Mr. Chairman,—Agreeably to the Resolution passed at the last Board relative to the appointment of a Committee to go and view the meadow-land called “the Lotts,” I have now to inform you, Sir, and the Committee at large, that we proceeded thither on Friday morning, and upon arrival, we found the gates locked up; we, however, procured the key of the adjoining lands which communicate with “the Lotts,” of a woman who lives in the late Mr. Brown’s cottage. After proceeding to the western extremity of the meadow, we found that a large bank had been thrown up at the time of the cutting of the canal, and that by this means perhaps one fourth part of the land had been lost, or taken away to widen the canal; but we were of opinion that this bank might be gradually levelled and sloped down on the meadow below, so as to elevate it, and render it free from inundation, and thus make it more fit for any kind of cultivation or pasture. And we were all moreover unanimously of opinion, that it would be highly desirable to obtain re-possession of this valuable piece of land for the use of the parishioners. No determination, however, as to the means by which this most desirable object could be effected was formed on this occasion, and I am humbly of opinion that the Committee must continue their earnest endeavours, in order to obtain all possible evidence upon this difficult and complicated case. It seems proper to observe, in this stage of the business, that “the Lotts” are Lammas Land, and have been for ages appurtenant to the Manor of Chelsea. The Lord of the Manor possesses the right of letting the land on lease, for the Spring and Summer quarters, beginning with March and ending in August; and the inhabitants at large enjoy the privilege of turning in their cattle from August till February, being the Autumn and Winter quarters. This state of appropriation continued till the year 1825 or 1826, when the Directors of the Kensington Canal Company took unlawful possession of them for their own use, immediately upon the completion of their Canal; and they have illegally detained them ever since, and have let them successively to several persons, and received rent for the same. It now, therefore, becomes a question, by what authority they have shut out the ancient inhabitants, landowners, and householders from their undoubted privilege of turning in their cattle to graze, a privilege which they have uninterruptedly enjoyed for a succession of ages, and which they are confident has never been on their part either invalidated or annulled.