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have shewn that interest by contributing the sum of
£25,000 towards the purchase of Brockwell Park, and
also property specified in the Vauxhall Park Act, 1888,
the sum of £12,500, both in the Parish of Lambeth ; whilst
in the North, very large sums have been promised towards
the purchase of Clissold Park and the extension of
Hampstead Heath.
YOUR Petitioners would beg to draw attention to the
fact that, under the Scheme for dealing with the City
Parochial Charities' Fund, your Petitioners' Parish, which
has a rapidly increasing population of over 250,000 (about
four-fifths of whom, it is believed, belong to the poorer
classes), would have no direct benefit whatever.