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parliamentary bills— continued.
pro rata, of the cost of maintenance, and the Home
Secretary was informed accordingly, and no further action
was ordered to be taken thereon.
Horse Guards Avenue. The Metropolitan Board and the
Westminster District Board having resolved to petition
against the Bill, the Vestry, on the 4th February, 1886,
resolved to adopt a like course. On the 18th March, it
was resolved that the Vestry's Petition against the Bill be
withdrawn.
Housing of the Working Classes (England) Bill. This
Bill received the Royal Assent on the 14th August, 1885.
Metropolitan Board of Works (Fire Brigade Expenses).
The Bill proposed that instead of the maximum of ½d. in
the £. hitherto assessed upon the gross value of property
within the Metropolitan area, a maximum of 1d. in the £.
should be so assessed, and that the contributions of the Fire
Insurance Companies shall be increased from £35 to £40
per £1,000,000 of the sums insured. It was resolved that
the passing of the Bill be not opposed.
Metropolitan Board of Works (Keeping of Firewood)
Bill. This Bill was withdrawn in the House of Commons
on the 24th February, 1886.
Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers), Charing
Cross Footbridge. By this Bill the Board seek to obtain
powers to construct a staircase to commence from the
surface of the Victoria Embankment, and to terminate in
the existing footway of the bridge of the South-Eastern
Railway Company over the Thames, along its North-