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Dulwich Station ; and it was fully reported upon to the
Vestry, and the Vestry affixed their seal to the Petition
to the London County Council, of which the following is a
copy:—
To the Chairman, Aldermen, and Members of County
Council for the Administrative County of London.
The PETITION of the Vestry of the Parish
of Camberwell, in the County of Surrey,
under their common seal.
SHEWETH,
THAT your Petitioners are the representatives of
the Parish of Camberwell, as constituted under Schedule
"A" of the Metropolis Local Management Act,
1855.
THAT the population of your Petitioners' Parish
(which includes the Hamlet of Dulwich), and of the
Parishes of Lambeth, Newington, St. George-the-Martyr,
St. Saviour Southwark, and St. Olave, which comprise the
greater part of South London, have increased during 10
years from 1871 to 1881 as follows:—
THAT the population of these Parishes has, since
the taking of the last census in 1881, still further increased
and that of your Petitioners' Parish is now estimated at
over 250,000, with a Rateable value of £1,036,340 made up
of 37,700 Assessments.
THAT in the East Dulwich portion of your