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London County Council in the matter. It also approved the
suggested revival of the Conference at the Holborn Town Hall
and authorized its Sanitary and Sewers Committee to appoint
delegates. The Committee accordingly appointed delegates
namely, their Chairman (Mr. A. R. Layman) and Mr. F. Baxter'
to act as such at any future meetings of the Conference.
THE POLICE.
In consequence of an assault committed upon one of the
lavatory attendants in the Borough, and of complaints as to the
insufficiency of the protection to life and property afforded by
the police, the Board referred the matter to its Paving and
General Purposes Committee, who caused a letter To be
addressed to the Secretary of State on the subject. In reply a
communication was received from the Home Office stating that
the attention of the Police had been drawn to the matter, and
instructions given for them to do all in their power to prevent a
recurrence of the annoyance.
SCHOOL BOARD FOR LONDON.
Prior to the election for the London School Board in
November, a letter was received from the Court of Common
Council of the City of London, forwarding copies of a report by
the Local Government and Taxation Committee of the Common
Council, in which it was pointed out that the cost of the education
afforded by the London School Board, exclusive of all charges
for school buildings, repayment of interest on loans, &c., was
£3 11s. 0¼d. per child as" against £2 5s. 9d. for the whole of
England, exclusive of London, or an excess of about 55.2 per
cent. as regards London over the other part of the country, and
suggesting that the School Board should itself arrange for a
public inquiry into the question of expenditure with a view of
discovering means for effecting the economies so loudly called
for without impairing the efficient education which the School
Board might be reasonably expected to provide. This Board
passed a resolution expressing an opinion that an) serious
attempt to bring the expenditure of the School hoard within
reasonable limits must be made by the electors themselves, ant
concurred with the suggestion that a public inquiry should be
held. These views were communicated to the Court or Common
Council and also to the School Board.
The demands of the School Board upon the St. Saviour's
District for the year 1898-9 amount to £18,153 18s 7d. A
statement of the sums contributed to the School Board since