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lugs have been necessary, and they have invariably occupied
more time than previously.
Change in the Personnel of the Board.
During the past year several gentlemen who had been
members of the Board for a considerable time and who had
taken an active interest in parochial administration have died
or removed from the District. Prominent amongst them are
the names of Mr. Thomas Barrett and Mr. William Henry
Perryman.
Mr. Barrett has ceased to be a member of the Board in
consequence of his having retired from business and left
the District. The hearty good wishes of his colleagues
were tendered to him on his retirement, and the hope was
expressed that he would live for many years to enjoy his
well-earned rest.
The loss which the District sustained in the death of
Mr. Perryman was one which will not be easily replaced, for
Mr. Perryman had been most assiduous in discharging the
duties of the various offices which he took upon himself, and
was a most regular and punctual attendant at the meetings
of the various Boards of which he was for so long time a
member.
To the foregoing names must be added that of Mr. Charles
Park, who had been for several years a member of the
Board, and had filled the chair of the Finance Committee.
Mr. Park ceased to be a member of the Board in consequence
of having left the District.
Although not within the year under consideration, the
deaths have also occurred of Mr. Thomas Davies and Mr.
John Henry Burlingson, to whom reference will be made
on a future occasion.