Routh, who is in charge of the duties lately
executed by the Relief Commission.
"No authority can, from the present date, be given for the execution of
any new works under the 9th Vict., cap. 1; and such works as may
hereafter be required for the relief of distress must be presented and
sanctioned according to the provisions of the 10th Vict., cap. 107."
The Board of Works were instructed by the Treasury Minute, dated the
21st ultimo, to bring to an early close all the works under the 9th
Vict., cap. 2, which were not required for the relief of urgent
distress; and the Board were informed, that if the parties interested
desired that works so discontinued should afterwards be recommenced and
completed, it was open to them to take the usual steps to provide for
that object, either by obtaining loans secured by grand jury
presentment, or by other means.
Their Lordships desire that the Board of Works will report to what
extent works have been discontinued under these instructions, on the
ground of their not being really required for the purpose of giving
relief, and that it may be understood, in accordance with the passage
above adverted to in the Minute of the 21st July, that if it should
become necessary to recommence any such works, the renewal of them must
be provided for either in the manner above referred to, or under the
10th Vict.
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