CITY PROGRESS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18463, 18 August 1925, Page 7

CITY PROGRESS.

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED. Building permits issued by the' City Engineer during July were:—

Totals .. 64,111 106 83,226 102 Since April Ist, the beginning of the Council's financial year, the permits is-

Totals .. 210,692 380 260,525 368 MUNICIPAL ABATTOIR. * MONTHLY RETURN. The slaughtering returns for the. municipal abattoir for July were:

The recent unveiling of the restored "Five Sisters" lancet windows in York Minster bv the Duchess of York recalls the fact- that in the ancient northern capital is more mediaeval painted glass than in any other town in Britain, ana as much as in any town in the world. The cathedral has more glass of that) kind than any other British Cathedral, and nearlv as' much as may be found in any church abroad. The "Five Sisters" are the tallest and slenderest group of unmutilated contemporary lancet windows extant. The east window, possibly the largest anywhert —certainly th" largest of it", kind anywhere—7/ft by 32ft,, contains all its original glass, 200 compartments, each a yard square.

1925-6. 19245. Ward. Value. "Value. Central. . £■ Ko. £ No. Inner Area 12,052 10 27,332 12 Outer Area . 1,505 7 374 4 St. Albans 25,587 40 26.800 31 Sydenham 5,133 14 8,073 20 Linwood 13,140 20 11,650 15 Spreydon 4,380 n 6,862 12 Woolston 2,314 6 2,135 8

sued were:— <1 1925 -6. 19245. . Ward. Value. Yalue. Central. 4 £ No. £ No. Inner Area .. 26,320 24 65,882 32 Outer Area '. - 34,289 33 18,520 34 St. Albans 78,434 ] L28 75,839 112 Sydenham . , 23,140 49 34,307 65 Linwood .. 37,385 77 27,240 54 Spreydon .. 26,046 46 29,482 53 Woolston 10,069 23 9,255 18

Stock. Slaughtered. Condemned. 1925 1924 1925 1924 Cattle .. 1120 1726 93 23 Shoap .. 7949 7177 22 23 Lambs 300 519 — — Pigs .. 1251 1463 4 12 Calves .. 763 731 a 25