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owners are willing to give up a strip of land, about 3 feet 6 inches in width, 68 feet long,
238 square feet in area, if the Vestry will alter the existing steps to the home and erect a new
fence wall, with gateway entrance, along a portion of the frontage, 41 feet long and 7 feet in
height. I submit the matter for your consideration, and suggest that it be referred to a Committee
to view and report:
and, having inspected the premises, it was
Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee, that the Yestry offer the owners
a sum of £40 for the land in lieu of carrying' out the work suggested, and that, if accepted,
the land be conveyed at the Vestry's expense.
On 21st February, 1899, the Committee reported receipt of the following report of the
Surveyor:—
1 communicated the offer of the Yestry of £40 for the 26½ yards of land to effect an
improvement at St. Pelagius' Home, 654 Rotherhithe Street, to the representative of the
owners, who has been to see me in reference to the matter and states that they have had
an estimate for carrying out the alterations which amounts to £60. Whilst admitting that
the improvement will to some extent also benefit the property, the owners are not prepared
to pay the difference of £20, but if the Yestry would increase their offer to £50 it would be
accepted. He also desired me to mention that the work carried on at the Home is entirely
one of charity, so that any money taken from the funds would be to the detriment of the
work undertaken.
Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee, that the Yestry's offer be increased
to £50.
Lighting.
Hickling Street.
On 6th September, 1898, the Yestry resolved to fix an additional lamp in line with Matson
Street and to alter the position of existing lamp to opposite No. 5.
Rotherhithe Street.
On 19th April, 1898, the Vestry Resolved, upon the recommendation of the General Purposes
and Works Committee—That the existing bracket lamp on the fence between Nos. 252