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that the freeholder and sub-lessee had notified their willingness that tbe forecourt fence
should be set back as desired by the Vestry without consideration, and enquiring whether
the lessee could not see his way to do the same, and intimating that any reasonable costs of
the lessee's Solicitors in the matter would be borne by the Vestry.
The lessee subsequently gave his consent without any consideration, and the work of
setting back the fences of the forecourts of the Public Library and 120, Lower Road, was
carried out at a cost of £28.
Moreton Terrace and Slipper's Place.
An application having been received from the Trustee of Slipper's Estate, for permission
to enclose a portion of the site of the old millstream fronting Moreton Terrace, in exchange
for a piece of land in Slipper's Place, to enable him to build upon the piece of
vacant land at the corner of Moreton Terrace and Slipper's Place, the matter was referred
to the Genera] Purposes and Works Committee for consideration and report, and on 2nd
July, 1895, the Committee reported with reference thereto that they had visited the spot,
which was simply a piece of waste ground and a nuisance, and were of opinion that the
houses intended to be erected thereon would be an improvement to the existing state of
things as well as a source of increase of rates to the Parish.
Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee, that the application be
agreed to.
Rotherhithe Street, by Bull Head Dock.
In connection with the adaptation of Bull Head Dock and the victoria Oil Mills as a
Wharf, and the scheme and plan prepared by the Surveyor, and appro\ed by the vestry;
It was Resolved to widen Rotherhithe Street at that spot at an estimate cost of £600,
by setting back the frontage line of the Vestry's premises to the line of the other buildings,
and to ask the London County Council to contribute one-half of the estimated cost of the
improvement.