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died on 25th August, 1876. The Rectory, which is in the
gift of the Bishop of London, was accepted by the Rev.
Edward Capel Cure, M.A., Rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury;
and he was inducted into the office on 3rd December,
1876.
PARLIAMENTARY.
The Metropolis Gas Companies' Bill reported as referred
to a Select Committee in the last annual report, was not
passed.
Poor Law Amendment Bill (1876).— Clause 34.
The effect of this Clause, as amended in Committee,
appeared to be to transfer the present Audit of the Vestry
Accounts from the Auditors elected by the Ratepayers, to an
Officer of the Local Government Board. The Vestry, through
their Parliamentary Committee, communicated with the two
Members of Parliament for Westminster, and urged them
to see that the Clause was so altered as to exempt the
Metropolis from its operation. Similar action was taken by
many of the Vestries and District Boards of the Metropolis,
and the result was that the Clause was amended in the way
desired.
Valuation Bill (1877).
This Bill was again introduced into Parliament by the
Government, and the Vestry, having considered the same,
passed the following resolutions with regard to some of the
Clauses which they forwarded to the President of the Local
Government Board, viz.:—