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Turfed or planted graves maintained for term of years,
as follows:—
Grave maintained for 5 years for 4 years' payments in advance.
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Greenhouse.
109. A new greenhouse has been erected at Wandsworth
Cemetery at a cost of £139.
Huguenot Burial
Ground.
110. The Council has repaired a number of the tombstones
and vaults in the Huguenot Burial Ground, East
Hill, and has planted some fresh trees there.
A local Committee have raised subscriptions for the purpose of
providing a Memorial to the Huguenots. The memorial is of Portland
stone, and will be erected on the north side of the ground facing
East Hill. An inscription will be cut in the stone, and a list of
Huguenot families interred in the burial ground carved on the
plinth.
Laying Out Land
for Burials
Wandsworth
Cemetery.
111. It has been found necessary to lay out additional land
for burials at Wandsworth Cemetery, including
a piece of the ground at present let for recreative
purposes. New roads are being formed and the
necessary drainage works executed.
Stealing Flowers
from Graves.
112. As the result of complaints of flowers being stolen
from graves a watch was kept, and a man caught
taking flowers from a grave at Wandsworth
Cemetery. He was charged with the offence, and on being brought
before the Magistrate at the South-Western Police Court was
sentenced to six weeks' hard labour.
Cemeteries
Committee.
113. The title of the Burials Committee has been altered to
the "Cemeteries Committee."