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in accordance with the suggestion of the Metropolitan member, which
was done. At the meeting of the Committee held on the 18th of July,
1888 it was resolved to recommend the Vestry that a supplemental
application be made to the Metropolitan Board of Works for a further
sum to cover the professional charges of the Surveyor, Architects, and
Quantity Surveyors, and the Clerk directed, on receipt of replies, to
hand all the papers to the Solicitor to consider as to application being
made to the Local Government Board for a loan for the large hall, which
recommendation was adopted by the A estry the same evening. At an
emergency meeting of the Committee held on the 1st of August, the
Metropolitan member reported that the Finance Committee of that
Board would lend £13,400 at 3½ per cent. towards the loan for vestry room
and offices, £5,400 to be paid down, and £8,000 on the 1st November next,
when it was resolved that the Metropolitan member having reported
that the Finance Committee of the Metropolitan Board had agreed to
recommend that Board to lend £1.3,400 at 3½ per cent, £12,600 for 30
years, and £800 for 15 years, that in the event of the loan being granted
the Vestry do accept the same, and instruct the Solicitor and Clerk to
complete the loan, the money when received to be placed on deposit.
It was also resolved that the Overseers be requested to apply to the
Local Government Board for sanction to raise a sum to build the large
vestry room, and that Mr. Edwards, the surveyor, supply upon request
any plans necessary for the application ; and it was further resolved
that the terms of the contract be referred to this Committee, in conjunction
with the Solicitor and Architect, to settle and carry out ; all of
which recommendations were adopted by the Vestry the same evening.
At a meeting of the Committee held on the 3rd day of August, the
Metropolitan member having reported that at the meeting of that
Board held that morning the loan of £13,400 was granted by the Board,
and Mr. Wall, the contractor, having been interviewed he stated that he
was prepared to carry out the work,but not at the prices according to his
tender, as in many instances materials had gone up in price since he
tendered, it was resolved that the Committee do adjourn till 5.30 p.m.
on Thursday, the 9th August, and that the Clerk do, immediately on
receipt of amended prices from Mr. Wall, send a copy of same to each
member of the Committee. At the adjourned meeting on the 9th
August, the Clerk read letter from Mr. Wall, stating that the amount
to be added to his former tender, was £530, made upas follows —Bricks
£246 ; Timber £186; Lead £53 ; Iron £28; and Glass £17. The
Architect also made a report on the increased cost of the materials
which he estimated at £271, and the matter having been fully considered
it was resolved to recommend the Vestry, that having received the
tender of Mr. Charles Wall, of Lots Road, Chelsea, builder, for the
erection of the Vestry Hall and Offices, in accordance with the plans
sealed by the Vestry, and Specification and Conditions of Contract
signed by him, at the sum of £20,438 (subject to the said Mr. Charles
Wall obtaining within fourteen days two persons to the satisfaction of
the Clerk to the Vestry, and their entering, within twenty-one days, into
a joint and several bond, to be prepared by the Solicitor, in the sum of
£ ,000, for the due performance of the Contract), the said tender be