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other forms in the code which was eventually submitted to
the Local Government Board for approval. The Local
Government Board suggested several amendments in the
regulations prepared by the Vestry, and after a short correspondence,
it was arranged that representatives of the Local
Government Board and of the Vestry should confer on the
points in difference, with a view to arriving at some understanding
with less delay than would be the case if a long
correspondence were to ensue. A meeting was accordingly
held at the offices of the Local Government Board on the
28th October, the Board being represented by Mr. Provis,
one of their Assistant Secretaries, and Dr. Buchanan, their
Medical Officer, and the Vestry by Mr. Bonthron, Chairman
of the Sanitary Committee, the Vestry Clerk, and the
Medical Officer of Health. The draft regulations and the
suggested amendments were then discussed seriatim, and
in the result the Board promised further to consider
the views of the Vestry and communicate their decision in
writing.
In the month of December the Local Government Board
suggested, as the result of the interview, certain modifica-
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tions in the draft regulations, and the same having been
carefully considered, the Vestry, in the month of March,
expressed their willingness to adopt the amendments
suggested by the Local Government Board, subject to some
small alterations. Thus the matter stood at the close of the
year.
ARTISANS' DWELLINGS.
This subject has continued to receive much attention from
the Vestry.
A request by the Vestry Tor an opportunity to inspect, and
make representations upon, the plans tor the dwellings.