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Council upon the subject of proposed amendments to the
Valuation (Metropolis) Act, 1869.
To the Medical Officer of Health for an important and suggestive
report on the Public Health (London) Act.
To Dr. Thomas Bond, for his services voluntarily rendered as
honorary medical officer during Dr. Holt's indisposition.
To the Elected Auditors, for their conduct in re action of the
School Board with regard to a circular issued by the Vestry
prior to the School Board election. This matter is more particularly
dealt with hereafter.
To Sir Walter de Souza, L.C.C.. for information communicated
by him to the Vestry.
To the Police, for their] offer to report when roads are in a
slippery or dangerous condition, and otherwise to co-operate
with the Vestry.
Only one resignation was received during the
Resignation. year.—that of Mr. E H. Smith, a representative
of Ward No. 2, St. John.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The Finance Committee met twenty-four times, Mr. C. C.
Piper and Mr. W. M. Scudamore being re-appointed Chairman
and Vice-Chairman respectively at the first meeting.
Although this Committee is rightly regarded, by reason of
the extreme importance of the work coming within its
purview, as the first Committee of the Vestry, its proceedings
have consisted for the most part of detail checking
and supervision, and no question calling for special remark
here has arisen during the past year. The matters treated
in this report under the heads of"' School Board for London,"
" Executive," " Rates and Rateable Value," and " Loans,"
afford some instance of the great consequence to the parish
which the business of this Committee involves.
THE WORKS AND GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE.
This Committee have held twenty-eight meetings during
the year, at the first of which the Hon. Ashley G. J.