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ciate at the burial— except in the cases of
the incumbents of Putney, Roehampton,
and Streatham, who are paid fixed sums
agreed upon with the late Burial Boards
in lieu of fees.
The following table of fees payable to ministers
has been adopted by the Council and approved by
the Home Secretary, viz:—
1st Class, 10s. 2nd Class, 6s. 3rd class, 4s
Interments not conducted within the specified
hours:— 1st Class, 12s. 6d. 2nd Class, 7s. 6d.
3rd Class, 5s.
The subject of the scale of other burial fees is at
present under consideration.
The fees payable to the Parish Clerks of Putney
and Streatham having been abolished by the Burial
Act, the subject of their compensation for loss of fees
has been considered. The Parish Clerk of Streatham
has accepted the amount granted by the Council.
The question of the compensation of the Parish Clerk
of Putney is under the consideration of the Home
Secretary.
Wandsworth
public Baths.
The Baths and Wash-houses Acts were
adopted by the Vestry of the Parish of
Wandsworth on the 26th November, 1897. The Commissioners
acquired the freehold of the premises known
as James' Yard, High Street, Wandsworth, for the
sum of £3,800, and in 1900 obtained the sanction of
the Local Government Board to borrow £36,000 for
the purchase of the premises at James' Yard and the
erection thereon of the necessary buildings. The foundation
stone of the baths was laid by the Right Hon.
A. J. Newton, Bart. (Lord Mayor of London), on the