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the St. Saviour's Board deserve consideration, they
would prefer to defer making any recommendation
thereon until the suggested Bill is before them.
Exmouth Street Market.—In the latter part of
the year 1891, representations were made to the
Yestry that on the opening of Rosebery Avenue to
traffic, and the consequent diversion of traffic from
Exmouth Street, that street should be allowed
to become a market street. To this the Vestry
assented, and in July, 1892, costermongers were
allowed in the street, subject to the police regulations,
and to certain further regulations made by
the Vestry. It will be seen by the succeeding
paragraph that the control of the Yestry has
practically passed away.
Costermongers.—A case of great importance on
the subject of the occupation of streets by costermongers
was decided by Lord Chief Justice
Coleridge in the Queen's Bench Division, in the
case of Summers v. The Holborn District Board of
Works, that the provisions of the General Paving
(Metropolis) Act, 1817, as regards costermongers
are virtually suspended by the Streets Traffic
Regulation Acts 1867 and 1868, and that the
regulation of the costermongers in the streets has
passed from the local authorities to the police.
The Holborn District Board of Works convened
a Conference at their Town Hall on the 16th
March, to consider what course could be taken
with reference thereto. The Yestry appointed Mr.
Walton and Mr. Sans as their representatives, and
the following resolutions were passed:—
"That this Conference of Vestries and District
Boards of Works, having taken into consideration
the case of Summers v. The Holborn Board of