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which you will have power, from time to time, to direct
the "Central Governing Body" to raise a sum not exceeding
one hundred thousand pounds, and which can be applied,
amongst other things, to the purchase of open spaces and
recreation grounds.
YOUR Petitioners, therefore, pray that the Commissioners
will be pleased to revise the
Scheme by adding a liberal and sufficient
contribution towards the purchase of the
land for the extension of Peckham Rye
Common.
And your Petitioners, &c., &c.
A Deputation consisting of the Members of Parliament;
and of the London County Council for the South of London ;
the Peckham Rye Extension Scheme Committee ; and of
this Vestry, accordingly waited upon the Charity Commissioners
at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, S.W., and presented
the Petition in support of a grant being made by tho
Charity Commissioners under the City of London Parochial
Charities Act, 1883 Scheme, towards the purchase of land
for the extension of Peckham Rye Common.
Subsequently a letter was received by Edward Bond,
Esq., an assistant Charity Commissioner, with reference to
the proposed extension of Peckham Rye, stating that he
had inspected with Mr. Reynolds the ground proposed to
be purchased, and had also received an amended plan from