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Vestry "that a plan was submitted to the London County
Council and your Yestry, and approved of by the former
on the 23rd July, 1889, and by the latter, and signed by
their Surveyor, Mr. J. C. Reynolds, on the 14th August,
and the 3rd September, 1889, showing the portion of Rye
Lane south of Choumert Road to be widened in accordance
with such plan," and asking whether this has been done to
the satisfaction of the Yestry.
As a matter of explanation and information the following
facts were laid before the Yestry and are now repeated.
At a meeting of the Yestry held on the 26th September,
1888, it was resolved:—
"That the Yestry do now grant an application made
by the London, Camberwell and Dulwich Tramway Company
for an extension of the tramway already constructed
from the 'Plough,' East Dulwich, to Choumert Road, by connecting
the same by a curve with a tramway, to be constructed
by the Company through that part of Rye Lane
which extends from Choumert Road to High Street Peck-
ham, which last mentioned Tramway the said Company are
hereby authorised to construct and to open for traffic when
certified. And the Yestry do recommend the application to
the favourable consideration of the Metropolitan Board of
Works."
At a Special Meeting held on the 14th August, 1889,
the Yestry had before them the following sealed consent of
the London County Council, dated the 23rd July, 1889:—
"That the Council do consent so far as it has legal
powers to do so to the laying by the London, Camberwell