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samples of food and drugs, and have decided that
any resident of the Parish (traders excepted) shall
be allowed, upon payment of '2s. 6d., to bring to
the Vestry any article of food or drugs purchased
or delivered in the Parish, for the purpose of being
tested by the public Analyst. Should the sample
submitted prove to be adulterated, the report will
be handed over to the Inspector ot the district, with
the name and address of the seller, for the purpose
of his taking samples in conformity with the Act,
and if in that case the sample be found to be
adulterated, the 2s. Gd. deposited by the person
bringing the sample will be returned to him. The
rule has been printed on the back of the ratepapers,
but up to the present time little advantage has
been taken of the arrangement by the parishioners.
Death of Mr. R. E. Paget.—The Vestry have to
record with very deep regret the death of their
Vestry Clerk, Mr. R. E. Paget, which occurred on
the 6th October. Mr. Paget had been in the servicc
of the Vestry for 27 years, and succeeded his father
in the office of Vestry Clerk in 1892. A special informal
meeting of the members of the Vestry was
called, and after many and eloquent testimonies as
to the splendid services rendered by Mr. Paget, of
his unfailing kindness and courtesy to all, and to the
sterling integrity of his character, the following resolution
was passed: —
" That the members of the Vestry of Clerkenwell hereby
record their deep sorrow at the great loss they and the
Parish have sustained in the death of their esteemed Vestry
Clerk, Mr. R. E. Paget; their very high appreciation of hit
work and worth, and their desire to offer to Mrs. Paget and
family their sincere sympathy with them in the sad bereavement
that has overtaken them."
Mr. Paget was accorded a public funeral, when a
large number of Vestrymen, officials, vestry clerks,