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other ornaments. The granite work has been entrusted to Mr. A.
Nicholson, of Mark Lane; the bronze work to the Coalbrooke Dale
Company, through the agency of Mr. E. Wells, of Wood Street;
the foundations have been entrusted to Messrs. Nowell & Robson.
The arrangements for fixing are not yet determined; the water
supply and apparatus connected therewith will be provided by the
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association. It is expected that
the column will be erected in September next.
The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association has already
provided a granite horse trough, near the spot, which is extensively
used.
RAILWAYS, TRAMWAYS, &c.
No Railway or other Bills of a like character, affecting the
Parish, have been promoted during the past year, except a Bill to
authorise inter alia the extension of the North Metropolitan Tramway,
from the High Street, Shoreditch, through the Bethnal Green
Road, to a junction with the existing line in Cambridge Road. A
very small portion of this line would have affected this parish, and
no difficulty was experienced by the Vestry in coming to an agreement
with the Tramway Company. Owing, however, to difficulties
which arose between other parishes and districts, and the Company,
the latter was induced to abandon all extensions which were struck
out of the Bill, and the same is now being promoted for the
Company's private purposes only, and has no relation to public
works.
SALE OF FOOD ANDJRUGS ACT
Appended are the Reports of Dr. Stevenson, Analyst.
Prosecutions were instituted and convictions obtained in
several cases, the penalties varying from £5 to the costs of the
summons. The Act has practically put an end to food adulteration.
Milk and butter are now almost the only articles in respect to
which it is practised.