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REPORT, 1889-90. 135
Reply of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
"It affords us great pleasure, on the occasion of
our visit to the ground offered for public recreation
in this district, to receive an Address from the
Representative Authority of Paddington, which has,
within the last few years, been constituted a Borough
returning two Members to the Imperial Parliament.
"We are much interested in learning that your
Borough has prospered so considerably since the
commencement of the Queen's reign in 1837, and
that it shows a large increase in its population and
in the rateable value of its property within the last
fifty years.
"We fully recognize and appreciate the value of
Municipal Institutions and the important feature
which they form in the Constitutional Government
of the United Kingdom.
"You may rest assured, therefore, that we shall
be always ready to support Local Authorities in the
discharge of their duties, and to encourage the
inhabitants of this Country to interest themselves
in the administration of the local affairs of their
Parishes."
St. Mary's Public Garden.
The Vestry, at its Meeting on June 22nd, 1890,
had under consideration the question of providing a
new entrance to the Northern portion of the St.
Mary's Public Garden (disused Burial Ground) in
consequence of the closing of the late entrance at
the end of Howell Street, and it was Resolved—
"That it be referred to the Legal Committee, with