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Artizans Dwellings Acts 1868 & 1879.
These Acts, in conjunction with the Artizans and
Labourers Dwelling Improvement Act, 1875, have been the
subject of the careful consideration during the last and
present Session of a Select Committee of the House of
Commons; at the time of this Report going to press, the
Committee have issued their Report, which requires careful
consideration, but owing to the state of Irish affairs, it is
not anticipated that the amendments of the Statutes in
question, suggested thereby, will become Law this session,
Enlargement of the Offices of the Board,
The works have been completed: an elegant entrance
formed at No. 197, High Holborn, with a handsome corridor
leading to new and suitable Offices for the Surveyor and
Staff, together with a light stone staircase to new Board
and Committee Rooms on the first floor. Measures are
in progress for disposing of the remaining premises,
consisting of the House, No. 198, High Holborn, and the
ground in the rear.
Public Mortuary.
This building has been erected after plans prepared
by the Surveyor of the Board, and presents an erection of
an elegant character, in red brick with stone dressings;
the interior is in course of completion, and will be ready
for use in the course of the present year.
Re-naming and Re-numbering Oxford Street,
The Metropolitan Board of Works having made an order
to re-number this Street, which extended from the Edgware