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elected on 16th November, and entered on the duties of his office at
Christmas.
The junior clerk in the Surveyor's office, who had originally been
elected temporarily, left in November.
RAILWAY BILLS.
The Regent's Canal Railway City and Docks Bill.—The efforts of
the various Vestries through whose parishes the canal passes to have
the privilege of the land of the Company being assessed only as land
abolished were not successful. The Metropolitan Board of Works,
without communication with the Vestry, asseuted to terms as to the
"skew bridge" and the bridge crossing Grove road, and all the efforts
of the Vestry to get those terms improved were unavailing. The
Company declined to make any concession, alleging that the proposed
works would not interfere with the surface.
The Great Eastern Railway Bill.—Tho Bill mentioned in the last
report has passed.
East London Railway Bill.—The Bill, seeking power to abandon
the construction of the line from the Great Eastern Railway at Cambridge
Road to Whitechapel, mentioned in the last report, was
passed.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.
The amount required by the Board's precept is £9,607 13s. 7d.,
being £154 19s. 3d. more than the amount of the last precept. Tho
Board has returned to the original practice of making the amount of
the precept payable by half-yearly instead of quarterly instalments.
SCHOOL BOARD FOR LONDON.
The amount required by the precept of the Board, to be paid by
quarterly instalments, is £10,420 15s. 10d., being an increase of
£1584 4s. on the precept of last year.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
A copy is appended of the quarterly reports of the Public Analyst
for the year ended at Lady-day, 1883.