View report page

53
The report of the Committee was adopted by the Vestry,
and the objections were lodged with the Board of Trade.
At Lady-day, the Vestry had under consideration an
application by the St. James's and Pall Mall Electric Light
Company for consent to apply to the Board of Trade for a
licence to supply electricity throughout the Parish.
NAMES OF STREETS.
Only one Order has been made by the Metropolitan Board
of Works for re-numbering houses in streets in this Parish,
viz.: an order for re-numbering the premises in Portland.
Mews.
STREETS PARTLY SITUATE IN OTHER
PARISHES.
An order was made by the Metropolitan Board of Works
on the 6th March, 1857, placing that portion of Oxford
Street which is situate in the Parish of St. James under the
jurisdiction of the Vestry of St. Marylebone for all the
purposes of the Metropolis Local Management Act. The
cost of lighting, paving, cleansing, watering, &c., that portion
of the thoroughfare is ascertained annually and paid by the
Vestry.
By an Order of the Metropolitan Board of Works, dated
the 10th August, 1866, specified sections of the followingthoroughfares
are placed under the exclusive management of
the Vestries of St. James and St. George, Hanover Square,
respectively, throughout the entire width thereof, instead of
according to the actual Parish Boundary, viz:—Regent
Street, Piccadilly, Burlington Gardens, St. James's Street,