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essary for certain drainage works to be carried out, the estimated
cost of which was £1375, and in September the Council decided
to adjourn the consideration of the whole matter sine die.
188. The Burials Committee on a reference from the Council
considered as to the adaptability for burial purposes of the land
adjoining Putney Vale Cemetery. The Committee, in September,
reported that at the present rate of usage, i.e., 160 spaces a year,
the cemetery would last about 48 years, and at the rate of say 250
spaces a year, 31 years, and they did not recommend the purchase
of additional land. The matter was, however, referred back to
the Committee, and further enquiries were made as to the land.
The Committee then reported that the land which the owners
were prepared to sell was in their opinion not suitable, and
too costly, and that having regard to the large area of land
available for burials in cemeteries belonging to the Council and
to all the circumstances the Committee adhered to their former
report on the subject. This report was adopted by the Council.
The owners of the land have since approached the Council again
and offered to sell some land fronting Kingston Road to add to
the cemetery, and the Burials Committee recommended the Council
not to entertain the offer. Upon the submission of this recommendation
to the Council it was decided to refer the offer to the
Highways Committee.
189. Complaints having been made of the destruction by
rabbits of flowers on the graves at Putney Vale Cemetery, the
Council has placed wire netting at the base of the boundary wall
and fence of the cemetery at an estimated cost of £50.
190. The Council has had under consideration the subject of
the transfer of grave spaces from parishioners to
non-parishioners, by which means the payment of
the extra purchase fees payable by non-parishioners is evaded,
and decided to amend the rules so as to provide that the owner
of the right to use any grave space may dispose of such right,
subject to the previous consent in writing of the Council, but
shall not be entitled to permit any interment in it for a pecuniary
consideration; and to print a note on the grant that it can only
be transferred subject to the previous consent in writing of the
Transfer of
Grave Spaces.