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RefNoKBLC/5/2/47
AltRefNoR59/31/box89/bundle2
TitlePapers concerning the Fens Drainage and Navigation [Middle Level] Act 1844
DescriptionBundle of [parliamentary] papers concerning the Fens Drainage and Navigation [Middle Level] Act 1844. Contains "Heads of the Bill"; "Report on the Drainage of the Middle Level, [...] and on the State of the River Ouse, below Denver Sluice"; a draft report of a Committee of the Board about the Bill; the second report of the Committee; a notice of intended application to Parliament; a legal brief for the Bedford Level Corporation, asking for clauses to be inserted to protect the drainage and navigation; a list of petitions against the Bill; a draft petition of the Corporation in support of the Bill; draft clauses and provisos; Messrs Evans and Son's bill of expenses for opposing the Bill; Messrs Burke, Pritt, Venables and Co's bill of expenses for opposing the Bill; Samuel Wells' bill of expenses; printed resolutions of the House of Commons about private Bills; a list of the Committee appointed to consider the Bill; notice about a special meeting of the River Nene Commissioners; the resolutions of the Promoters of the Bill; minutes; notes and correspondence.
Date1843 - 1844
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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