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to pay this yearly sum of £6. I appeal to you, taking into consideration the whole
of the circumstances, of which I believe you are fully aware, to favourably consider
the matter.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) EDWARD JOSSELYN BECK,
Treasurer of the Amicable School.
The Vestry referred the said letter to the General Purposes Committee for
consideration.
The General Purposes Committee having on the 3rd April, 1888, reported they
had considered the letter dated 20th March, 1888, received from the Treasurer of the
Amicable School, with reference to the yearly rent charge of £6 bequeathed by Hill
and Bell in 1613, which cannot now be recovered from the property originally charged
with the payment thereof, the site of which now forms portion of the Churchyard and
the public way Church Street, and evidence having been produced to the Committee
that the parish is receiving the benefit of the site of the said property which was thrown
into the public way Church Street for the improvement thereof, it was
"Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee, that the said sum
"of £6 per annum be paid by the Vestry."
BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.
At a Meeting of the Vestry held on the 1st of November, 1887, Messrs. John
Bulmer, Edward James Talbot, and Lawrence Stevens were re-elected Commissioners
for Public Baths and Wash-houses, to carry out the provisions of the Baths and Washhouses
Acts in this parish, in conjunction with Messrs. Francis John Bisley, Samuel
Brownfield, Ralph Westall Walker and Thomas William Clarke.
At the same meeting of the Vestry, Messrs. Henry Lovel Bartlett and George
Mabbs were re-elected Auditors of the Accounts of the Commissioners for Public Baths
aud Wash-houses for the ensuing year.
The following is a copy of the Balance Sheet for the year ending 25th of March,
1888:—