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Hammersmith 1906

Seventh annual report year ended 31st March 1907

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Property.Tenure.Remarks.
(c) Passmore Edwards Library, Uxbridge RoadFreehold land given by the Ecclesiastical CommissionersBuilding erected by Mr. J. Passmore Edwards, at his own cost. (£6,000 approximately.)
(d) Reading Room College ParkFreeholdFreehold purchased February, 1898, for £190.
Making up road £44 8 11
Party walls 26 2 6
Cost of Building 963 14 4
Wendell Park (about 4 acres)Land given by Ecclesiastical Commissioners conditionallyThe arrangements were finally completed in March, 1894; full details of which are supplied in the nth Annual Report of the late Vestry, pages 42 to 44.
Recreation Ground, Gt. Church Lane (1 acre, 2 roods, 28 poles)FreeholdCopyhold purchased 24th December, 1890, from Ecclesiastical Commissioners for £1,600, one half of which was contributed by the London County Council. (Since enfranchised.)
Expenditure.£s.d.
Legal Expenses3259
Erection of gates and fences128159
Building wall7403
Preparing and laying out ground, etc.750160
Watch Box1200
Gymnastic Apparatus4500
£1,042179
Starch Green Pond EnclosureConveyed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Homage Jury condition ally.Conditions under which the pond was conveyed to the late Vestry are contained in the nth Annual Report, pages 45 and 46.
Railway Arches—
No. 118 and 119, used as stablingAnnual tenancy £29per annum.Arches rented from Mr. Latter.
Sanitary Conveniences—
BroadwayUnder public highwayRe-constructed in 1901, cost of £2,404 15s. 4d.
Uxbridge Roaddo.Re-constructed in 1906, cost of £1,712 7s. 2d.