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David Hawkins, Francis Foster, Walter George Streeton, Hugh Young, Joseph Brown,
Henry Aldridge, Henry Vezey, Frederick James Rooney, Churchwarden (ex-officio), George
Wood, Walter Beasley, and William Brown (25).;
Each of whom, with the exception of the ex-officio members, before taking his seat,
accepted office by making and subscribing the declaration required by the Municipal
Corporations Act, 1882, Section 34.
Pending the election of a Chairman of the Vestry, it was Resolved, on the motion of
Mr. Bisley, seconded by Mr. Walker, that Mr. F. T. Talbot be requested to take the chair.
The chair was thereupon taken by Mr. F. T. Talbot.
Upon the motion of Mr. Sidney Brownfield, seconded by Mr. Mortimer, it was
Resolved—That the Rev. Canon Beck, M.A., Rector of the Parish and an ex-officio member
of the Vestry, be appointed Chairman of the Vestry for the period ending with the next
annual Election in May, 189G.
The following gentlemen were then nominated for the position of Vice-Chairman:—
Mr. Francis John Bisley,
,, Francis Thomas Talbot, and
,, Robert Leishman Stuart.
Mr. Talbot having withdrawn his name, the names of Messrs. Bisley and Stuart were
put to the vote, as under :—
For Mr. Bisley 15
„ Stuart 6
Mr. Bisley was then declared duly elected Vice-Chairman of the Vestry for the period
ending with the next annual Election in May, 189G.
The Clerk having submitted his account, as Returning Officer, of the expenses of the
Election of Vestrymen and Auditors, in accordance with the scale of expenses fixed by the
London County Council, under Section 48 (7) of the above Act, to be allowed to Returning