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therefore does not apply to them The consequence
apparently is, to place duly authorised undertakings under
restrictions which those who are able to dispense with an
order or a license may avoid The Vestry have called the
attention of the Board of Trade to this anomalous state of
affairs, and suggested that the law should be amended so an
to prohibit the erection of unauthorised wires under any
circumstances A reply has been received from the Board of
Trade to the effect that a note has been made of the observations
of the Vestry, which will be duly considered Representations
have also been made to the Local Government
Board on the subject
SCHOOL BOARD FOR LONDON
The following extracts from the Report of the Special
Committee appointed on the 12th February, 1885, to which
reference was made in the last Annual Report of the Vestry,
give an account of the action taken by the Vestry in this
matter, and the result thereof—
In the first instance, your Committee directed their attention
to collating information illustrating the growth of the expenditure of the
Board, not only in the aggregate, but per head for each scholar educated in
the Board Schools A series of three papers was prepared, and a copy of
each supplied to every member of a Vestry or District Board in the
Metropolis
The Vestry then invited the several Vestries and District Boards (the rating
authorities under the Elementary Education Act) to appoint representatives
to attend a Conference for the purpose of considering the action to be taken
for checking the growing expenditure of the Board By the kindness of the
Lord Major, this meeting was held in the Mansion House the city of
London, on the 27th April Your Committee regret that in the interval
between arranging and holding the meeting, the Lord Mayor ( Alderman
Nottage) unfortunately died, his successor (Sir R N Fowler) however
took up the engagement of his lamented predecessor, and presided at the
opening of the meeting, although he vacated the chair at an early stage, and
was followed by the Right Hon W H smith, M P