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quo (vide Annual Report, 1897, p. 102), and it is to be
hoped that during the coming year a satisfactory arrangement
may be come to with the London County Council, by
which the site (small though it be) may be secured for the
inhabitants of that congested and poor area of the Parish
for all time as an open space or playground for children
who would, thereby, be drawn from the crowded streets of
that particularly congested district.
In the case of the 45 houses in connection with which
action was taken under the Housing of the Working
Classes Act, voluntary arrangements were come to with the
owners concerned, and it is satisfactory to mention that in
no single instance was there any necessity to resort to the
Magistrate.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS.
During 1898, Certificates in connection with 131 tenements
have been applied for, and of these 113 have been
granted unconditionally; 18 have been granted conditionally;
and none have been refused.