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in acknowledging its receipt, he stated:— "I shall
certainly ask to have it printed, and, though the circumstances
of the Parish of St. Giles as regards
water supply by different companies are peculiar, I
think their publication, if we can obtain it as a Parliamentary
document, will be of substantial use."
The Bill is, at the date of this report, passing the
House of Lords, and, there is little doubt, will safely
pass into law.
Mortuary.
The special Committee "to consider the question
of erecting a Mortuary in a central position of the
parish, and to report as to the character of the building,
and the probable cost thereof," reported last year
that they had applied to the Bishop of Rochester
for a faculty to enable St. George's Churchyard to be
used as the site for the erection of the mortuary.
They had also to report that they had been in communication
with members of Parliament to obtain
the insertion of a clause exempting mortuaries
from the operation of the Disused Burials Ground
Bill, then passing into law. Your Committee are
now able to add that, on the 22nd of July last, the
faculty was granted, there being no opposition. The
Committee were also fortunate with reference to the
Bill. Mr. Holland, M.P., who had charge of it, was
applied to, to insert the exemption clause referred to,
and while the Bill was passing through the House of
Lords, the concession was made, and the Vestry
were, therefore, left in a position to utilize, free of
any expenses beyond those of building and foundations,
the site originally selected at St. George's
Churchyard. The Committee propose now to instruct
the Surveyor to prepare working plans, sections,
and elevations, for the erection of the mortuary.