§ COLONEL DAWNAY (York, N.R., Thirsk)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether Her Majesty's Government will call the attention of the Thames Conservancy Board to the pollution of the waters of the Upper Thames, from which the water supply of the inhabitants of London is drawn, by the sewage from house boats and steam launches?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. RITCHIE) (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)(who replied) said: The Conservators of the Thames have prepared a series of bye-laws, Art. 14 (9) which renders it an offence to cast or throw into or to cause or to suffer to fall or flow into the river any sewage, rubbish, or other offensive matter or thing. The bye-laws were published in The London Gazette on the 18th of this month, with a view to their submission to Her Majesty in Council for confirmation.