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had received from him, in which he stated that he had carefully
considered whether any reduction could be made in the cost of the
proposed Town Hall and offices, and that he considered the work
could be thoroughly well done for the sum of £20,000. A resolution
was passed that the architect proceed with the working
drawings and specifications, and a building committee was appointed,
consisting of the Chairman of the Vestry, the parish
officers, and the following seven members of the Vestry, viz.:—
Messrs. Perry, Davey, Hunt, Goodacre, W. H. Smith, Humphrey,
and Dr. Cooney. and, on the 27th October, 1886, Messrs. Hutchinson
and Dyer were added to the Building Committee. On the
last-named day a resolution was proposed directing that a letter
be addressed to the Local Government Board pointing out the
many complications that would necessarily arise through the Town
Hall being built, partly out of the Poor Rate by the Churchwardens
and Overseers, and partly by this Vestry out of their General Rate,
and suggesting the advisability of the Vestry taking over
(1)—The authority granted to Overseers to build a Vestry
Room;
(2)—The loan for £2,600 granted to the Churchwardens and
Overseers to buy the land with;
(3)—The land on which the Town Hall is to stand;
and requesting that Board to give the necessary permission to the
Churchwardens and Overseers to carry this resolution into effect,
and on being put to the meeting the resolution was referred to the
Law and Parliamentary Committee. On the 8th December, 1886,
the Building Committee reported that, having considered the plans
and conditions for the erection of the Town Hall, they had approved
same and submitted the plans for adoption by the Vestry; that
they recommended that Mr. Arthur Williams, of 17, Onslow
gardens, S.W., be appointed umpire to act in case of arbitration;
that they had instructed the architect to direct the quantity surveyor
to proceed to take out the quantities forthwith; that they
recommended that an application be made to the Metropolitan Board
of Works for a loan of £20,000 for the erection of the Town Hall,
on the security of the General Rate; and that they had directed
that fifty copies of the specification and conditions of contract be
printed; which report was received and adopted. On the 13th
January, 1887, the Committee met, decided that the competition
should be an open one, and settled the form of advertisement to be