Note 30 — Chapter XIII · THE FUTURE OF LONDON.

It is scarcely necessary to give instances of what is meant; but one that occurs to my mind is that this assumption of the continued growth of London forms one of the fundamental premises of the Report of the Royal Commission on Metropolitan Water Supply, 1893. On the contrary, it is satisfactory to note that Mr. H. G. Wells has recently entirely changed his views as to the future growth of London (see “Anticipations,” chap. ii. ). Read also “The Distribution of Industry,” by P. W. Wilson, in “the Heart of the Empire” (Fisher Unwin), and Paper by Mr. W. L. Madgen, M.I.E.E., on “Industrial Redistribution,” Society of Arts Journal, February, 1902. See also note on page 31.