. LONDON. GREATER LONDON.

~Conservative~: preserving, so far as convenient, the present state of
things.

~functions~: powers and duties.

~reformatory schools~: where boys and girls who have committed some
crime are sent to be reformed to better ways.

~assets~: property actually held, so that it can be set off against a
debt.

~democratic~: giving power and influence to the people.

~oligarchic~: giving power and influence to the few.

~'law worthiness'~: right to assist in the making of laws.

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[Transcriber's Note: The following errors have been corrected in this text:

Page 6: Fitzstephen's to FitzStephen's

Page 68: fiteenth to fifteenth

Page 108: SEVENTEENTH to FIFTEENTH

Page 135: Westminter to Westminster

Page 223: alway to always

Page 246: Archishop to Archbishop

Page 256: supressed to suppressed

The following words are inconsistently hyphenated in the original text:
folk-mote, folkmote; Lud-gate, Ludgate; pack-horse, packhorse;
river-side, riverside.]

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