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acting in concert with the Housing Committee, to
procure, if possible, the insertion of a clause in a
public general Bill in the next session of Parliament,
providing for the proper lighting of common staircases
and passages in blocks of artizans' dwellings.
Clerkenwell Road.—The question of the
jurisdiction over that part of Clerkenwell Road
between Goswell Road and St. John Street has
engaged the attention of the Vestry during the
past year. When the road was constructed some
fourteen years ago it does not appear that that
portion which was in the parish of the Charterhouse
was handed over to that parish for future
maintenance, it being apparently overlooked by
the Metropolitan Board of Works that the south
side of the road was formed in that parish, the
consequence being that the road had been cared
for by the Vestry of Clerkenwell entirely. On the
other hand, the Clerkenwell Vestry had received the
whole of the compensation paid by the North
Metropolitan Tramways Company for the paving
and the whole of the rates on the tramways laid
down. It has therefore been agreed between the
authorities of the Charterhouse and Clerkenwell,
that an application be made to the County Council
to make an order placing the road entirely under
the jurisdiction of Clerkenwell; and the application
has been made accordingly.
Metropolitan Improvements and Rating
of Ground Values.—A letter was received in
December from the Vestry of Plumstead stating
that, whilst regretting the necessity for the delay
of any necessary improvements in the Metropolis,
they consider that the action of the London
County Council, in desiring that a portion of the