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voting for and twelve against it. Mr. Avenell sent to the Vestry the
accounts of receipts and payments in respect of the Composition Rate
by himself and his late colleague, Mr. William Eichardson, from their
admission in 1882 up to the admission of Mr. Baugh and Mr. Forrest
in 1884. Mr. J. V. Jones and Mr. D. Smither, who were elected in
1884, not having been admitted, Mr. Eichardson and Mr. Avenell
continued in office till the death, in March, 1884, of Mr. Eichardson,
from which, until tho admission of Mr. Baugh and Mr. Forrest,
Mr. Avenell was the sole Churchwarden. The accounts sent in by
Mr. Avenell were referred to a Special Committee of twelve for
examination.
The accounts as audited (with a protest by Mr. Hilditch and
Mr. W. Bowdler Wilson, "That no charge should have been paid out
of the above accounts but the 'Eector's stipend,'") were printed and
circulated among the members of the Vestry. At the Vestry held on
the 18th December, it was resolved, "That the accounts be received
and entered on the minutes, including the protest by Mr. Hilditch and
Mr. Wilson." It was also resolved, "That as the report of the
Special Committee shews that Mr. Churchwarden Baugh has since he
entered into office received the sum of £518 11s. 1d , the Vestry declines
to make a Composition Eate, being of opinion that that sum is
applicable only to the payment of the Eector's stipend."
The mandamus awarded by the Queen's Bench being binding on the
Churchwardens, notwithstanding the Appeal, they, on the refusal
of the Vestry, made a Eate which is now in course of collection.
PEEL GROVE CEMETEEY.
The proceedings (mentioned in the last Eeport) taken by the
Metropolitan Board of Works against Mr. Chambers, the lessee of
the Cemetery, for infringing the Bye-Laws of that Board, as to
building, failed. Mr. Hannay, before whom the case in the first
instance came at Worship Street, decided the Bye-Laws did not
apply, and the Queen's Bench Division on Appeal confirmed Mr.
Hannay's Judgment In the absence of fresh legislation the Vestry
would have been powerless to prevent building on the Cemetery
over the great mass of dead bodies. If the bodies were not interfered
with to the knowledge of the authorities no steps could have been