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stated the result of an interview he had on the same day with Mr. Birkett,
Solicitor to the Commons Preservation Society, and the Metropolitan
Public Gardens Association, hereon, it was resolved to recommend the
Vestry to grant permission for the expenditure of the sum of £50, to
enable this Committee to engage the services of Mr. Percival Birkett
to investigate the Vestry's position in the matter of Lammas Rights, the
amount to be paid out of the Improvement Fund Account, which
recommendation was adopted by the Vestry on the 23rd May, 1888. At
the Meeting of the Committee held on the 14th June, 1888, Mr. Dyer
was re-elected Chairman of the Committee, and Mr. S. Knight was
elected Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the ensuing year ; and the
Clerk was instructed to write Mr. Birkett to ask him what his probable
charge would be for an opinion as to the rights over the Fulham Lammas
Lands, and that if the same does not exceed the sum of £50 the Clerk do
ask him to attend the next Meeting of the Committee, and at the Meeting
of the Vestry held on the 20th June, 1888, the action of the Committee
was endorsed.
Vestry Hall and Offices.
At the Meeting of the Committee held on the 21st July, 1887, the
Clerk reported that the Requisition, &c., relative to the proposed sale
of this land, signed by the Churchwardens and Overseers, had been
sent to the Guardians of the Fulham Union, who had sealed and forwarded
same to Local Government Board, first altering the form of
consent; that the forms had been returned by the Local Government
Board to him (the Clerk) stating the Form of Consent should not have
been altered, as the Sale will be effected by the Fulham Board of
Guardians, under Sect. 8 of 5 and 6 Will. IV., c. G9, and not by the
Churchwardens and Overseers, and requesting that the same might be
altered back so as to stand as printed, and be resealed by the Guardians
and returned to that Board through the Clerk to the Guardians ; that
he (the Clerk) had forwarded the forms, with the letter from the Local
Government Board to the Clerk to the Guardians, and had this day
been informed by a Guardian that the Form had been re-sealed as
requested. Also that the Local Government Board stated that on
receipt of the two Forms amended, the necessary proceedings would be
taken to issue an Order for obtaining the consent of the Owners and
Ratepayers of the Parish to the Transfer, but that that Board had
nothing to do with the preparation of the Deed of Transfer. At the
same Meeting the Clerk was instructed to write to the Metropolitan
Board of Works requesting them to return the plans of the Town Hall
and Offices, deposited in December, 1886. At an adjourned Meeting of