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heard from him, that upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
entering into an agreement to confirm the Conveyance to the
late District Board in the year 1884, and to do other matters
suggested by Counsel for the Council, they (the Council) will be
prepared to favourably consider the Vestry's application for the
and he was instructed to prepare the necessary deed.
The Vestry also approved the action of the Surveyor in offering
Mr. Mears 10d. per load for using the surplus material on the Bishop's
meadow for backing up the river-wall, and that Mr. Mears acceptance
of that offer was agreed to. The Clerk was, on the 21st
December, 1892, instructed to write to the London County Council
asking them to expedite the loan.
Eelbrook Common.
Tar-Paving
Footpaths.
On the 80th March, 1892, Mr. E. A. Cornwall, L.C.C.
reported to the Vestry that the Committee of the Counci]
had decided to view Eelbrook with reference to the Vestry's application
to have the paths tar-paved, and on the 11th May, 1892, Mr.
Cornwall reported that the Committee had that day viewed the
Eelbrook. As the result of the Committee's view, and of the opinions
expressed by the Members of the Vestry present, headed by Mr.
Cornwall, the Council have tar-paved the whole of the principal
footpaths across Eelbrook.
Approach to During the year the Vestry have caused gulleys to be
constructed, and the approach to Eelbrook to be channelled, and the
London County Council allowed the Vestry to connect these gulleys
with their new drains on the Common.
Urinal
Accommodation. In June, 1892, the Vestry referred the question of
providing urinal accommodation for both sexes at the
junction of King's Road with Wandsworth Bridge Road, to the
Works Committee with power to act, and on the 20th July, 1892,
the Works Committee recommended that the Clerk be instructed to
prepare memorial to London County Council pointing out the great
need of a public urinal for both sexes on Eelbrook Common, requesting
them to grant a site and subscribe a moiety of the cost, and praying
to be heard by deputation, and on the 9th November, 1892, the
memorial as prepared by the Clerk was approved and sealed by the
Vestry, and a deputation appointed, who waited on the London
County Council on Thursday, the 24th November, 1892.
Recreation Ground, Junction of Fulham Palace
and Crown Roads.
Loans. The seal of the Vestry was affixed to the Mortgages
securing Loans of .£5,400 and £1,900 in respect of the acquisition
and laying out of the Recreation Ground on the 13th April, 1892 and