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Justices of the Peace, at a Petty Sessions held on the 11th
April, to act as Overseers for the year 1890-1, were :—
Mr. Frederick Glover, 30, Beak Street.
Mr. Alfred Court, 46, Poland Street.
Mr. Kenneth McDonald, 64, Haymarket.
Mr. Henry James Saunders, 27, Beak Street.
PUBLIC BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.
The Act to encourage the establishment of Public Baths
and Washhouses was adopted by the Vestry in the same
year that it became law, 1846. The Act is not administered
by the Vestry, but by seven Commissioners appointed by
them. The Commissioners are largely independent of the
Vestry, but have to obtain their consent to contracting
loans, and also to expenditure in certain cases. They are
not required to periodically report their proceedings to the
Vestry, although it has become their practice of late yearn
for them to present a report annually.
The statement of the Commissioners for the past year
shows a slight decrease, both as regards the number of
persons using the establishment and the receipts. This
decrease the Commissioners account for by the prevalence
of cold and wet weather during the busier months.
The following extracts are given from the Annual Report
of the Commissioners, which was presented to the Vestry
in January:—
The increase in the normal cost of the establishment is due wholly
to the two items of fuel and water, from circumstances wholly
beyond the control of the Commissioners. When the contract for
coal was taken in 1888, the accepted tender was at the rate of
16s. 3d. per ton. In the meantime the duty of 13d. per ton, which.