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REPORT.
In presenting the Annual Report of the Vestry for the year
ending 25th March, 1885, the same method as in previous years
will be as nearly as possible adhered to.

Meetings.
The greatest attendance at any Vestry Meeting was 66, the
the smallest 25, and the average 42.
The Vestry have to chronicle the deaths of two of their Deaths,
number, viz., Messrs. H. J. Leatherdale and H. Glass, the
former of whom had served the Parish before the coming into
force of the Metropolis Management Adt, 1855, and had ever
since then taken a most acftive part in parochial matters.
Two of the parishioners, too, who had played important parts
in regard to the Parish work, have also passed away, viz.,
Mr. S. Ludbrook and Mr. H. Gardner, the former of whom had
filled nearly all the parochial offices.
Messrs. Alfred Furness and John Dewson Kemp were
re-eleifted Churchwardens, and Messrs. Isaac James Booth,
Charles Hart Bardouleau, Alfred E. Wood, and Thomas Cook,
were elecfted Overseers for the year.
Churchwardens
and Overseers.
At the annual election of Vestrymen, the unusual result was
witnessed of one gentleman (Mr. A. Wood) being returned as
Vestryman for two wards. Under the Adf, he was put to his
eletftion for which ward he would sit, and an order was made
for a fresh election in the other ward.
Annual
Election.
The Clerk to the Vestry, during the year, reported to the
Parliamentary Committee on over 100 Bills and Parliamentary
proceedings, and in every case where a Bill, in the opinion of
the Committee, specially affected the Hamlet, they took some
steps to get their views before Parliament.
Parliamentary.
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