In the Appendix No. 14 (page 62), and No. 15 (page 63), will be found statements giving particulars of a similar kind to those given under the head of General Works. The orders issued by the vestry for special sewers rates during the year, and the rates made by the board of guardians in consequence, have been as follows:— Date and Amount of Order Date and Amount Rateable Value of Gross Amount of issued by the Vestry. of Rate made by Property charged. Rate. the Guardians. Sept. 25 £24 11 10 Nov. 21 4d. in £1772 0 0 £29 10 8 £ ,, 4 4 6 ,, 9d. in 120 0 0 4 10 0 £ ,, 4 19 2 ,, 7d. in 168 10 0 4 18 3½ £ ,, 4 16 6 ,, 3½d. in 412 0 0 6 0 2 £ ,, 1 13 9 ,, 2d. in 325 0 0 2 14 2 £ APPLICATIONS. During the period between the 26th March, 1860, and the 25th March, 1861, the vestry have adjudicated upon forty-six applications for directions upon the subject of house drainage, twenty-three of which had reference to the drainage of twenty-five houses already built, and twenty-three to forty-three intended houses and the new barracks at Pimlico; they have also brought under the cognisance of the Commissioners of Police, the dangerous condition of forty-five buildings, and have decided upon seventeen miscellaneous applications. Of the applications so made, fifty-nine have been granted, and four negatived. Eight buildings have been commenced without previous notice to the vestry, and their builders having been summoned before the board for neglect, the explanations given by them, or their apologies, have in most cases been considered satisfactory. Fourteen proposals have been made to build before the general frontage line, and one hundred and three obstructions and offences upon the public highway have been dealt with by the Board. THE LATE HANS TOWN COMMISSION, AND THE LATE CHELSEA IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION. Nos. 16 and 17 in the Appendix (page 64), explain the alteration which these debts have undergone during the year. No special rate has been necessary upon the Hans Town district, during the past twelvemonth, but the order and rate made for the reduction of the debt upon the remainder of the parish has been as follows:—