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salary of 50 guineas per annum hitherto paid to him, he is to have
an annual retaining fee of 10 guineas, and to be paid for analyses as
follows —
For the first 100 Analyses in any year £110 each
„ second 100 „ „ 0 10 6 „
All above 200 „ „ 0 6 0 „
The Lord President of the Council having agreed to receive a
deputation from Vestries and District Boards on the subject of the
expenditure of the School Board for London, Mr. Pereira and Mr.
Bellingham were appointed as the deputies from the Vestry. On the
Report of the interview being made to the Vestry, it was moved, "That
the Vestry is of opinion that the points laid before the Lord President
of the Council on the alleged extravagant expenditure of the School
Board for London are not borne out by the facts of the case."The
motion was lost.
On the passing of the Artizans' Dwellings Act, the Act was referred
for consideration and report to a special Committee, consisting of
the Works and Sanitary Committees. At the Meeting of the Vestry,
before the death of the late Medical Officer, on the recommendation
of the special Committee, a resolution was passed requesting the
Medical Officer to report whether there are any and what areas in the
Parish in respect of which an official representation should be made*
to the Metropolitan Board of Works as the Local authority for
carrying the Act into effect.
The Surveyor having reported that the passage known as Devil's
Alley, leading from Elizabeth Place to Lisbon Street, had been closed,
the matter was investigated by the Works Committee, and it appeared
that after pulling down the houses in Elizabeth Place, Mr. Rawlins
had stopped up the passage, and leased the site of Elizabeth Place,
including the passage to Messrs. Mann, Crossman, & Co., for building.
Elizabeth Place and the passage, especially the latter, had been for
years the subject of constant complaint, and after visiting the place
the Works Committee recommended that no steps should be taken in
relation to the closing of the passage at present. Their recommendation
was adopted. Subsequently the Vestry resolved " to take
no action in the matter of closing Devil's Alley."
The inhabitants of the narrow part of Cambridge Road, between