey.

Mr. Jackson.

Mr. Locke.

Sir John Shelley.

Ordered, THAT the Committee have power to send for Persons, Papers, and Records.

Ordered, THAT Five be the Quorum of the Committee.

Veneris, 16° die Junii, 1854.

Ordered, THAT it be an Instruction to the Committee to extend their Inquiry to the

Bridges over the Thames within the area subject to the Coal-tax.

Veneris, 14° die Julii, 1854.

Ordered, THAT the Committee have power to Report their Observations, together with
the Minutes of Evidence taken before them, to The House.