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the fact of there being only 1,084 objections received out of
35,058 assessments.
All of which is submitted.
Signed, by order of the Committee,
JOHN GRUMMANT, Chairman.
GEO. W. MARSDEX, Clerk to the Committee.
Mr. Grummant, who had been for very many years
unanimously elected Chairman of this Committee—a post
he was eminently fitted to fill from his extensive and
practical knowledge of the value of property, and from the
laborious attention he gave to the duties of the office of
Chairman—resigned his position as a member of the Vestry,
and consequently ceased to be qualified for the position he
had filled for so long a period. His retirement from the
Vestry was a great loss to the Parish at large, and the
Vestry were pleased to pass a resolution expressing their
regret thereat, and to order it to be presented to Mr.
Grummant engrossed on vellum. He was succeeded in
the Chair by Mr. J. J. Phillips.
REGULATION OF FIREWOOD STACKS.
The Metropolitan Board of Works having introduced
a Bill into the House of Commons for the safe keeping of
firewood within the limits of the Metropolis, the Vestry
received a deputation of persons employed in the trade, and
heard their representations that the Bill would have the
effect of curtailing the business of firewood merchants, and
of driving the storeyards out of the Metropolis, thus depriving
an exceedingly numerous and very poor class of
people of their only means of livelihood. The Vestry took
into consideration the statements, and came to the conclusion
that legislation on the subject was inimical to the interests