§ MR. ALEXANDER M'ARTHURasked the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, Whether a proposal has been made to that body for dealing with the sewage of London at Crossness, and for finding a suitable monetary guarantee that it shall be done effectually; and, if so, what are the intentions of the Board on the subject?
SIR JAMES M'GAREL HOGGI beg to inform the hon. Member that the Metropolitan Board has had under consideration from time to time proposals and schemes for dealing with the sewage of the Metropolis at the outfalls, but none, in its judgment, of a thoroughly practical and satisfactory character, and that the particular Company presumably alluded to by the hon. Member some years ago made experiments at Crossness, the result of which did not encourage the Board to look for a solution of the difficulty in that direction.