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was given in favour of the Council. The action was heard upon a
special case stated by consent, and in accordance with the agreement
which was entered into before the hearing each party will
pay their own costs.
136. The alterations in the fees at the Council's Cemeteries,
Burial Fees. referred to in the last report (p. 75), have received
the approval of the Local Government Board, and the amended
fees came into force on the 1st August last.
137. The subject of the sanitary arrangements at the cemeSanitary
teries has been under consideration, and certain
Works. works were carried out at the Putney Vale and
Wandsworth Cemeteries. In view of the condition of the
gardener's cottage at Putney Vale Cemetery, the building has
been pulled down and the site cleared.
A new sanitary convenience for women has been erected at
Streatham Cemetery.
138. A mausoleum has been erected at Putney Vale CemeMausoleum.
tery. This is the first building of its kind in the
Council's Cemeteries.
139. The Churchwardens of Putney applied to the Council for
Putney payment of the expenses of maintaining the Parish
Churchyard. Churchyard and of the necessary repair of the walls
and fences thereof for the six years ended Easter, 1907. The claim
was settled by payment of the expenses for the last year, and the
accounts for the future maintenance of the churchyard will be
considered by the Council as received. The Council has also
planted some trees in the churchyard.
140. Magdalen Road has been repaired at the cost of the
Magdalen owners of property abutting thereon. The Council's
Road proportion of the cost, in respect of the frontage of
Wandsworth Cemetery, amounted to £186 17s. ld.
141. The attention of the Council was drawn to the formation
Private cornPany for the purpose of acquiring about
Cemetery. eighty acres of land at Tamworth Lane, Mitcham,
to be used as a proprietary cemetery. It appeared that the site
was approved by the Home Secretary in 1889 for the purpose of a