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NEW YESTRY HALL.
The Committee appointed by the Yestry to carry
out arrangements for erecting a New Yestry
Hall, beg to report, that in August last they issued
Advertisements Avith instructions to Architects, to
submit designs for the proposed structure, the cost
not to exceed £8,000. This was responded to very
liberally by the profession, and 24 sets of designs
were received, which designs displayed much talent
and industry, and collectively very much aided your
Committee in its labours.
An elaborate digest of these designs was, by order
of your Committee, prepared by your Surveyor, in
order to enable them to eliminate the most practical
(and in their judgment the most meritorious) design.
After many meetings, and thorough examination,
eight of these designs were selected and submitted to
the Vestry for its further consideration. Afterwards
the whole of the designs were laid before the Yestry,
and ultimately two were selected. First—that
bearing the motto " Civis," by Mr. Edward Power,
Architect, of Wallbrook-buildings, City. The second,