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endorsed the view of the Vestry of Hammersmith that it was
desirable to increase the statutory distance to five miles. It is
to be regretted that no means have yet been adopted to give
practical effect to the generally expressed wish of the suburban
; parishes intersected by the present circle, while, at the same time,
having due regard to the interests of cab drivers.
RE-DISTRIBUTION OF COMMITTEE WORK, AND REVISION
OF THE BYE-LAWS.
On the 17th of November, 1886, on the motion of Mr. A.
Middlemass, the Vestry appointed a Special Committee to report
i upon the desirability of revising the duties of the then three
Standing Committees, with a view to more equally distributing
among the Members the labour and responsibility of committeework.
The following Members constituted the Committee : —
Representing the General Purposes Committee:—MessrsSugden,
Lumley, Middlemass, Faulkner, E. C. Davis, and
J. J. Phillips.
Representing the Servers and Sanitary Committee:—Messrs.
A. R. Jackson, W. Jackson, Foster, "Wilson, Kemp, and Bridger.
Representing the Finance, Laiv, and Parliamentary Committee:—
Messrs. Smith, Castle, Teather, Hayes, Dixon, and Wallace.
Mr. Middlemass having been elected Chairman, the Committee,
in pursuance of the Resolution, proceeded to examine the duties
at present discharged by the three Standing Committees, and
came to the conclusion that a re-distribution of their work was
necessary.
It was considered that the Finance Committee should, by
Bye-law, have power to enquire into all financial, legal, and
parliamentary questions, and in addition to this, that, when the
Vestry seals the apportionment and precepts for paving and
making up a new street and the payment of the paving expenses
by owners, the precepts should be handed over to the Finance
Committee for collection, and the Clerks acting in that mater
under the direction of the General Purposes Committee, should,
in future, act under the direction of the Finance Committee.