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OPEN SPACES.
The Old Burial Ground in High Street, Lambeth (which was
converted into a Recreation Ground, and transferred by the
Board of Churchwardens and Overseers to the charge of the
Vestry in May, 1884), and the Open Space at Stangate,
opposite St. Thomas's Hospital, have been maintained by the
Vestry at an outlay during the year of £268 9s. 9d., while the
Vestry has contributed the sum of £38 4s., being half the cost
of maintaining the Grounds of St. John's Church, Waterloo
Road.
ELECTION OF VESTRYMEN.
After the Annual Election in May, 1887, it was discovered that
two of the Members returned for the Stockwell Ward did not
possess the sufficient rateable qualification of £ 40. and that an
extra vacancy existed which had not been filled up. In consequence
of this, under the advice of Mr. Finlay, Q.C., an
application was made to the High Court, by the Clerk, in the
names of some Ratepayers of the Parish, for an Order for a
Mandamus for a new Election to supply the three vacancies.
The application was successful, and the necessary Order was
made by the Court. A new Election took place, and the three
vacancies were filled up. This was the first case of the kind
since the passing of the Metropolis Management Act,