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The Company claimed to be assessed at gross £4507, rateable
£3380.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
Mr. W. W. Burrows having announced his desire to resign the
office of Sanitary Inspector, it was arranged he should do so at
Christmas.
It was thought desirable on account of the impaired health of
Mr. Burrows the elder that he should not continue to be a Sanitary
Inspector. He ceased to hold office as from Christmas, and was
awarded £50 under the provisions of the 29th Vic., cap. 31.
!The subject of arrangements in the Sanitary Office for the
future occupied much time and attention. Finally it was decided
there should be two Inspectors of Nuisances, each having charge
of a distinct District, and that a lad should be appointed at a salary
of 15s. a week, to attend at the Sanitary Office to keep books and
give assistance in writing and correspondence.
Advertisements for Candidates were issued.
On the 21st January, Mr. Benjamin Samuel Weston was
elected a Sanitary Inspector and Inspector of Nuisances at a salary
of £120.
Mr. Frederick William Meadway was appointed Clerk in the
Sanitary Department at a weekly salary of 15s.
HAMPSTEAD HEATH.
The subject of purchasing further ground for the extension of
the Heath and the preservation of Parliament Hill has been before
the Vestry more than once. The opinion of the Vestry as to the
"Hampstead Heath Enlargement Bill" was asked by the Home
Secretary. The letter from the Home Office and letters from the
Vestries of Hampstead and St. Pancras, suggesting that the
Metropolitan Board of Works should make the proposed purchase
or obtain compulsory powers to do so, were referred to the
Parliamentary Committee. The view of the Committee, which was
unanimously adopted by the Vestry, was that there was no reason