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into Parliament. In April last a Royal Commission,
consisting of the Right Hon. Leonard II. Courtney,
M.P., Sir Thos. Henry Earrer, Bart., L.C.C., Mr.
R. D. Holt (Mayor of Liverpool), Mr. II. H.
Crawford (Solicitor, Corporation of the City of
London), and Mr. E. O. SMirn (Town Clerk,
Birmingham), was appointed" to consider the proper
conditions under which the amalgamation of the City and
County of London can be effected, and to make specific
and practical proposals for that purpose." The
Commission has just held its first meeting.
Resignations of Officers. During the past year Mr. Anthony Dobson,
who had been Surveyor for the parish of Wandsworth
28 years, and Mr. James Barber, who had been Surveyor
for Streatliam for nearly 35 years, resigned their appointments
on account of advancing age. The Board in
accepting the resignations expressed their high opinion
of the services which had been rendered by these officers,
and an allowance in conformity with the Superannuation
Act was granted in each case. Mr. Dobson, who had
been in failing health for some time, died within a few
weeks after bis retirement. Mr. P. Dodd, formerly of
Southend, was appointed Surveyor for Wandsworth in
succession to Mr. Dobson, and Mr. II. J. Marten,
formerly of Bradford, was appointed Surveyor for
Streatham in succession to Mr. Barber.
Mr. II. C. Wood, who had been Surveyor for Tooting
since the Board decided in March, 1889, to have a
separate staff of officers for that parish, resigned his
appointment on account of ill-health at Christmas, 1892.
The Board have now decided to amalgamate the Local
Committees of Streatham and Tooting, and to have
only one Surveyor for the two Parishes.