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At a subsequent meeting, the able and
exhaustive reports of the experts, with full
tables and statistics, were submitted and considered,
and the representatives were further
confirmed in their intention to oppose the
proposed amalgamation. Mr. Michael and
Mr. Shiress Will were accordingly instructed to
settle the objections to the scheme, so that they
might be laid before the Board of Trade. These
objections, so settled, were printed and forwarded
to each of the delegates, and to the
Board of Trade, together with a summary of
the statistical tables prepared by Mr. Lass.
The Conference were also effectively
assisted by the influence of the Members for the
Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, and the
County of Surrey, and the representatives in
Parliament of Vestries and District Boards
South of the Thames.
The almost unanimous opposition, supported
by just and powerful objections,
eventually prevailed with the Board of Trade;
and your Vestry Clerk received the following
letter which was submitted to the final
meeting of the delegates on the 8th of February