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In the account referred to, no allowance has been made for the
saving effected by the removal of the old urinal which stood in the
vicinity, and was superseded by the present structure; nor, on the
other hand, has anything been charged for interest on the capital
sum expended in erecting and fitting up the Conveniences. These
two items, if ascertained, would probably be found to be about
equal in amount, and they may, therefore, be considered as a set-off
to each other.
Resignation of
Members, &c.
The following changes have occurred consequent upon the 1
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retirement of members:—In November, 1885, Mr. CoucniiAN, the
Chairman of the Finance Committee, resigned his membership, and
the Committee appointed Mr. Gregory, and more recently Mr.
Angus, as Chairman in his place. In April, 1886, Mr. Botjlden,
who had filled the office of Chairman of the Sewers Committee
for many years, resigned, in consequence of leaving the district,
and the Board passed a resolution expressive of its regret at
losing the valuable services of that gentleman. On the 22nd
instant, Mr. Josiah Hale was appointed Chairman of the Paving
and General Purposes Committee, in lieu of Mr. Rider, who
had expressed a desire to retire from the office, in consequence of
his election to the Metropolitan Board of "Works, as hereinafter
mentioned.
Mr. Charles Harris, the esteemed representative of this Board
at the Metropolitan Board of Works, being disqualified by serious
illness, and the term of three years for which he was last elected
having expired by effluxion of time, the Board on the 9th instant
held a Special Meeting and appointed Mr. Thomas Francis Rider
as his successor. Mr. Harris was one of the oldest members of
the District Board, he having been first appointed as a member
on the passing of the Metropolis Local Management Act in the
year 1855. In December of that year, on the promotion of the
late Mr. (afterwards Sir John) Thwaites, its first representative,
to the Chairmanship of the Metropolitan Board, he was chosen by
this Board to succeed him, and at each recurring triennial period
ever since he has been unanimously re-elected as a member of the
Metropolitan Board. He was also when present invariably called
upon to preside at the meetings of this District Board almost from
Representation
at the
Metropolitan
Board of
Works.