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unexpected death of the Surveyor has prevented for a time the further
consideration of the subject. The question has been viewed not so
much as one of cost (important as that is) as of efficient performance
of work, the complete or imperfect doing of which materially affects
the health and comfort of the inhabitants, especially in the more
densely crowded parts of the parish.
FOURNIER'S CHARITY.
Of the applicants, 49 were, on examination, found eligible, out of
whom the following were elected and received the gift:—
Bouchard, Joseph, 1, William-street.
Brown, John, 3, George-street.
Cavalier, Cornelius, 9, Abbey-street.
Collins, George, 27, Chilton-street.
Dawdry, Charles, 39, Nelson-street.
Herring, James, 12, St. Andrew-street.
Lemay, William, 30, Viaduct-street.
Love, Henry H., 1, Matilda-street.
Medcraft, James Foster, 27, Orange-street.
Pelteret, Leger Henry, 4, Type-street.
Salter, Eliza, 1, Elizabeth-street.
Snow, William, 8, Mape-street.
Taylor, Thomas, 7, Squirries-street.
Townrow, Joseph, 18, Peel-grove.
LEVERINGTON CHARITY.
The surviving recipients of last year, and the widows of Robert
Burdett, James Furness, John Girling, and Robert Nicholls, recipients
last year, were elected recipients for this year. To make up the full
number of 40, the following persons were also elected (out of 20
candidates) recipients for this year:—
Perry, Esther, 102, Columbia-square West.
Tomkins, Eliza, 5, Royston-street.
Triggs, Sarah, 14, Matilda-street.
Webb, Esther, 8, Gale's-gardens.
After the weekly distribution on the 2nd February, Sarah Fitch,
one of the recipients, died, and her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Morgan, a
widow, who had helped to support her mother, was elected a recipient
in her mother's place.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS PRECEPT.
The amount required by the Board for the next year is
£6380 16s. 9d., being £265 2s. 9d, more than the amount required
by the last precept.