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The Vestry caused notices with Schedule of Dilapidations to he served upon the
Leaseholders and Occupiers of the houses and premises at the Stratford Charity Estate,
and the necessary works of reparation were ultimately carried out. The Vestry directed
the loose building materials, &c., upon the Plaistow Charity Estate to be sold by public
auction. The net result of such sale amounted to £62 10s. 0d.
On the 7th August, 1883, the Vestry passed the following resolution, viz.:
"Resolved, that a statement be made of the expenses the Vestry had been put to
"with reference to the Plaistow Charity Estate; that such expenses be paid out of the
"amount realised from the sale of the building materials on the said Estate, and that
"the balance be paid into a separate account to be opened at the Bank for that purpose,
"and for any sums that may be received from time to time from the Charity Estates
"above the amount required to be distributed in bread, such moneys to be dealt with in
"some definite wav to be determined upon hereafter."
The before-mentioned sum of £62 10s. 0d. realised from the sale of the building
materials at the Plaistow Charity Estate was ordered to be paid temporarily into the
banking account of the Vestrv.
BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.
At a meeting of the Vestry held on the 6th November, 1883, Messrs. Francis
John Bisley and Edward John Cox were re-elected Commissioners for Public Baths
and Washhouses, to carry out the provisions of the Baths and Washhouses Acts in this
parish, to act in conjunction with Messrs. John Bulmer, Ralph Westall Walker,
Edward James Talbot, Thomas William Clarke, and Lawrence Stevens, the continuing
Commissioners.
Messrs. Henry Lovel Bartlett and George Mabbs were at the same time re-elected
Auditors of Accounts for the ensuing year, under the provisions of the Baths and
Wash-houses Acts.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
On the 11th June, 1883, the Vestry received from Messrs. Walter Webb & Co.,
the solicitors for the promoters of the Metropolitan (Brush) Electric Light and Power
Company (Limited) a print of the Provisional Orders, as issued by the Board of Trade,
authorising the said Company to erect and maintain Electric Lines and Works and to
supply Electricity within the parish of Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey.
A notice, dated 30th June, 1883, was also received from Messrs. Walter Webb &
Co., on behalf of the Metropolitan (Brush) Electric Light and Power Company
(Limited), that it was their intention, in the Sessions of Parliament 1883—4, to apply
to the Board of Trade for a Provisional Order to supply Electricity within the District
of Rotherhithe.
In January, 1884, the Vestry received notice of an application to the Board of
Trade by the Metropolitan (Brush) Electric Light and Power Company for an extension
of the time prescribed by the Rotherhithe Electric Lighting Order, 1883, for the
appropriation and deposit of capital, when it was—