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"gift sale or exchange in fee simple or for any term of
" years any quantity of land not exceeding one acre to the
" Commissioners appointed under the Public Libraries and
" Museums Acts and the same shall be conveyed and vest
" in the said Commissioners for the purposes of the said
" Acts."
An application was then made to Mr. Ritchie,
the President of the Local Government Board, Sir John
Lubbock, and our local representatives in Parliament,
for their influence in obtaining the insertion of the Clause
when the Bill was in Committee of the House of Commons;
all kindly consented, and with the assistance of Mr. J. R.
Kelly, M.P., who watched the Bill on behalf of the parish
the Clause was ultimately inserted, although the Committee,
in the first instance, determined that it was not
within the scope. The Bill is now passing the House of
Lords. We therefore trust that the Governors will renew
their application to the Charity Commissioners, and they
will now see their way to consent to the grant. If such
consent be obtained we shall have secured an eligible site
for a Library, not only for Dulwich, but for the populous
part of East Dulwich.
Camberwell
(Central)
Library.
We have viewed many sites for this Library,
and none appeared so good and so advantageous
as the now vacant land (on which formerly stood Woolcombe
House and Napier House, Peckham Road), having 90
feet frontage and a depth of SCO feet. The present owner
required £4000, but after much negotiation he consented to
accept an offer of £3000. With the approval of the Vestry
we have entered into an agreement for the purchase of the