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OBITUARY. 
The successful candidates were:— 
Mr. W. R. Bryan 
— S. Cooper .... 
— J. Dibben .... 
— J. Middleton 
— J. E. Nurse 
— A. Pritchard 
— G. Wilkins 
Loughborough. 
Plumstead. 
Derby. 
w 
Holloway. 
Lynn. 
Kensington. 
London. 
MISCELLANEA. 
ABOLITION OF SLAUGHTER HOUSES, &c. 
It is satisfactory* Bays the Echo, to know that by the gradual but 
sure process of efflux of time, London will soon be free from many 
of the most unwholesome of her manufactories. In the Metropoli¬ 
tan Building Act of 1844 is a provision that after the expiration of 
thirty years from that date, no blood-boiler, bone-boiler, fell-monger, 
soap-boiler, slaughterer of cattle, sheep, or horses, tallow-melter, 
tripe-boiler, or similar dealer in nastiness shall be allowed to carry 
on his trade within fifty feet of any dwelling-house, or forty feet 
from any public way. The provision is an excellent one as far as it 
goes, and it is only a pity that the distance was not made ten times 
as great, that is to say, somewhat coextensive with the nuisance. 
But as it stands it will necessitate the removal of nearly all these es¬ 
tablishments now at work in the metropolis, and so in the year of 
grace 1874 we may fairly hope that time and the Building Act will 
do something to purify our atmosphere. 
OBITUARY. 
We regret having to record the death of Mr. John Tombs, 
M.R.C.V.S., Great Barrington, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. 
Mr. Tombs, after obtaining his diploma in 1829, spent some years 
in India, and, like many others, suffered so much from the climate, 
that he was compelled to return to this country for the benefit of 
his health. He was much respected, and has died deeply regretted 
by a large circle of relatives and friends. 
ERRATUM. 
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