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7- The number of Electors, the number of Electors voting,
-etc., were as follows, viz.:—
Number of Electors. Number of Electors voting. Percentage of Electors voting. Number of rejected Ballof Papers.
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Address to their Majesties the king and the Queen.
8. Their Majesties the King and the Queen visited the Royal
Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth Common, on the
24th July, 1907, the Mayor, Aldermen and
Councillors with the Town Clerk attended in state.
An address was presented by the Mayor to the King, who received
the same very graciously and handed the Mayor his reply. The
following is a copy of the address, and of His Majesty's reply,
viz.:—
TO THEIR MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTIES KING EDWARD AND
QUEEN ALEXANDRA.
The Loyal and Dutiful Address of the Mavor, Aldermen, and
Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth,
under their common seal.
WE, Your Majesties' most loyal and dutiful subjects, humbly approach your
Majesties, and desire to express our deep gratification at your visit to
this Borough in commemoration of the Jubilee of the Foundation, in
the year 1857, of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum for Orphan
Children of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines.
'We rejoice that Your Majesties have shown in the welfare of this Institution
the same warm interest with which it has been honoured by
her late beloved Majesty Queen Victoria, and by many other members
of the Royal Family, to whose sympathy and support it is deeply
indebted. The site of the Institution comprises forty acres formerly
part of the Common by which it is surrounded, and as an open space
is of great value to the large population of the two adjoining Boroughs
of Battersea and Wandsworth. During the fifty years which have
elapsed since the Institution was established this population has
increased from about 60,000 to over 500,000 and is still rapidly
increasing.
it is less than a month since Your Majesties graciously opened in an
adjacent Borough the Union Jack Club, also for the benefit of men
serving in the Army and Navy, and your presence on this interesting
occasion is another instance of the readiness of Your Majesties to