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REPORT.
The Vestry have the honor to lay before the ratepayers
a report of their proceedings for the year which ended
on the 25th March last; and in so doing hope to shew
that they have been fully mindful of the many duties
thrust upon them.
Whilst executing works of considerable magnitude,
and maintaining in efficiency those already completed,
which are duties thrust upon them by statute, they
have ever borne in mind their duty to those who elect
them (the ratepayers), and have met all demands without
increasing the rates.
In pursuance of a memorial from this Vestry to the
Metropolitan Board of Works, asking for an increase
of the number of Vestrymen and their re-distribution
among the various Wards of the Hamlet, that Board,
under its statutory powers, granted the application,
and the number was increased to 90, divided among
the Wards as follows:—
No. 1 or North Ward 18
2 „ East „ 18
3 „ West „ 15
4 „ Centre „ 21
5 „ South „ 18
During the year resolutions have been passed to
carry out some most extensive and important works
relating to the paving and sewerage of the Hamlet.
Some of them have already been completed, whilst
others arc in progress, or will be so very shortly.
A full and complete description of them will be found
in the Report of the Surveyor, annexed hereto, but the
following may bo here mentioned as being of the greatest
magnitude.
1. Paving the carriage ways of the Mile End and
Commercial Roads,
2. Repaving part of the footways of the Mile End
Road.