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such a map is of great assistance and advantage to the Vestry, and
is in itself a sufficient return for the increased outlay which has been
incurred.
VESTRY HALL (ALTERATIONS TO).
In August, 1889, the General Purposes Committee drew attention
to some much needed alterations in the Vestry Clerk's Office, proposing
to throw into it the strong room adjoining and to provide a proper
cabinet with book shelves and lockers. These and some alterations
to the ground floor urinal were carried out during the year, the
total cost being about £215.
TENEMENT OCCUPIERS ("LET-OUT" HOUSES).
The question of inserting the names of the occupiers of separate
rooms in "let-out" houses in the occupiers' column of the rate books
was referred by the Vestry to the General Purposes Committee for consideration
and report in December, 1889. A copy of the Committee's
report on the subject (recommending that no alteration be made in the
present practice), which was adopted by the Vestry in May, 1890, will
be found in the Appendix.
RATING OF CANALS.
The mode of assessing canals is one of the anomalies of rating
requiring alteration, the Canal Companies' Acts in many cases providing
that the canals shall only be assessed in accordance with the
value of the land they occupy.
In February, 1890, a communication was received from the Union
of Burnley intimating that Mr. Ritchie had consented to receive a deputation
on the subject of canal rating on the 13th of that month. The
Vestry Clerk attended the deputation, the object of which was to induce
the Government to introduce a Bill for the repeal of the anomalous