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was subsequently prepared by the Commissioners upon which the
Council made suggestions, most of which were adopted.. The
scheme has since been approved by the Privy Council and will
come into force on the 1st April, 1904. Under the scheme the
Borough will form " The Parish of Wandsworth Borough " and
(except as affected by the parochial balances at the above-mentioned
date) there will in future be an equal General Rale.
Another effect of the scheme is the extension to the Parish of
Tooting of the provisions of the Burials Acts, which will hereafter
be administered by the Council uniformly throughout the Borough.
The change will also simplify the keeping of the accounts and the
administrative work of the Council
County
boundary at
Tooting.
4.—The order referred to in the last annual report providing
for an alteration of the boundary of the County of
London at Tooting has now been made and will
come into operation on the 1st of April, 1904, The order provides
that the boundary shall be along the north side of the
Tooting, Merton, and Wimbledon Railway between Mitcham
Road and Tooting Junction at one end and the extreme boundary
of the County of London, west of Lambeth cemetery, at the other
end, and that the areas to the north and south of this boundary
line should be transferred to the Counties of London and Surrey
respectively.
5.—On the 9th November, 1902, Councillor william Hunt
Mayor. was unanimously elected Mayor.
Portrait
of Mayor.
6.—At the same Meeting Councillor Lidiard, on behalf of
the subscribers (Members of the Council), presented
to the Ex-Mayor, Councillor Lancaster, J.P., his
portrait in oils (painted by Mr. C. E. Eutler) and a replica thereof
by the same artist. The portraits having been unveiled by Mrs.
Lidiard, Councillor Lancaster returned thanks and presented one
of the portraits to the Council. The Mayor accepted the portrait
on behalf of the Council.
—The following address, framed and illuminated, was also
presented to the Ex-Mayor, viz.;—