§ MR. PICTON (Leicester)asked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether he is now able to state the result of his inquiry into the pollution of the Regent's Canal by the sewage of the Zoological Gardens?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER (Mr. PLUNKET) (Dublin University)The alleged insanitary condition of the Regent's Canal is one which very remotely affects my Office; and, after consulting the Local Government Board upon the subject, I can only point out to the hon. Member that if those who dwell in the neighbourhood of the Canal find that they suffer seriously from the impure state of the water, they may again endeavour to set their Vestries in motion with a view to the abatement of the nuisance, or they might, if they were so advised, take proceedings to bring the case before the Court of Summary Jurisdiction under the 13th section of 23 & 24 Vict. c. 77.