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one half of the salary of such Medical Officer, provide???
that his qualification, appointment, salary, and tenerd
of office are in accordance with the regulations of the
Local Government Hoard.
By Section XLV. the licensing of Slaughterhouses and Cowhouses
is transferred to the County Council.
The Local Government Board has issued an order, dated
the 28th March, 1889, containing regulations in regard to the
appointment of Medical Officers of Health, and the same is
referred to in a subsequent paragraph of this Report.
Royal
Academy.
In the latter part of June, 1888, the Board, at the suggestion
of the Vestry of Clerkenwell, presented a Memorial to the
President and Council of the Royal Academy of Arts, praying
that the galleries of that institution might, in the interests of
the working classes, be open on Saturday evenings, at the
same entrance fee and during the same hours as in the last
week of the exhibition. In reply, a letter has lately been
received from the secretary stating that, after giving the matter
very careful consideration, it was found that there were
difficulties of a practical character which, in the opinion of the
President and Council, would render it impossible to comply
with the request.
Advertising
Rating Bill.
The Board also presented a Petition to the House of Commons
in favour of the Advertising Rating Bill, the object of
which was to facilitate the rating of land used for advertising
purposes.
Electric
Lighting.
In July statutory notices were received from the London
Electric Supply Corporation, Limited, and the Metropolitan
Electric Supply Company, Limited, of their intention to apply
to the Board of Trade for a provisional order pursuant to the
provisions of the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 & 1888, to
enable them respectively to supply electricity for lighting and
other purposes within the district; and, in November, maps
were deposited showing the "areas of supply." In December
the House-to-House Electric Light Supply Company gave
notice of application to the Board of Trade for a license under
the same Acts. This Board at the outset resolved to offer no