pense of only two or three thousand pounds, and would afford shelter for fifty vessels. The Mayor said he was willing to call a public meeting on the subject. See pages 107 to 108[a] for lengthy correspondence on the scheme and rejection of the same.
Water and Water Works. At the Council meeting on the 1st of April was presented in the Local Board account an item of £26.15s for analyzing the water caused by derogatory statements emanating from Dr. Garrett, and Coun. Wingfield suggested that the bill should be sent to him for payment; but the suggestion only provoked a smile. Another item was a charge by Mr. Spiller of £48 for labour and assistance in erecting an engine pump. This bill created astonishment, amidst which Coun. Picknell said if he were not in the Council he would have been glad to have done the work for £20, and to have made £5 at that price. The Water Committee recommended a six-inch pipe to be laid in Havelock road, which was agreed to. It was also resolved to purchase at a cost of not more than £16, a Richmond’s improved patent engine counter, which would show at any hour the amount of work done by the engine, and would register up to ten millions.
Analysis of the Water. The Clerk observed that he had put upon the agenda a notice “To receive report of Dr. Taylor on his analyzing the Hastings water, and communications from the Mayor and President of the Privy Council thereon”. The Mayor remarked that there had been some further correspondence, since the book had been printed, which he would read to them: “Hastings, March 12th, 1859. “My Lord, I have the honour of enclosing a report from Dr. Taylor, of Guy’s Hospital, on the quality of the water supplied to the inhabitants of this borough. Dr. Taylor’s attention was particularly directed to the complaint of Dr. Garrett, who, in a letter of the 16th of last November, drew your lordship’s attention to the fact (as he alleged) that the water supplied to the inhabitants had a peculiar affinity for lead. Dr. Taylor’s report, I hope, will satisfy your lordship that Dr. Garrett was entirely mistaken in the matter. The Local Board of Health have carried out the investigation through the Medico-Chirurgical Society of East-Sussex, who have rendered most valuable and efficient service and have collected the experience of the members of their society practising here – twenty in number – who all declare that no case of lead poisoning has occurred within their knowledge. Several of the gentlemen giving this assurance have been in practice here many years. I regret it has been out of my power to send this information sooner, but if your lordship will glance at the enclosed pamphlet, I trust you will come to the conclusion that the Corporation, exercising the powers of a Local Board of Health have done everything necessary to clear up this important matter”. “I am, -
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