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again recommended that under the circumstances it was advisable to contract
for another year. The tenders of Mr. Crane and Mr. Parsons were
the lowest of those which had been sont in. Mr. Crane and Mr. Parsons
attended before the Committee and offered to reduce their tenders £20
in respect of each of the throe districts. The Committee recommended
the acceptance of the reduced tenders, and the recommendation was
adopted by the Yestry. The amount of the contracts was £5,603, and
oxceoded the amount of those of last year by £653.
Since the tenders for the execution of the work during the current
year have been accepted, the Committee have made further investigations
as to the "Destructor." They have had interviews with the
agent of tho Patentee, who gave information as to the probable cost of
construction, and tho quantity of room required, and furnished tracings
of two plans. Tho Chairman of tho Committee, to satisfy himself and
obtain information for the benefit of tho Yestry, took the trouble to go
to Leeds to examine the "Destructors" there, and make inquiries as
to the results of tho working of them. So far as Leeds is concerned, and
indeed as far as other large provincial towns are concerned, the results
are extremely favourable, but tho conditions of those places are not the
same as London. The Corporation of the City have decided to have a
"Destructor," which is in process of construction, and it is thought
desirable before coming to a final conclusion to see how that
"Destructor" works.
FOURNIER'S CHARITY.
The following were the thirteen candidates who were elected and
received the gift of £10 each:—
Baldwin, Mary, 17, Marian street.
Copland, Rebecca, 271, Globe road.
Dormer, John Alfred, 9, Teale street.
Downs, Sarah, 3, Queen street.
Gill, Ann, 399, Cambridge road.
Jacob, Thomas Pursey, 22, Cambridge circus.
Jansen, Teresa, 487, Cambridge road.
Kendrick, Alfred James, 2, St. Helen's place, Green street.
Lamy, George, 10, Hart's lane.
Lemay, Henry, 29, Canrobert street.
Ray, Thomas, 43, Fournier street.
Whitehead, William, 33, Ravenscroft street.
Williams, Richard, 17, North place.