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instructed to arrange for the keeping of a Register wherein to
record the names and addresses of the Unemployed residing in
the Parishes of St. Saviour and Christchurch, and that preference
in employing men during the coming winter be given in the
following order, viz., married men with families, married men
without families, and single men, subject to their suitability.
Further, that notice of vacancies be notified in writing to
applicants." A book is kept at the Office of the Board for the
purpose of registering any applications of the kind in accordance
with the above resolution.
MORTUARY.
This subject was mentioned in the last Annual Report. A
draft of the agreement between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
and the Board for sale of the site, which is situate in Lavington
Street and Farnham Place, Gravel Lane, has been prepared
and submitted by the Solicitors of the Vendors to the London
County Council and by the Solicitor of the Council, after making
various extensive alterations therein, to the Board. Subject to
such alterations, it has been approved on behalf of the Board
and returned to the Council's Solicitor, and it will now have to
be returned to, and further considered by, the Commissioners.
TELEPHONES.
In January, the Corporation of London wrote informing
the Board that application had been made to the Treasury by
the late Commission of Sewers for an inquiry into the cost and
efficiency of the Telephone Service in London and all matters
relating thereto, and asking the Board to co-operate with the
Corporation (to which body the powers and duties of the late
Commission had been transferred), by making a similar
application to the Treasury, and also asking the Board to
appoint delegates to attend a Conference on the subject. The
Board assented, and appointed its Chairman (Mr. George
J. Newton, J.P.), Mr. Henry J. Coles and Mr. B. White delegates
accordingly. The Conference took place at the Guildhall on
the 17th March, and resolutions were passed as follows:
"1. That, in the opinion of this Conference of Delegates
representing the Corporation of London, and the A estries
and District Boards of the Metropolis, the present sen ice
of London is inadequate, inefficient and costly.
"2. That, in the opinion of this Conference, an inquiry
should be held by the Treasury as to the cost, adequacy
and efficiency of the London Telephone Service ant a