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be appointed by the Vestry and the Peckham Rye Extension
Scheme Committee, to present a Memorial to the
London County Council, urging them to give one half of
the cost of the Peckham Rye enlargement, and that the Seal
of the Vestry be affixed to a Petition to the London County
Council for this purpose.
The Vestry adopted the recommendation of the Joint
Committee and appointed Messrs. Whiteley, Lassam,
Dowton, Bonsall, and J. J. Phillips, to wait on the
County Council with five members of the Peckham Rye
Extension Scheme Committee, to present such Petition.
At the invitation of the Peckham Rye Extension
Scheme Committee, Members of the Vestry attended with
Deputations to wait on the Vestries of St. George the
Martyr and Lambeth.
On the llth June the following motion was moved by
Dr. Greene, seconded by Mr. H. E. Ramsey, and resolved—
That in consequence of the recent enormous and still steadily
increasing growth of the population of this Parish, it is
absolutely essential to secure further accommodation in the
shape of open spaces for the benefit of the inhabitants, for
whom the bleak and limited area of Peckham Rye Common
is altogether inadequate as a healthful recreation ground ;
and that in order to the improvement of the same a sum of
£20,000 be contributed by the Vestry in aid of the purchase
of the beautifully wooded demesne known as " the Home
Farm," adjacent to Peckham Rye, to which it is proposed
that it shall be added in the interest of the people, subject
to Parliamentary powers being obtained for this purpose,
and that if necessary an application be made to the London