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To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry
of St. James's, Westminster.
Vestry Hall, Piccadilly,
June, 1870.
Reverend Sir, My Lords, and Gentlemen,
In having the honor of again submitting
an abbreviated list of the principal matters that have
been the subjects of attention, or the Works
that have been executed in my Department,
it is not necessary that any detailed description
should be appended, as all the matters have from
time to time occupied a considerable amount
of the time both of the Vestry and the Works
Committee.
To attempt to give a detailed list of the whole
of the various works themselves, such as the
locality and quantity of work done, materials used,
&c., in the 2018 openings for the public companies,
would be manifestly useless. Although a most
formidable array of names and figures might thus
be presented without much trouble, still I should
doubt if any beneficial result whatever could be
deduced from the same; it is sufficient to repeat
what has so often been stated before, that the care
of these openings is among the most urgent and
important duties of the Vestry, and that the manner
in which that care has been shewn and duty performed,
is best understood, and may be best explained
by the fact that not only has no accident occurred
during the last twelve months, but that no legitimate
complaint has been made of neglect on the part of
the Yestry or their Officers, and it may be well to
add that making good these openings, of necessity
takes precedence of almost all other work.