I am unable to give any experiences of the working of these Acts, for I do not know of any urban authority which has carried them into effect, the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings Improvement Acts having virtually superseded them. The following copy of the bye-laws as sanctioned by the Treasury in 1867 in connection with the Labouring Classes’ Lodging Houses Acts may, however, be of interest, as well as the table of sizes of rooms which follows: Separate watercloset accommodation to be provided for each tenement, or else, where watercloset accommodation is to be used in common by the occupants of two or more tenements, separate accommodation must be provided for each sex. Such accommodation may be either watercloset, earthcloset, or privy. Each tenement to have a dustbin or the use of a dustbin common to several buildings. Each tenement to be well lighted by external windows made to open. Each tenement to have ready access to water. Where several tenements in one building, proper ventilation to be provided for the passages, staircases, &c. The drains to be well constructed. Parties to whom moneys to be advanced to enter into covenants with the Public Works Loan Commissioners, that where there are several tenements in one building they (_a._) Will cause the passages, staircases, &c., to be kept clean; (_b._) Will cause the waterclosets, &c., to be kept in good repair; (_c._) Will cause the dustbins to be emptied at intervals of seven days; (_d._) Will take precautions against any interruption in the supply of water; (_e._) Will keep the windows in good order and repair, and the chimneys swept; (_f._) Will keep the drains in proper order; (_g._) Will allow inspection by Commissioner of Works to see that the above covenants are observed. Number of cubic feet in each room of the several classes of tenements (none of less than two rooms) for which money has been authorised to be advanced: ------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- | One | One | One | One | One |Room of|Room of|Room of|Room of|Room of | cubic | cubic | cubic | cubic | cubic Class. | feet. | feet. | feet. | feet. | feet. ------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Class I. of two rooms | 715 | 1,219 | | | Ditto | 816 | 994 | | | Ditto | 995 | 1,020 | | | Class II. of four rooms | 960 | 960 | 960 | 960 | Class III. of five rooms| 372 | 675 | 1056 | 1056 | 1232 Ditto | 446 | 459 | 459 | 781 | 1468 ------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------