COLONEL MELLOR (Lancashire, Radcliffe)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether He is aware that there still exists on au important thoroughfare in London a turn- 808 pike where toll is claimed and paid at Dulwich; whether inquiry could be made to discover whether this gate has any legal right to exist; and, whether, in such an event, it would be desirable to take stops for its abolition?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. HENRY CHAPLIN,) Lincolnshire, SleafordI am informed that the gate referred to is the property of the Dulwich College Estate, and that College Road, in which it is fixed, is a private road belonging to and repairable by the estate. I understand that the Vestry of Camberwell, as the highway authority, asked the London County Council last year to include this gate in a Parliamentary Bill for removal. It is not a matter in which the Local Government Board have any jurisdiction or authority to intervene.