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the Summons was therefore dismissed, the defendant
being required to pay the costs. Lastly, on
the 2nd of March, 1865, a Summons was obtained
against the occupier of No. 33, Caroline Place, in
respect of animals of various descriptions, so kept
as to be a nuisance, and injurious to health. The
complaint was heard on the 14th of March, when
it appeared that the nuisance had already been
abated ; the proceedings were dropped on the
payment of costs.
In addition to these cases, in which it was
necessary actually to make complaint at the Police
Court, there were several in which the nuisances
complained of, were abated in compliance with the
preliminary notice which is always served before
proceedings are commenced.
Bake-houses.
At the close of the Session of 1863, an Act was
passed, having for its object, to secure greater
cleanliness and better ventilation of bake-houses,
and to limit the hours of labour of young persons
employed therein. In this Act it is provided, with
respect to cleanliness, that the interior of every
bake-house must be either limewashed or painted.
If it is limewashed, the limewashing must be
renewed every six months ; if it is painted, the
paint must be washed with soap and water as