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Mr. Mark Gentry, of 2, Wormwood Street, in the City of London,
to carry out the work on the revised quantities for the sum of
£5,573 was accepted. The Land npon which the building is to
he erected is held on lease from Sir Richard Francis Sutton, Bart,
for the term of 63 years from the 24th June, 1885, at a ground
rent of £50 per annum ; the original ground rent of £75 having
been reduced by Sir R. F. Sutton in consideration of the object
for which the building was to be erected. The building is
designed to comprise 23 single room tenements, 12 two-room
tenements, two rooms for the caretaker, and a general wash-house
and work-room. The work is commenced in the hope that it will
benefit the poorer of the labouring classes in the parish, to an
ever increasing extent, as the surplus rents admit of an extension
of the operations of the Trust.
BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.
Among the Bills that have received attention during the
year are the following :
Session 1895.
Elections (Second Ballot and Returning Officers' Expenses.
Factories and Workshops.
Public Buildings (London). No. 2.
Public Health Acts Amendment.
Registration Law Amendment.
Session 1896.
Baker Street and Waterloo Railway.
Ballot Act (1872) Amendment.
Burials.
Franchise and Removal of Women's Disabilities.
Land Values (Taxation by Local Authorities).
Local Government Act (1888) Amendment.
London County Council (General Powers).
London Sea Water Supply.
Metropolitan Sewers and Drains.
Parliamentary Franchise (Women),