Dear Sir,—I beg to apprise you, for the information of the Vestry of Chelsea, that the Metropolitan Board of Works are now engaged in considering what amendments it may be expedient to introduce into the Metropolis Local Management Act, in the present session of parliament, and will be prepared to receive from the Vestry any suggestions they may desire to offer in reference to those provisions of the Act which relate to the duties and powers of vestries and district boards. If the Vestry should deem it proper to offer any suggestions, and you will be good enough, at your early convenience, to transmit to me the draft of any amended clause or clauses which may be proposed, I will immediately bring the subject under the notice of this Board. I am, dear Sir, Yours very faithfully, E. H. WOOLRYCH, Clerk of the Board. Chas. Lahee, Esq., Manor House, King’s Road, Chelsea. * * * * * CLAUSES IN ACT 18 & 19 Vict. cap. GENERAL HEADS FOR AMENDMENT. 120. XI. For every parish mentioned _The system of accounts being in either of the Schedules (A) necessarily intricate_, _and the and (B) to this Act there shall scope of the powers of the Vestry be elected such number as to incur legal debts inaccurately hereinafter mentioned _of the defined_, _the duties of the ratepayers_ of the parish who auditors are very responsible_. have signified in writing their assent to serve to be auditors of _To consider whether a system of accounts, which auditors shall be paid auditors_, _not being of so elected at the same times and necessity ratepayers_, _such as in the same manner as members of that in practice under the Poor the vestry; and the number of Laws_, _is desirable_, _with the ratepayers so to be elected necessary powers for enforcing auditors in any parish not their disallowances_. divided into wards under this Act shall be five, and the number of ratepayers so to be elected auditors in any parish which is divided into wards shall be the same as the number of wards, one auditor being elected in each ward: Provided always, that where the number of wards into which any parish is divided exceeds five, the vestry of such parish shall at their first meeting after the election of auditors as aforesaid, in any year, elect by ballot from among such auditors five of them, and the five persons so elected by ballot shall be the auditors for such parish exclusively of any other person or persons who may have been elected an auditor or auditors for such parish under the provisions herein contained; and a list of the five persons so elected by the vestry shall be forthwith published by the churchwardens in the parish as