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Hammersmith 1906

Seventh annual report year ended 31st March 1907

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Grave Stones, Monuments, &c.

Number of permits issued for the erection of
grave stones and monuments117
Number of permits for miniature stones not
exceeding 2 feet in height63
180

Interment Fees:—
The total amount received in respect of interment fees was
£2,214 is 6d. which have been allocated as follows:
Borough Council's fees 1,833 0 6

Incumbents' Fees:—

For services rendered£28756
„ not rendered8176
Non-conformist ministers' fees368130
......1280
£221416

The scale of fees in force is appended, with a copy of
the regulations.
Grave Decorations :—
424 graves have been decorated during the year by the
Council's employees, the amount received therefor being
£165 4s. 6d.
Chaplaincy :—
On the 2nd November. 1906, the Rev. John Parrv, M.A.
resigned his position as incumbents' deputy in respect of
interments in the consecrated portion of the cemetery, and the
Rev. G.N.Walsh, M.A., the present Vicar of Hammersmith, was
appointed in his place by the Incumbents of Hammersmith as
from the 1st January, 1907.
(b) Mortlake Ground.;
The Council has continued the arrangement by which
Messrs. Stevens Bros, have the use, for agricultural purposes, of
the greater part of the land acquired for cemetery purposes at
Mortlake, paying therefor a rental at the rate of £5 per acre.