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It was resolved that a grant of £10 10s. be made to
the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography
towards the cost of printing of the full transactions and (if
funds are available) the statistical and other information
gathered from Municipal and Sanitary Authorities,
throughout the kingdom.
A letter was subsequently received from the Secretary
to the Congress, thanking the Vestry for their subscription,
and stating that a copy of the proceedings of the Congress
would be forwarded as soon as ready.
Camberwell
Green Paving.
The appeal of Wilson v The Vestry in
respect of Camberwell Green roadway on the
east side, has been heard, and judgment given on the
Special Case which had been granted by Mr. Biron, the
Magistrate, on the summons to recover the apportioned
expenses for paving the roadway and pathway abutting
three houses on the east side of the Green. It will be
remembered that the Vestry passed a resolution to pave
the road as a New Street. The road had never been
repaired by the Parish, but the footpath was an ancient
pathway and had always been repaired by the Parish, and
in 1872 had been tar paved by the Vestry. The Surveyor
in estimating the expenses, had included the cost of flagging
the pathway, and the Vestry had apportioned the expense
among the owners. The Appellants refused to pay the
apportioned cost, and the magistrate on hearing of the
summons, held that both the carriage and footway were a
New Street, and that the Vestry had done right in including
the cost of paving the pathway, and made an Order
accordingly, but granted a Special Case for the opinion of