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testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Vicar-General, which we use
in this behalf, to be affixed to these presents. Dated at London this Eleventh day
of August, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine,
and in the Eleventh year of our Translation.
JOHN B. LEE,
Registrar.
The subject of what steps should be taken for the erection of the
Mortuary was referred to a special committee, consisting of the
members of the Works and Sanitary Committee.
The recommendations of the Special Committee that the cost of the
Mortuary should not be defrayed out of current rates, but by borrowed
money to be repaid by annual instalments; that a separate contract
should be taken for the work incident to the removal of bodies, graves,
and tombstones; and that the quantities of the proposed building
should be taken out by a quantity surveyor, were adopted; afterwards
it was thought better, and it was determined, to request the Churchwardens
to undertake the work of making the necessary excavation
for the mortuary, and re-interring any bodies found. The
Churchwardens consented to undertake the work, and the excavation
for the mortuary, the removal of tombstones, the removal and reinterment
of bodies,and the laying of the required concrete foundation
was done under the superintendence of the churchwardens. The
parish thus had the benefit of the special knowledge of and experience
in such matters of the then Upper-Warden Mr. Ewin.
Tenders for the erection of the Mortuary were received at a meeting
held on December the 4th. The tender of Mr. Alfred Stokes Judd, of
5, York street, Globe road, Mile End, at £1375, was the lowest of the
twelve tenders sent in, and was accepted; and the contract
was subsequently executed by Mr. Judd and his sureties. The contract
provided for the completion of the work by the 25th March, but the
badness of the weather caused much delay. The building is, however
nearly completed, and the work has been executed in a satisfactory
manner.