§ MR. PIKE PEASE (Darlington)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he has received a complaint, signed by twenty inhabitant householders, in accordance with the Metropolis Water Act, 1852, that the Kent Water Company's new well at Darenth, Kent, is visibly liable to intermittent pollution by surface drainage from adjoining land; whether he has any official reports showing that there is danger of the well being polluted by surface drainage; and when an inspector will be sent to inquire into the grounds for the complaints which have been made.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. WALTER LONG,) Bristol, S.I have received the complaint mentioned, and am in correspondence with the water company on the subject. I am expecting a communication from them, and when I receive it I will deride as to the course to be taken with respect to an inquiry. No such reports as those referred to in the Question have been made to me.