Sir,—Cr Solomon is evidently under the impression that the anonymous letters ap pearing in your columns do not emanate from Bell Ward electors. In that he is mis taken. What about the petition? Is that not signed principally by Bell Ward electors ? However, be that as it may, I should advise the residents in and around these so-called dwellings not to trouble any further in the matter. I believe the Sanitary Institute and the Social Reform Association, whdrri I understand have the matter in,hand, will make out a good case for them; but even this is not needed in the light of our new Act as it applies to owners of houses of ill-fame, who by it on convic tion are liable to three months' imprison ment without the option of a fine. Now, my advice is to leave Cr Solomon alone; let him have his own Way. You will not have to wait long for bad tenants to again occupy these buildings, if such is not the case with one or two of them now. Get the police on your side and sheet home a convic tion. Three months without the option of a fine is no joke, and should have a very wholesome effect on landlords who will not keep respectable houses for respectable people.—l am, etc.,

Progressive Reform.
Dunedin, May 14.
INSANITARY DWELLINGS.
TO THE EDITOR.
