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It will be observed that there has been during the last
year a slight decrease of 164 Interments under the previous
twelve months, but an increase of profits still continues
through the purchase of Private Graves.
The Cash on the Current Account at the Bankers'
amounts to £1, 412 13s. 5d., and on Deposit to £500.
The large number of Private Graves disposed of during
the year, make the work of the Board, and the clerical duties
connected therewith, of a complicated and difficult nature.
The Board with the view of improving the Cemetery, and
supplying a much needed want, and to save as much as
possible the payment of water rate, determined that the
Lambeth Water Company should supply a Meter from which
ten Galvanized Iron Tanks were fed, and which were placed
in different parts of the Cemetery for the purpose of
supplying water for the watering of flowers and shrubs on
the different Graves, and for other conveniences, and they also
deemed it necessary to paint the front fences of the Lodge,
Church, and Chapels.
The Board also found it necessary in consequence of the
roots of trees having disturbed some parts of the Drainage of
the Cemetery, that it was necessary to lay down through the
Cemetery a 12 inch Drain Pipe from the Church to the
Main Sewer in Forest Hill road, and also two new
Manholds, or Inspection Chambers, and Junctions. Mr. Harris
was employed to carry out this work, and it was done to the
entire satisfaction of the Surveyor, and to the great
improvement to the Drainage of the Cemetery.