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to the Vestry, they instructed the Parish Solicitors to oppose
the application. The applicant failed to appear to support
his application, and no license was granted.
Lists of the Duties of the Medical Officer of Health,
Inspector of Nuisances, Gas Inspector, Assistant Surveyor,
Wharf Clerk, Horse Keeper, Wharf Foreman (Belgrave
Wharf), Clerk of the Works (In-Wards), and Yard Foreman
(In-Wards), having been drawn out by the Vestry and
printed, are to be found in Appendix No. 9, together with
a List of the duties of the Lamplighters.
Funds Available for Educational Purposes.
The Yestry received a copy of the following resolution
from the Yestry of St. James:—
"That the several Parishes in the Metropolis, the
Corporation of the City of London, the Livery
Companies of London, and other public bodies
now possess large funds available for educational
purposes, for the relief of the poor, and for other
public objects, and that, in view of the constantly
increasing burdens imposed on the Ratepayers of
the Metropolis by the Metropolitan Board of
Works, the Yestries, and the London School
Board, in the carrying out of their varied and
increasing powers, it is desirable for a full inquiry
to be made, under the authority of a Royal
Commission, into the character and circumstances
of any such funds, in order to ascertain how far
they may be rightfully directed to the relief of
such Ratepayers, and to all or any of the objects
served by the several governing bodies and rating
authorities of the Metropolis. That a copy of the