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Sale of Food and Drugs Act.—The Vestry again
draw attention to the fact that they have made
arrangements for the analysis of private purchasers'
samples of food and drugs, and have decided that
any resident of the Parish (traders excepted) shall
be allowed, upon payment of 2s. 6d., to bring to
the Vestry any article of food or drugs purchased
or delivered in the Parish, for the purpose of being
tested by the public Analyst. Should the sample
submitted prove to be adulterated, the report will
be handed over to the Inspector of the district, with
the name and address of the seller, for the purpose
of his taking samples in conformity with the Act,
and if in that case the sample be found to be
adulterated, the 2s. 6d. deposited by the person
bringing the sample will be returned to him. The
rale has been printed on the back of the ratepapers,
but up to the present time little advantage has
been taken of the arrangement by the parishioners.
Projections over Public Way.—A letter has been
received from the County Council, stating that they
are considering the advisability or otherwise of
their making bye-laws under sec. 164 of the London
Building Act, 1894, for the regulation of the size
and height of lamps, signs, or other structures
overhanging the public way, and asking for the
opinion of the Vestry upon the subject. The enforcement
of such bye-laws would be the duty of
the local authorities, and the Council have been
informed that the Vestry is in favour of such byelaws
being made.
Chapel Street.—The attention of the Vestry has
been drawn to the great increase in the Sunday
trading which has taken place in Chapel Street,
and to the fact that it was prolonged until late in