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same, and voted thereon, resolved to leave the further decision of
the matter in the hands of the Vestry; and at the Vestry meeting
held on the same day it was resolved that the 12 designs retained
by the Building Committee be considered at a Committee of the
whole Vestry, to be held on Tuesday, the 6th April, 1886, the
designs to be hung up in the room each day for the inspection of
the Vestrymen. At the Committee of the whole Vestry, held on
the 6th April, 1886, the 12 designs were ordered to be returned to
the competitors, with an instruction that as they did not comply
with the requirements they may alter, modify, or re-model the
plans for a final competition; that the plans might be sent in on
plain white paper without any distinctive mark, colour, or motto,
and that canvassing, or writing to the Vestrymen, either directly
or indirectly by the competitors would exclude the plans from
competition; the competitors to be informed that the Vestry would
themselves adjudicate upon the plans, and that they must be
returned to the Vestry by the 22nd May, 1886. On the 8th June,
1886, the Clerk reported to the Vestry that ten sets of plans had
been received at the Office, and asked for instructions what was to be
done with same, when, after considerable discussion, it was resolved
that the same be referred to a Committee consisting of seven
members to examine same, and draw up a descriptive report,
setting forth the merits or demerits of each design; that the report
be printed, and a copy sent to each member of the Vestry, and that
the plans be hung in a convenient place for the inspection of
Vestrymen six days before the meeting of the Vestry at which the
decision was to be taken. At the meeting of the Vestry held on
the 21st July, 1886, the Chairman stated that the committee had
drawn up a report on the amended plans received, when the same
was ordered to be received and printed, and a copy sent to every
Vestryman, and that the plans be hung in the Vestry Room for six
days from 26th July, 1886, and the report be considered at the
next meeting of the Vestry. On the 6th August, the Committee's
report was ordered to be considered at a Special Meeting of the
Vestry, to be held on Wednesday, 22nd September, 1886, and on
the latter day, after considerable discussion, the architect was
appointed, and the report was referred back to the committee to
confer with the architect thereon, and to report the result of such
conference to a future meeting of the Vestry. On the 13th of
October, 1886, the Committee reported that they had had two
interviews with the architect, and presented a report which they