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governing body might see their way to opening the
Exhibition every Saturday evening throughout the season.
The Secretary, however, replied that the reasons which had
induced the President and Council to arrive at an adverse
decision on a former occasion were such as no circumstances
are likely to alter.
STREETS WITHIN " SPECIAL LIMITS."
The Vestry have received from the Commissioner of Police
a revised list of streets declared to be within the provisions
of section 5 of the Metropolitan Streets Act, 1867, as from
the 1st January, 1892. The list contains the names of
Coventry Street, Piccadilly, Tichborne Street, Jermyn.
Street, and St. James's Street, and the effect of declaring:
them to be within the provisions of the section named is to
prohibit the removal of ashes, dust, or refuse from any
premises in either of the streets between the hours of 10
a.m. and 7 p.m.
STREET MARKETS.
In the month of December, the London County Council,
who are conducting an inquiry into the market accommodation
of London, applied for particulars relating to
authorised and unauthorised markets in this Parish.
There is no authorised market in St. James's, and only
one unauthorised market, the street market in Berwick
Street and Peter Street. The latter, however, extends over
a rather large area, and is of considerable importance,
especially to the poorer classes of the inhabitants, who are
thus frequently enabled to purchase at a cheap rate articles