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the two Boards had been in receipt of lapsing at the same time.
As a preliminary step towards the letting, the Board had a
valuation made of the Arches by Messrs. Field and Sons, and,
after a considerable amount of negotiation, it has agreed—St.
Olave's assenting—to grant leases to the present tenants of the
Arches, as under :—
Per annum.
The Proprietors of Fenning's Wharf, for 7,
14, or 21 years, of the eastern portion
of the Arches, on the north side ol
Tooley Street, at
L
£70
0
0
The Proprietors of the Humphery Estate, for
7, 14, or 21 years, of the western
portion of the same Arches, at
(The above are wholly in St. Savioilr's.)
£70
0
0
The Proprietors of the Humphery Estate, for
a like term, of the Arches on the south
side of Tooley Street and extending
under Duke Street, at
£600
0
0
Total
£740
0
0
Leases are now being prepared, and will shortly be submitted
to the intended lessees for their approval and signature.
In June, Mr. Fry called the attention of the Board to the
proposed acquisition by the London County Council of a site for
new Offices, estimated to cost three quarters of a million pounds,
and moved :—
London
County
Council
Offices.
" That the Members of the St. Saviour's District Board of Works view
with alarm the suggestion that the London County Council should
expend three quarters of u million pounds in the purchase of a
site for new offices, at a time of great depression in trade, and
with the prospect of a bad harvest; and, in the interests of the
already overburdened ratepayers, respectfully urge that the said
purchase, with its consequent additional heavy expenditure, be
postponed."
The resolution was unanimously adopted, and a copy forwarded
to the London County Council, who, shortly afterwards,
abandoned the scheme.
In June, a circular-letter, dated the 31st May, was received
from the Metropolitan Asylums' Hoard, stating that the accommodation
at their hospitals for cases of scarlet fever and
diphtheria was nearly exhausted, and shortly afterwards a
communication was received from the Vestry ot St. Marylebone,
drawing attention to the circular of the former, and inviting the
local authorities to attend a Conference upon the subject. The
Board appointed Mr. Blatchford, Mr. Newton, and the Medical
Officer (Dr. Herron) as its delegates. The Conference took place
on the 28th June, and it was resolved that a deputation should
Hospital
Accommodation.