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REPORT
Of Proceedings of the Vestry of St. Matthew, Bethnal
Green, from the 25th March, 1868, to the 25th March,
1869.
PAYING CARRIAGEWAYS.
The Vestry having obtained (as appears by the last Report) the
sanction of the Metropolitan Board of "Works to raise £23,000, for the
purpose of defraying the cost of paving the carriageways of the parts in
this Parish of Hackney Road and Whitechapel Road, of Cambridge
Heath, Green Street, and the Eastern Part of Bethnal Green Road,
raised in December, 1867, the sum of £16,000, to meet the cost of the
work in Hackney and Whitechapel Roads.
The Vestry have arranged with the London Life Association to advance
£7000, the balance of the £23,000, at 4½ per cent., and have determined
in the first place to pave the carriageway of Green Street. The Vestry
will consider hereafter whether the balance left after paying for the work
in Green Street, shall be applied in paving (so far as it will enable them
to do) the carriageway of the Eastern End of Bethnal Green Road or
Cambridge Heath.
PAVING FOOTWAYS OF OLD STREETS.
After the execution of the orders already given, the balance of the fund
borrowed for paving the footways of the old streets will be exhausted.
It is estimated, that to complete the paving of all those streets a further
6um of £10,000 will be required.
The Vestry consider that justice requires that all the old streets should
be paved, and have resolved to apply for the sanction of the Metropolitan
Board of Works for borrowing the £10,000.
Details of the work done during the year will be found in the Surveyor's
Report.