It is reported to the Ventilator-General that in the absence of Mr. Aigulet, the clerk of the department, Mr. Slaney caused the chimney to be swept, and the window to be thrown open. The Ventilator-General submits that this is an interference with his peculiar duty which the Secretary to the Rotten Row Commission will not sanction. It is also reported to the Ventilator-General that the clerk has had the consummate assurance to object to the proposed formation of an apparatus for heating air immediately under his own desk: an obstruction to the Ventilator-General’s proceedings which calls for marked reprobation. The Ventilator-General repeats the occurrences to Mr. Aigulet, in order that the fact may be duly laid before my lords. The Commissioners having assembled, their secretary read the letter, and the Chairman ordered in the Clerk. Mr. Slaney appeared, trembled a little, and thought he had done something dreadful. The following dialogue ensued:— _Chairman._ _Did_ you open the window, Mr. Slaney? _Clerk._ Yes, my lord. _Chairman._ Did you order the chimney to be swept? _Clerk._ Yes, my lord. _Chairman._ Be pleased to state, briefly, your reasons for these proceedings. _Clerk._ The chimney was very foul, and the rooms not having been recently used, the window had apparently not been opened for some time. The sash line was broken, and there is a little difficulty about opening it. _Chairman._ You may withdraw. Blushing to the very forehead, and feeling as if his ears were setting his hair on fire, Mr. Slaney retired. After some discussion at the Board, the following minute to the Lords of the Treasury, was dictated to the Secretary. ROTTEN ROW COMMISSION. [Sidenote: Minute No. 2. ] 7, 6, 4— [Sidenote: No. A. XL. ] C. F. T. 24,783,261,107 1,6,4— Her Majesty’s Commissioners having had from the Ventilator-General his report upon the state of ventilation in the apartments allotted to them in the Treasury Chambers, are of opinion that the adoption of his plans would involve very considerable expense, and would cause a delay seriously prejudicial to the business of the Commission. Her Majesty’s Commissioners, therefore, request that my lords will be pleased to dispense with the services of the Ventilator-General in this case, as granted under their lordships’ minute, referred to in the margin, and instead thereof, that they will pass a minute authorising the attendance of the Treasury carpenter to repair a line in a window, which does not at present open with all the facility desirable. By Order of the Board. (Signed) AUGUSTUS AIGULET. These labours concluded the third day’s proceedings.