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Board of Guardians to the effect that it is desirable that the
Metropolitan Asylums Board should issue a report annually,
and that such report should be given in sufficient detail to
admit of comparison in the cost and results of administration
in the various hospitals under the charge of the Board. Thisresolution
was communicated to the Board and duly
acknowledged.
The Vestry thereupon requested the Board to furnish them
from time to time with a printed copy of their accounts, and
this request has been complied with.
REGISTERED HOUSES.
It is satisfactory to note that the tenement houses registered
under tho sanitary regulations of the Vestry have not
occasioned any special trouble during the year.
ST. JAMES'S DWELLINGS.
It was stated in the last Annual Report of the Vestry that
a number of firms had been invited to tender for the erection
of the proposed Dwellings, according to the designs of Mr.
H. H. Collins.
Each of the firms so invited submitted a tender, but upon
the tenders being opened the amounts were so largely in
excess of the original estimate of the Architect, that they were
referred to a Committee for consideration. It then appeared
that the Architect had stipulated for the carrying • out of
certain work beyond his original proposal, and although the
additional work would no doubt be an improvement if considerations
of cost were totally disregarded, they were of such
a nature as to appear unnecessary in a building of the