The remaining letters comprise one from the Reverend the Vicar of St. Botolph, whose testimony as to the general condition of the Slaughter-houses is opposed to the evidence of your own senses when visiting the places, and is otherwise grossly inaccurate; also letters from two resident medical practitioners certifying as to the healthiness of the neighbourhood of Aldgate in general, and the Slaughter-houses in particular--also a detailed Report from a Metropolitan Medical Officer of Health, who has so implicitly adopted every “objection” made by the butchers to your Bye-laws, that I am irresistibly forced to the conclusion that he is either the author of such “objections,” or has lent a too credent ear to the gentleman he mentions as having accompanied him in his survey, and “who gave him much valuable information, statistical and otherwise.” Upon fairly balancing the whole matter, I cannot see any reason to modify the opinions expressed in my Report of 27th June last, and in apportioning the value to be awarded to the conflicting testimony offered to you, I must ask you to remember that the strenuous efforts in the way of resistance made by the butchers, and my own justification of the principles of right and propriety, which have alone dictated my advice, rest upon totally distinct bases. W. S. S. GUILDHALL, _14th July, 1876_. CHARLES SKIPPER AND EAST, PRINTERS, ST. DUNSTAN’S HILL, E.C. PLAN OF SLAUGHTER-HOUSES IN THE CITY OF LONDON. NOTE _The_ Light Red Tint, _shews buildings principally constructed of Brick_. _The_ Red Tint, _shews Buildings constructed of Brick, and Inhabited_. _The_ Yellow Tint, _shews buildings principally constructed of Wood_. _William Haywood_ _July 1876_ Transcriber’s Notes In a few cases, minor errors in punctuation have been fixed.