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April, the above recommendation of the Committee was adopted. At
the Meeting of the Works Committee held on the 25th April, 1888, a
letter was read from the Secretary of the Thames Conservators asking
for cheque for £23 3s., being £3 3s. fee to Assessor and £20 fine payable
to Conservators, and the same was referred to the Finance Committee
for payment; and on the 2nd May, 1888, a cheque was drawn by the
Vestry for the amount. At the meeting of the Vestry held on the 6th
June, 1888, the Clerk read a letter from the Thames Conservators
enclosing Deed of License in duplicate for embanking and keeping
embanked the Bishop's Meadow, when the same were sealed with the
seal of the Vestry, and ordered to be stamped.
Lammas Eights.
On the 30th day of June, 1887, the Lammas Rights Committee held
their first Meeting, after their election on 1st June, when Dr. J. Edwin
Cooney was elected Chairman of the Committee for the year ensuing,
and the Clerk was instructed to get a copy of the Court Rolls of 1727,
and the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1815. The Chairman was also
requested to draw up a report on the subject of Lammas Rights, and the
action taken by Battersea and Chelsea on the matter. At the Meeting of
the Lammas Rights Committee held on the 23rd September, 1887, the
Clerk read the resignation of Dr. Cooney, as Chairman of this
Committee, when the same was accepted, and Mr. John Dyer was
elected in his stead. The Clerk also read correspondence he had had
with Messrs. Lee, Bolton and Lee as to a copy of the Court Rolls, in
which they stated they had the Court Rolls, but could not disclose any
information contained therein without the consent of all persons concerned
; and the Committee having fully considered the question of
Lammas Rights generally it was resolved to recommend the Vestry to
authorise the Lammas Rights Committee to enter into friendly negotiations
with the Gas Company, as to the extinction of Lammas Rights as
far as the Gas Company was concerned, which recommendation was
adopted by the Vestry on the 5th October, 1887. On the 19th October,
1887, the Committee decided to view the land over which Lammas
Rights are claimed by the inhabitants, which view took place on the
25th October, 1887, and on the 2nd November, 1887, the Clerk was
instructed to write to the Chairman and Governors of the Gas Light
and Coke Company, asking if they would receive a deputation from the
Fulham Vestry, re Lammas Rights and Imperial Road, the Clerk to call
a Meeting of the Committee on receipt of the reply from the Gas
Company. At the Meeting of the Committee held on the 14th
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