Katherine’s Docks, East Smithfield; Surrey and Com-
mercial Docks, Rotherhithe; Regent Dock, Limehouse;
and the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks, North
"Woolwich. The new docks at Tilbury, constructed
under the auspices of the East and West India Dock
Company, have a water space of nearly 80 acres, with

12,000 ft. of quay room. With the completion of its
railway system, this will be one of the most important
undertakings connected with London shipping. (For
shipping statistics, see Appendix.) Brewing is, perhaps,
the leading industry of London, which, however, may
be said to carry on, more or less, nearly every mfr.
known in the kingdom. Its potteries, glass works,
tanneries, and chemical works are well known. Ship-
building, which at one time showed a remarkable degree
of industrial vitality, has seriously declined; the work
now conducted on the Thames being almost confined to
the construction of boats, barges, and yachts. London
has long been the great seat of the British publishing
trade. Many of the book-publishing offices are situated
in the neighbourhoods of Paternoster Row and Covent
Garden, while newspaper offices are nearly all con-
centrated in Fleet Street and its vicinity. The
number of newspapers published in London in 1884
was over 400, of which 24 were daily papers, morn-
ing and evening. The City of London is divided into
28 wards (including Bridge Ward Without). It is
governed by a Lord Mayor, 26 Aldermen, and 206
Common Councilmen, and some share in its manage-
ment is vested in the Livery Companies. The title of
Lord Mayor was first conferred by Edward III. in 1354;
Aldermen were first appointed as early as 1242. An
administrative body known as the Metropolitan Board
of Works has control over the whole metropolis except
the City of London. The board was constituted by the
Metropolis Management Act of 1855. Its functions,
broadly speaking, comprise the management of building
and sanitation. It superintends the formation of streets,
buildings, and drainage works, regulates the supply of
gas and water, takes charge of the organisation of the
fire brigade, and protects open spaces, commons, &c.
Well-known examples of its successful labours are the
construction of the great main drainage works and the
Victoria, Albert, and Chelsea embankments, the freeing
of the Thames bridges, the erection of artisans’ build-
ings, and the acquisition of various open spaces for
public recreation-grounds. The members of the board
are chosen by the vestries and district boards of the
metropolis, and 3 members are elected by tbe corpora-
tion of the City of London. London returns 61 members
to Parliament (London City, 2; Battersea and Clapham,
2; Bethnal Green, 2; Camberwell, 3; Chelsea, 1; Dept-
ford, 1; Finsbury, 3; Fulham, 1; Greenwich, 1; Hack-
ney, 3; Hammersmith, 1; Hampstead, 1; Islington, 4;
Kensington, 2; Lambeth, 4; Lewisham, 1; Maryle-
bone, 2; Newington, 2; Paddington, 2; St Pancras, 4;
Shoreditch, 2; Southwark, 3; Tower Hamlets, 7;
"Wandsworth, 1; West Ham, 2; Westminster, 3; AVool-
wich, 1); previous to 1885 it returned 22 members
(London City, 4; Chelsea, 2 ; Finsbury, 2; Greenwich,
2; Hackney, 2; Lambeth, 2 ; Marylebone, 2; South-
wark, 2; Tower Hamlets, 2; Westminster, 2); with
the exception of London City, all the boroughs return-
ing more than 1 member are divided—1 member for
each division. London University returns 1 member.

London Apprentice, 2 miles from St Austell, Corn-
wall ; P.O.

London Bridge Station, London terminus of the
London, Brighton, and South Coast Ry.

London Colney, hamlet, on SE. border of Herts, 3
miles SE. of St Albans ; P.O.

London Docks, eccl. dist., St George in the East
and Shadwell pars., Middlesex, pop. 7548 ; tbe London
Docks, at Wapping, were opened in 1805, and con-
tain 90 ac.

London Elm, 3 miles SE. of Tisbury, AVilts ; P.O.

London Fields, ry. sta. (on Great Eastern Railway),
in E. of London, 2% m. NE. of Liverpool Street station.

London Boad.—ry. sta., Sussex, in NE. of Brighton.
—2. London Road, ry. sta., Manchester.—3. London
Boad, ry. sta., Surrey, in NE. vicinity of Guildford.

Londonderry, vil., 3 miles SE. of Bedale, North-
Riding Yorkshire; P.O., T.O.