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LEVERINGTON CHARITY.
Of the recipients last year, six were dead or disqualified. The remaining
thirty-four recipients were re-elected.
The "Widows of William Thompson and Thomas Dradge, two of the
recipients who had died during the year, were elected in the places of
their deceased husbands, and the number of forty recipients was made up
by the election of—
Michael Ferry, 53, Sewardstone Road "West.
Amelia Green, 248, Cambridge Road.
Richard Hatta, 16, Cooper's Gardens.
Napoleon Payne, 1, Collins Place.
WATER SUPPLY.
The Vestry, being of opinion that the regulations made by the Board of
Trade, under the "Metropolis Water Act, 1871," are unnecessarily
stringent, arbitrary, and expensive, and practically inapplicable to the
class of houses for which a constant supply is most required, have, in
common with other Local Authorities, asked the Metropolitan Board of
Works to press upon the Government the necessity of new legislation.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In April, a petition of ratepayers against the conversion of the old
Watch-house in the Churchyard into a Mortuary, was presented to the
Vestry, and the subject of providing a Mortuary still remains in abeyance.
A memorial to the Vestry was presented by the owners of houses in
Morpeth Road, asking the Vestry to get that road made an open continuous
thoroughfare at the western end. Application was made by the Vestry
to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, who, in reply, stated it was
open to anyone interested in Morpeth Road to arrange with Mr. Borton,
the Crown lessee of the land through which it was desired to continue the
thoroughfare.
In July, the Rev. George H. Waldron resigned the Afternoon Lectureship,
and, on the 3rd October, the Rev. W. Stainer was elected to the
vacant office.