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"commencement of the half-year sufficient funds to meet two months'
"expenditure. Your Committee see no reason why a similar course
"should not be adopted by the School Board by gradually forming a
"fund for the purpose, and they recommend that the Clerk be directed
"to write to the School Board in accordance with this report, and to state
"that the Board regret that they do not see their way to an earlier
"payment of the precepts than at present. Your Committee also
"recommend that a copy of this report be sent to the City Corporation
"and the Vestries and District Boards, and that those bodies be re"quested,
if they concur in the views of the Board in the matter, to
"inform the School Board accordingly."
The Board adopted the foregoing report; several
of the Local Authorities expressed their concurrence
in the views of the Board in the matter, and the School
Board eventually stated that they would be satisfied
if the precepts were promptly paid in accordance with
the existing arrangements of the Board.
site for Board school, The School Board for London having
scheduled a site for a Board School at
Magdalen Road, Wandsworth, the Board objected
thereto on the ground that being immediately opposite
the gates of the Wandsworth Cemetery the constant
passing of funerals and the tolling of the bell would interfere
with the efficient working of the school, and that
the children attending the school would use the cemetery
as a playground and be an annoyance to persons
attending funerals; and they suggested that a site
should be acquired fronting Burntwood Lane, or in one
of the roads proposed to be laid out between Magdalen
Road and Burntwood Lane. The School Board have
now decided to withdraw the proposal.
London country council Tramways At the invitation of the London County
Council, the Board appointed three representatives
(Messrs. Bulcraig, Essex, and
James) to confer with a Sub-committee of the Highways
Committee of the Council and representatives of the
Lambeth Vestry as to the use of mechanical traction on