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them under this Section I am not at the present moment prepared
to say, as the question is a very intricate one, and requires very
careful consideration.
Certain provisions of various Acts of Parliament as set out in
the second schedule to the Act are repealed by Section 89, as also
is so much of any Act which is inconsistent with the Act under
review.
METROPOLITAN STREETS ACT.
The Vestry received a communication in April, 1893,
from the Commissioner of Police, forwarding a notice
stating that an order had been submitted for the approval
of the Secretary of State, directing that certain streets be
deemed to be within the special limits of the 10th section
of the above-mentioned Act. The effect of this order will
be to prohibit in the streets specified therein the loading
and unloading of coal, etc., between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
and to give additional powers to the police to regulate the
traffic. The streets situate wholly or partly in this parish,
mentioned in the notice, are Coventry Street, Piccadilly,
Tichborne Street, New Bond Street, Jermyn Street,
Shaftesbury Avenue, Pall Mall, Oxford Street, and Regent
Street.
POSTS IN VIGO STREET.
The Bill promoted by the London County Council
which had for its object the removal of certain obstructions
in public thoroughfares, including the posts in Vigo Street,
which at the date of the Vestry's last Annual Report was
awaiting the third reading in the House of Commons,
passed into law during the year, and the posts in Vigo
Street were removed by the London County Council on