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This Report was adopted and practically completed the
work which the Mortuary Committee were appointed, by the
Vestry, to carry out. It only now remains for them to
endeavour to make arrangements for the holding of Inquests
at the Mortuary, so that it can be utilised to its fullest extent,
and the objectionable practice of holding these enquiries at
public houses avoided. With this view the Committee have,
in the application for the Faculty for laying out the St.
George's Burial Ground, applied for the authority of the
Bishop of the Diocese to hold the Coroner's Court in the
Mortuary. The application has been lodged with the
Dioscesan Registrar, and I fully anticipate that it will be
acceded to.
ST. GEORGE S BURIAL GROUND,
On the 17th of February, 1886, the Vestry having
decided that St. George's Burial Ground might, with advantage,
be levelled and laid out as a Recreation Ground, the
Rev. Norman Campbell, who succeeded the Rev. S. Smith
in the incumbency of the Church, was communicated with as
to his views on the subject. Subjcct to the reservation of the
right hereafter to erect a chancel to the Church, and with
certain minor conditions, Mr. Campbell at once gave his
consent, and has since assisted the Vestry in every possible
way in the carrying out of the desirable object of obtaining
an open space for the Ratepayers in this crowded district.
Application was then made to Lord Brabazon, the President
of the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association, as to how
far that Society would assist the Vestry. The Society, with
great liberality, undertook to lay out the ground as a public
garden, to provide hard core and gravel for the walks, to
provide also trees and shrubs, turf, drainage, water supply