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24 JUNE, 1891.
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VII. 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, 24th June, 1891.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Thursday,
the 18th day of June inst., there being present Messrs.
Hirst, J. Druitt, Calton, Andrews, Baxter, W. A. Kemp,
Mardorf and Ludbrook.
(1) That your Committee proceeded to the election of a
Chairman for the ensuing year, and unanimously appointed
Mr. Rowland Hirst to that office.
(2) 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 have considered a form of memorial
which has been approved by the Limehouse District Board
of Works, in reference to the widening of the west end of
Ben Jonson Road, from which it appears that the Limehouse
Board propose a limit to their expenses of £1000, and your
Committee accordingly do recommend—That the one fourth
of the cost of widening the west end of Ben Jonson Road
which this Vestry has agreed to contribute, be limited, not to
exceed the sum of £1000.
(3) That your Clerk read letter as follows:
"83, Lancaster Gate W.,
17th June, 1891.
"The Clerk to the Vestry of the Hamlet
"of Mile End Old Town.
“Dear Sir,
"Referring to your letter of the 18th December,
"1890,I am directed by the Earl of Meath to send here"with
cheque for £100, to be expended by the Vestry
"in the planting of plane Trees, in accordance with the
"terms of my letter of the 24th of September last, and
"subject to the conditions therein laid down, which as
"sometime has elapsed, Lord Meath thinks it well I
"should repeat; subject also to your sending me an
"official receipt made out in the words given overleaf.
"Lord Meath also desires me to explain that the delay
"in sending you this money in accordance with our
"conditional promise was due to the length of time
"which elapsed (3 months) before you accepted our
"offer. Meanwhile one of our supporters in this work