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The Precept for the present year amounts to £8,886 14s. 5d., being
at the rate of 5¾d. in the pound.
The Decease of Members.
The Board received with extreme regret the announcement of the
decease on the 29th of April last, of their friend and colleague, the
late Henry Cooper, Esq., and on the 10th of May passed a Resolution
expressive of its high appreciation of the valuable services rendered by
him to the district while a member of this Board, and offering its
sincere condolence with his family under their severe bereavement.
Mr. Cooper was elected a member of the Board in the month of
June, 1867.
The Board, whilst this Report was in course of preparation, received
intelligence of the decease, after a long and painful illness, of Mr.
William Frederick Collard Moutrie, also a member of the Board. That
gentleman was elected a member in the year 1877, from which period
to within the last twelve months he actively attended to the duties of
his office.
Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Act,
1875.
GREAT WILD STREET SCHEME.
Very rapid progress has been made during the past year with this
scheme. The widening of Princes (now Kemble) Street has been carried
out. An extensive block of buildings, approved by the Confirming Act,
has been erected, and is rapidly progressing to completion and fitness
for occupation; it presents a very great improvement contrasted with the
wretched habitations formerly standing on the site. The building has
been erected by the Trustees of the Peabody Society, who have purchased
this and other sites in the Metropolis, taken under the above
Acts at a considerable reduction on their original cost.