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PROVISIONAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL LISTS.
It was moved by Mr. Young, seconded by Mr. Hunt, and carried,
That the Vestry Clerk be (and he is hereby) instructed to write to the
Assessment Committee, stating that the communications from the Clerk on
the subject of the default in the Provisional and Supplemental Lists, had
not been laid before them prior to the 6th August, and that consequently
they were unable to take any steps to remedy the matter.
They also beg to express regret at the delay in sending in such Lists.
Parish of Fulham, Middlesex,
Vestry Offices, Walham Green, S.W.
Dear Sir, 16th July, 1889.
In reply to your letter of the 1st instant, I beg to inform you that I hope
to have the Supplemental Valuation List finished by the end of the
month—a great part of it is done.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) C. J. FOAKES,
T. A. Marsh, Esq. Vestry Clerk.
At the meeting of the Vestry held on the 16th October, 1889, the Acting
Clerk produced letters from the Local Government Board with reference to
the enquiry, when it was Resolved—
I. That the letters be referred to the Special Committee, with power
to employ legal assistance, at an expense not exceeding 50 guineas
without further instructions, and to engage the services of a shorthand
writer.
II. That the Local Government Board be asked to postpone the
Enquiry for a fortnight, and also to appoint another place for holding
the Enquiry, pointing out the inadequacy of the Vestry Offices, even
for Vestrymen, and suggesting the Hall under the Congregational
Chapel, Dawes Road, as a suitable place.
The Special Committee reported to the Vestry on the 13th November,
1889, that Mr. T. Blanco White, Solicitor, Mr. Asquith and Mr. C. S.
Macaskie, Counsel, had been retained on behalf of the Vestry, conjointly
with the Churchwardens and Overseers, and they asked that the sanction
of the Vestry be given to the expenditure of a further sum of 100 guineas
on account of the expenses attendant on the Local Government Enquiry
now proceeding, which expenditure was, on a division, sanctioned by 30
votes to 6. The enquiry commenced on Monday, 11th November, 1889,
and terminated on Saturday, the 16th November, 1889, Messrs. Hedley
and Taylor being the Inspectors appointed by the Local Government Board
to conduct the same.