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(b) That the cumulative system of voting at School Board Elections.
should be abolished.
(c) That casual vacancies occurring on the School Board should be
filled up by a vote of the ratepayers, and not, as at present, by
the Members of such Board.
(d) That a Returning Officer should be appointed for each School
Board Division, and that the office of Returning Officer for the
whole of the Metropolis should be abolished.
(r) That the Returning Officer should be nominated by the Education
Department from the Vestry Clerks appointed under the Metropolis
Local Management Act in the electoral areas.
(f) That all expenditure for School Board Election Purposes, paid out of
the rates, should bo subject to revision by taxation or otherwise.
(g) That the fees paid to the Returning Officers, should be greatly
reduced, and that the total cost of carrying out an election of
Members of the School Board in the suggested increased number
of constituencies should not exceed the total cost of carrying
out an election in the existing constituencies upon the revised
scale laid down by the Education Department"
The number of representatives for the Southwark Division
will be unaltered by the Bill.
S.E. Railway,
(Various
Powers) Bill
On the 30th November, a plan and book of reference,,
together with the usual Gazette notices, Arc., were deposited by
the South Eastern Railway Company in respect of a Bill
which has since been introduced to Parliament, intituled "A
Bill for conferring further powers upon the South Eastern
Railway Company, and for other purposes." The property
proposed to be taken in this district being unimportant, consisting
of three houses only, and the district not being
injuriously affected by the Bill, the Board did not think it
necessary to oppose the same.
South London
Tramways.
In December, the South London Tramways Company gave
notice of their intention to apply to Parliament for leave to
bring in a Bill for the extension of their tramway system along
the western part of Southwark Street, and in Stamford Street,
but no further action was taken in the matter.
Shortly afterwards, the same Company applied for permission
to make an alteration in their tramway line at the
east end of Southwark Street, laying down an additional
line of rails on the north side, and terminating them at
a point in the centre of the road near the chalet.
The Board, after careful consideration, sanctioned the