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There is every probability, in consequence of members
retiring from business or leaving the District, of considerable
changes taking place, and it is to be feared that within the
next few years many of those who have served for a considerable
time are likely to vacate their seats.
The members who have been elected to fill the vacancies
which have thus been caused have shown their willingness
to take upon themselves their fair share of the work and to
endeavour as far as possible to procure the efficient conduct
of the business of the District.
The Past Year.
1890-1891 was promised as the year which would see
district councils constituted in the metropolis, but owing to
circumstances which have prevented no measure dealing
with the subject has yet been introduced into either of the
Houses of Parliament, and the district boards and vestries
which have for so long a time been existing, and which have,
it is maintained, faithfully discharged the duties conferred
upon them, still continue to exist. So far as the St. Giles
District is concerned, the Board have been called upon to
discuss a very considerable amount of important business
and have had to deal with a multitude of minor matters, all
of which required a great deal of consideration.
Annual Accounts.
The accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the Board
to the 25th March, 1891, have been prepared in the usual
form, and have been examined by the Board's chartered
accountant, and were in due course submitted to the elected
auditors, by whom they were certified as correct, as will be
seen by the auditors' certificate which is contained at the