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recommended to draw cheque for the purchase-money of the Old Toll
House Site, viz., £1,500, and the Solicitor informed thereof. On the
15th February, 1888, the Works Committee having considered the
subject of the preparation of a scheme for the use of the Old Toll
House, it was resolved to recommend the Vestry that the Surveyor be
instructed to prepare a plan and take such steps as may be necessary
to obtain the sanction of the Thames Conservators to the new line of
frontage, and that the Clerk be empowered to sign the application to
the Thames Conservators with reference to the Old Toll House, which
recommendation was adopted by the Vestry on the 22nd February,
1888. A letter was read at the Law and Parliamentary Committee from
the Solicitor enclosing Conveyance and Memorial, re Old Toll House
Site, for sealing by the Vestry, and the same were adopted and sealed
by the Vestry on the 7th March, 1888. At the Works Committee on
the 14th March, 1888, the Surveyor read letter from the Thames Conservators
stating that the river frontage had already been fixed by the
Thames Conservators, and it was resolved that he be instructed to
proceed with the matter, and on the 28th March, 1888, the Works
Committee further instructed him to bring up complete plans and
report as to the necessary works to be carried out. On the 9th May,
1888, the Surveyor produced plan and read his report as to the steps
to be taken to prepare the Site of the Old Toll House for use as a
Wharf; and the same having been discussed, it was resolved that the
Land be enclosed from "A" to "B" on plan; that the question of the
absorption of the Ferry be referred to the Law and Parliamentary
Committee for the Solicitor's opinion; and that the Surveyor be
instructed to make application to the Thames Conservators for permission
to make the side of the Wharf abutting on the Public Free
Dock square with the front of the Wharf; also that the Surveyor
prepare a detailed estimate of the cost of a small crane for loading
and unloading, and submit same to the Committee. The Clerk read,
at the Vestry Meeting on the 6th June, 1888, a letter from the Thames
Conservators re the line of Embankment by the Old Toll House Site,
enclosing a plan showing the line which the Conservators would
sanction, and the same was ordered to be referred to the Works
Committee. The Law and Parliamentary Committee, on the 18th
June, 1888, resolved that the question of the absorption of the Ferry
by the Old Toll House be referred to the Surveyor and Solicitor to
carry out the instructions of the Works Committee of the 9th May,
1888, and report to this Committee, which resolution was confirmed by
the Vestry at their Meeting on the 20th June, 1888.