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Schools in London; that in the cost of administration
and some other respects the expenditure of the Board
will admit of large reductions without impeding the
work of popular elementary education in the Metropolis,
and that the Board be urged to reduce its expenditure
accordingly.
(ii) That the various Rating Authorities in the Metropolis
he invited to call the attention of the Ratepayers in their
several districts, in such manner as they may deem best,
to the facts referred to in the foregoing resolution, and
to the paramount necessity of securing and supporting
at the forthcoming Election of the School Board
Candidates of administrative ability, pledged to carry
out the provisions of the Elementary Education Acts
with a due regard to economy.
RELIEF OF THE UNEMPLOYED OF
THE METROPOLIS.
On the 17th of February last the Vestry received a
communication from the Local Government Board stating
that that Board had under their consideration representations
which had been made to them with regard to the
special distress alleged to exist, at that time, throughout the
Metropolis. The Board desired to be informed of the views of
the Vestry as to the extent of the distress in the Parish, and
as to how far it is exceptional. If exceptional, the Board
asked to be informed as to the classes and workpeople among
whom the destitution is most marked, and as to the probability
of its continuance, and they also suggested that any works
the Vestry were contemplating should be commenced. The
Board, further, asked to be furnished with a list of any closed
Graveyards in the Parish, which, in the opinion of the Vestry,
might, with advantage be levelled and made into Recreation
Grounds.