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members of the three Standing Committees:—Messrs.
Honywill, Thwaite, Teasdale, Evans, Smith, Hurst,
Cook, Hyde, Jackson, Lumley, Thompson, Middlemass,
Wesson, Foster, Linnell, Hazel, Teather, Randall,
W. Lyon, J. A. Lyon, Dunn, Wilson, Hayes,
Squire, E. C. Davis, Bonsall, Lewin, Dowton, Preston,
Dixon, Phillips, Strong, Turney, Sears, Foskett,
Wallace, Naylor, Bickerstaff, Borland, Lassam,
Faulkner, Sugden, and Walter. Mr. A. Middlemass
was elected Chairman.
The Committee, in considering the reference,
devoted much time to it, but their determination as
to the best Scheme for division was much crippled
by an intimation that had been given that all
Divisions of Boroughs would be based on the census
of the population of 1881, and that no Division must
have less population than 50,000. The Committee,
having regard to their instructions, found it difficult
to make a just and fair division for the parish,
especially considering the large area of No. 6, or
Dulwich Ward, and the great increase of the
population of that Ward since 1881, and the
certainty of its still further increase. The Committee
however finally submitted to the Vestry two
Schemes, and the following is a copy of their
Report:—
THE REPORT of the Special Sub-Committee
appointed by the three Standing Committees
to consider a Scheme, under the Redistribution
of Seats Bill, 1885, for the Division of the
Borough of Camberwell into three Electoral
Divisions.
Your Committee beg to report that, on the8th inst.,
a letter, addressed personally to the Vestry Clerk,