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Vestry, and this request was agreed to on the 3rd May, 1898, subject
to the Council making arrangements with the tenants now occupying
the premises. The Council have not yet taken possession of the
property. At the following meeting of the Vestry a resolution
was adopted to the effect that, subject to the consent of the Home
Secretary being obtained, the Vestry would offer no objection to the
proposal to re-inter the human remains from the portion of the
Churchyard required for the new road, in the Easterly portion of
the Churchyard, provided the Rector and Churchwardens agreed
thereto.
The Vestry made a claim in respect of the portion of the
Churchyard to be taken by the Council under the Notice to Treat,
upon the principle of reinstatement instead of a monetary consideration.
The claim includes, amongst other conditions, the provision of
an open space of equal or greater area than the land taken, and the
paving of the new roadway with wood. It was further determined,
at the meeting of the Vestry on the 28th June, that the open space
should not be used as a playground for children.
At the request of the Council, Mr. Douglas Young was appointed
as the Surveyor of the Vestry in respect of the two claims for the
taking of the New Alley Premises and for the taking of a portion of
the Churchyard, but it was deemed inexpedient by the Authority to
unite the two claims either on the basis of reinstatement or a
monetary consideration.
vestry offices.
On the 3rd May, 1898, the Yestry adopted a resolution, on the
recommendation of a Special Committee, to the effect that in future
the time of attendance at the office of all the clerks employed by the
Vestry be from 9 in the morning. The time at which the clerks
were required to attend at the office was previously 10 a.m., and
three months notice was accordingly given to the clerks as to the
change of hours.
committees' reports.
The method of reading the whole of the minutes of the
Committees at the Vestry Meeting—a process which occupied a
consider able length of time and otten failed to secure adequate consideration
for important resolutions—was finally abandoned by the