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8. That the "death duties" should be re-arranged so
that the owners of realty shall bear a fair share
of public burdens, and that a portion of these
additional duties be alloted to local authorities.
That the London Members of Parliament be requested
to receive a Deputation of the Vestry, asking them to
promote a Bill embodying these principles.
Water In the last Annual Report it was reported
supply. that the Select Committee of the House of
Commons had thrown out the Bill promoted by the Vestry
and District Boards of the Metropolis, for placing the
Water Supply of the Metropolis and the adjoining Districts
under the control of a Public Authority, and to make
further provisions for such supply.
The Vestry declined to grant a further sum of £100
for furthering such Bill then before the Select Committee
of the House of Commons.
A letter was received from the Executive Committee
of the Vestries and District Boards, asking the Vestry to
further consider the matter, and regretting the withdrawal
at this stage, of the Vestry representing so large a parish as
Camberwell, and one, moreover, whose representative (Mr..
Goddard Clarke) had taken so lively an interest in the
measure, and so materially assisted the Executive Committee
in their deliberations.
A letter was also received from the Parliamentary Department
of the London County Council, again drawing
the attention of the Vestry to the subject of the Metropolis
Water Supply, stating that the policy advocated on behalf