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That your Memorialists are the Local Authority (under the Metropolis Management
Act) for the Parliamentary Borough of Rotherliithe, containing a population of 12 200
and property of the gross annual value as fixed by the Valuation Metropolis) Act of
£255,696.
That on the 1st day of February, 1887, your Memorialists passed a Resolution in
favour of the continuance of the Coal and Wine Dues as follows : —
That this Vestry agree with the views of the Metropolitan Board of
Works, and the Corporation of the City of London, for the continuation of
the Coal and Wine Duties, and that a Memorial be presented to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer in favour of the continuation of such duties ; also
that the Clerk be instructed to write Col. Hamilton, M.P., requesting him
to support the proposal of the Board and the Corporation.
Your Memorialists earnestly hope that Her Majesty's Government will assist
the Metropolitan Board of Works and the City Corporation in passing a Bill for the
continuance of the Coal and Wine Dues.
And your Memorialists will ever pray.
The Common Seal of the Vestry of tho Parish of Rotherliithe,
in the County of Surrey, affixed hereto by Order.
(Signed) JAMES J. STOKES,
Clerk to the Vestry.
The Vestry subsequently received the following communications :—
Thkasury Chambers, Whitehall, S.W.
9th February, 1887.
Sir,
Mr. Goschen desires me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
8th instant, forwarding a Memorial from the Vestry of the Parish of Rotherliithe, in
favour of the continuance of the Coal and Wine Dues.
I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant,
James J. Stokes, Esq. (Signed) G. GLEADOWE.
House of Commons,
10th February, 1887.
Dear Sir,
I am, in receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, enclosing a copy of the
resolution of your Vestry with reference to the Coal and Wine Dues, as sent to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. It will give me much pleasure to support the request
therein made.
I am,
James J. Stokes, Esq., Yours faithfully,
Rotherliithe. (Signed) C. E. HAMILION.