Mr. Miles having been elected to preside at eighty-three meetings, out of the one hundred and fifty-three held during the year, his services as chairman were again acknowledged by a vote of thanks on the twenty-first of May. The thanks of the vestry have been also given during the year to Mr. Perry on the eighth of May, for his exertions as delegate at the metropolitan and county association for the equalization of the poor rates; and to Mr. Foy on the fourth of December, for the tasteful way in which the decorations of the vestry hall, on the occasion of the inauguration dinner were carried out by him. GENERAL WORKS. Appendix No. 7 (pages 48–49), represents the cost, during the past year under the several sub-heads of paving, lighting, watering, cleansing, &c., and the provision made for meeting the same, by orders upon the board of guardians. The surveyor’s return upon this subject forms Appendix No. 8 (page 50). PAVING. The cost of the item of paving during the past year, exceeding the estimate by four hundred and fifty pounds, has been unusually heavy,—viz., £3042 2s. 10d., after allowing for the sum chargeable to the several public companies and others for works executed for them. This is about twelve hundred and fifty pounds more than the cost of the same item of expenditure in the year 1856–7, after making the same allowances; upwards of four hundred pounds more than in 1857–8, eight hundred pounds more than in 1858–9, and six hundred pounds more than last year. It has been occasioned mainly by the purchase of the following materials, and by works executed in the places hereinafter named:—