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Bishop's and West Meadows.
Conveyancee to
Vestry.
On the 13th April- 1892, the solicitor was instructed
with reference to the conditions of Transfer of the West
Meadow and Bishop's Avenue to the Vestry, and on the 24th May,
1892, he produced the conditions upon which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
were willing to convey the West Meadow to the Vestry,
and the same were approved, and he was instructed to submit a draft
Contract for the consideration of the Vestry. The agreement with
the Lord Bishop of London and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
for the transfer of the West Meadow to the Vestry was produced to
the Law and Parliamentary Committee, by whom it was approved
on the 1st August, 1892, and, on their recommendation, it was
sealed by the Vestry on the 3rd August, 1892. On the 19th December,
1892, the Solicitor was instructed by the Law and Parliamentary
Committee to engage Mr. Casson, of Counsel, to settle draft Conveyance
of the Bishop's and West Meadows to the Vestry, and on the
21st December, 1892, the Agreement of Conveyance.
Fencing and
Laying out. The Vestry on the 14th September, 1892, instructed the
Surveyor to obtain Tenders for the necessary iron fencing
to be erected on the Bishops and West meadows in accordance with
agreement, the fixing to be done by the Vestry's workmen, and on
the 28th September, he was further instructed to proceed with the
formation of the raised bed adjoining the moat. On the 9th November,
1892, the tender of Messrs. D. Rowell & Co. to supply and fix the
fencing at £211 8s. 4d., was accepted' The Surveyor was on the
24th January, 1893, instructed by the Vestry to proceed with the
fencing at the Bishop's meadow by the moat, and have the bed
adjoining the moat planted by Messrs. Fromow in accordance with
their schedule of prices for planting the recreation ground, and on
the 15th February, 1893, it was resolved that a footpath 12 feet wide
—to be tar-paved—be constructed along the river frontage of the
Bishop's and West meadows, and that the adjoining 20 feet be made
up with gravel, a row of trees to be planted between the tar-paving
and the gravel. The tender of Mr. R. Neal, for the supply of shrubs
and trees was accepted by the Vestry on the 1st March, 1893.
River Wall. The Vestry after advertising, and referring the matter
back three times, finally accepted, on the 3rd August, 1892, Mr. J.
Mears' tender at £12,800 for the carrying out and construction of the
river-wall. On the 12th October, 1892, the Solicitor was instructed
to see the Solicitor of the London County Council with reference to
Vestry's application for a loan for the river-wall, and the Surveyor
was instructed to prepare a statement as to amount of loan to be
applied for, and, on the 23rd November, 1892, the Solicitor reported
as follows:—
"That since the last meeting he had been in communication
with the Solicitor to the London County Council, with reference
to the proposed loan of £7,800 for the River Wall, and had now