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The Metropolitan Board of Works.
Borlase Hill Adams, Esq , J.P., of 51, Bedford Square,
was, in the month of June, 1881, for the eighth time, elected
the representative of this Board at the Metropolitan Board
of Works, and has filled that office for the last twenty-two
years, much to the satisfaction of this Board.
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The Decease of Members.
Richard Clewin Griffith, Esq., of No. 20, Grower
Street, who had been a member of this Board since the
year 1861, died in the month of September in last year.
The Board desired to record the loss of one of their oldest
and most active members, and on the announcement of
his decease, a Resolution was passed at the next Meeting,
expressive of their sincere regret at the death of their old
friend and colleague, and of their appreciation of the valuable
services rendered by him to the parishes of St. Giles
and Bloomsbury during the long period of twenty-two
years in which he acted as member of the Board.
Thomas Meggy, Esq., of No. 22, Bedford Place, a very
able and active member of the Board (especially in financial
matters), elected in 1879, died in the month of July, 1881.
The Board desire to express much regret at his loss.
The late Surveyor of the Board.
Mr. William Joshua Trehearne, the Surveyor of the
Board from its creation in 1856 until 1875 (when he
retired from loss of sight on an annual allowance of £100),
died in the month of April, 1881.