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the property affected have taken place in consequence,
though the orders of the Vestry have not yet been fully
complied with in all cases. In two instances the owners
have exercised their statutory power of calling upon the
Vestry to purchase the property, and their claims are now
under consideration. They relate to Bolton Court, and
some "obstructive" buildings in St. John's Square in
connection with the Bishop's Court area.
Clerkenwell Electric Lighting Order, 1885.—Notwithstanding
the extension of time granted to the Metropolitan
Brush Electric Lighting Co. by the Board of Trade, for the
appropriation and deposit of capital for this enterprise, no
progress whatever was made with it, and therefore on the
11th August, 1884, the Board of Trade revoked the Order.
Board School. Green Terrace,—The proposal of the
School Board to take Nos. 1 to 10 Green Terrace as a site
for a Board School, which first came before the Vestry in
November, 1883, and to which a strong opposition has
been manifested by the whole of the neighbouring locality,
has continued to engage the attention of the Vestry at
intervals throughout the year. In July, 1884, in consequence
of the declared intention of the School Board not
to abandon the sitp, the Vestry sought and obtained the
good offices of. Mr. Torrens, M.P. for the Borough of
Finsbury, with the Education Department, the result of
which was that, although the matter was so far advanced
towards completion, it was re-opened. The School Board
itself, though its Works Committee was evidently bent on
carrying its own way, was almost equally divided, and
resolutions were carried and lost upon the question with
very narrow divisions. Eventually, on the 26th February,
1885, the School Board passed a resolution that application
be made to the Education Department for authority to
abandon the site, and instructing the Works Committee to