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152 14 OCTOBER, 1891.
covenant to pay the standard rate of wages, and that such a
covenant be inserted in all Contracts.
VI. The Report of Committee No. 2 was brought up as follows :
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Committee No. 2.
For Highways, Paving, Lighting and Watering.
Wednesday, 14th October, 1891.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Tuesday),
the 6th day of October, inst., there being present Messrs.
Hirst, Ockelford, Calton, Andrews, Loftus, and Baxter.
(1) That your Surveyor brought up and read a Report for
which your Committee beg to refer your Board to his Report
Book.
That your Committee considered an application from
Mr. J. H. Johnson, for permission to put in pavement lights
at three shops at the corner of Old Church Road, &c., and
Spring Garden Place, as shown on an accompanying plan, and
resolved to recommend—That the application be acceded to,
provided it be carried out to the satisfaction of your Surveyor.
(2) That having regard to the reference of your Board your
Committee resolved to recommend—That Frees be planted
on the north side of Mile End Road from Frederick Place to
Coborn Road, and on the south side from Stepney Green to
Jubilee Street, the cost being defrayed by the Metropolitan
Public Gardens Association.
(3) That your Committee resolved to recommend—That
Mr. J. Kavanagh be requested to remove the board hanging
over the footpath in front of his shop No. 259 Commercial
Road, and in the event of non-compliance therewith he be
called upon to remove the lamp erected by him thereat.
(4) That your Committee resolved to recommend—That the
channel at the Western portion of Nelson Street be paved
with Tees Scoriae Blocks, the estimated cost being .£40.
(5) That having regard to the reference of your Board, your
Committee inspected Charles Street, and resolved to recommend—That
in the opinion of the Committee it is not
advisable to undertake at present the widening of Charles
Street adjoining Jubilee Street.
(6) That your Committee, pursuant to the reference of your
Board, inspected Carlton Square, and came to the conclusion
that on additional lighting is necessary.
(7) That your Committee, pursuant to the reference of your
Board, inspected the paving in Globe Road, and found" the
new paving in good condition, but some defects were in the