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Park-road, to No. 412 in the last mentioned road, next the principal entrance to the
Park, and returning eastward along the southern boundary of the Park to the Deptford
Lower-road
Number of Rated Householders, Rateable Valve,
2,138. £55,056.
That the total number of Vestrymen for this parish be 36, and that the number of
Vestrymen to be assigned to each of the three before mentioned Wards be as follows,
viz.:—
No. 1 Ward, 15 Vestrymen.
No. 2 Ward, 9 Vestrymen.
No. 3 Ward, 12 Vestrymen.
Resolved, that the plan prepared by Mr. Edward Thomas, the Surveyor of Pavements,
shewing the division of the parish into Wards be approved, and the seal of the
Vestry be affixed thereto, that it be signed by the Chairman on behalf of the Vestry,
and presented to the Metropolitan Board of Works.
The said scheme and plan for dividing this parish into Wards was presented to
the Metropolitan Board of Works, in May 1881, and is still under consideration by that
Board.
Clerk to the Vestry and Vestry Clerk.
Mr. Robert Shafto Hawks, who held the office of Vestry Clerk under the provisions
of the Act 13th and 14th Vict., cap 57, and was also joint Clerk to the Vestry
under the Metropolis Local Management Act, died on the 26th December, 1880.
The office of Vestry Clerk having thus become vacant, the Vestry on the 18th
January, 1881, elected Mr. James John Stokes to be Vestry Clerk of this parish, in
the place of the said Mr. Robert Shafto Hawks, pursuant to the provisions of the
before mentioned Act, the appointment of Mr. J. J. Stokes as Vestry Clerk was
approved by the Local Government Board, on the 3rd day of May, 1881.
Miscellaneous.
Plough Bridge has been repainted bv Mr. Cracknell under contract for the sum of
£12 10c. Od.
Bv the formal order of the Metropolitan Board of Works, dated 2nd of October,
1880, kennings-buildings, Swan Lane, has been re-named Kenning-street.
The waten of the River Thames having on the 18th January, 1881, overflowed at
several placet in the parish, doing considerable damage to property, the Vestry caused
a letter to be written to the Metropolitan Board of Works, calling their attention to
the several wharves where the river overflowed and requesting them to take prompt