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lative system of voting, and to the desirability of
assimilating the mode of voting for the various local boards
At present Vestrymen are elected by ballot and a system of
single votes, Guardians of the Poor by voting papers and
plurality of votes, which, however, are not cumulative, and
members of the School Board by ballot and cumulative votes
The Vestry see no valid reason for maintaining this state of
confusion, and accordingly expressed a hope that the
Department would see their way either to abolishing or
materially modifying the existing method of voting at School
Board Elections, so that the procedure at these elections may, at
any rate, in some degree approximate to the procedure at other
local elections The Department again replied that the
representations of the Vestry should receive careful consideration
In order to support their views the Vestry invited the
co-operation of other local authorities in their representations
to the Education Department
Upon the invitation of the St Giles's District Board of
Works, the Vestry deputed three of their members to attend
a meeting called by that Board, and a report subsequently
received from the St Giles's District Board showed that their
views were in complete accord with those of the Vestry
GATES AND BARS IN STREETS
Although the obstruction caused by the existence of gates
and bars in many thoroughfares of the Metropolis does not
directly affect this Parish, the Vestry, in view of the public inconvenience
frequently arising therefrom, concurred in the views
expressed by some other local authorities regretting the withdrawal
by the Metropolitan Board of Works of the clauses in
their Various Powers Bill, of Session 1885, which provided
for the abolition ot such obstructions at the joint expense of
the Metropolis and the locality concerned
The Board, however, did not revive the clauses referred to,
and the gates and bars remain undisturbed