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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL
of the
Hetropolitao Borougb of Wapdsworth
For the year ended 31st March, 1908.
Election Mayor.
1.At the Meeting of the Council on the gth November,.
of Alderman J. W. Lorden, who was Mayor of the
Borough for the year 1903-4, was unanimously
elected Mayor for the year 1907-8.
The Ex-Mayor.
2.On the 9th October it was unanimously resolved:—
"That the best thanks of the Council be given to Coun-
cillor James Wise, J.P., for his able, courteous, and impartial
conduct in the Chair, and for the time and attention bestowed by him in
the discharge of his duties as Mayor of this Borough."
3. The General Purposes Committee were instructed to prepare
an address expressing the Council's high appreciation of
Councillor Wise's services, and the following address was
engrossed, framed, and sealed with the Common Seal of the
Council, and presented to Councillor Wise at the Meeting of the
Council on the 9th November, viz.:—
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Population. Area. Rateable Value.
308,663 9,221 acres. ,£2,005,347.
To James Wise, Esq., J.P.
We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Wandsworth, desire to convey to you our heartiest thanks for
the valuable services which you have rendered to the Borough as Mayor
from November, 1906, to November, 1907.
It was your privilege to be entrusted with the presentation to Their
Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra of an Address of Welcome
from the Council on the 24th July, 1907, when Their Majesties visited the
Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth Common, in commemoration