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Vestry at the commencement of the summer vacation in 1898, and
at the succeeding meeting on the 6th September, Reports of the
Committees were for the first time included in the Vestry's
Agenda and brought up in printed form in accordance with a resolution
adopted on the 28th June, 1898.
The writing up of the minutes of the vestry in a minute book
was also abandoned on the 18th October, 1898, and printed minutes
kept in a binding file, each page being initialled by the Chairman,
were substituted therefor.
lost assessments.
The attention of the vestry was, on the 10th January, 1899,
called by the vestry of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, to certain disclosures
in the "City Press" of the 12th November, 1898, respecting certain
"lost assessments" in the City, and a resolution was passed concurring
with the latter Yestry in urging upon the London County Council
to take immediate steps to remedy the alleged irregularities.
At a subsequent meeting of the Vestry a letter was read from the
Clerk of the Council, statiug that the Town Clerk of the City had
replied to the Council that the errors were merely omissions from the
rate books.
labour bureaux.
A communication was received from the Vestry of Islington, on
the 21st February, 1899, stating that it was proposed to hold a
Conference on the subject of Labour Bureaux, and inviting the Vestry
to appoint representatives. Delegates were accordingly elected to
attend the Conference, which was held on Wednesday, 22nd March,
1899.
Reconstruction
of Sewers in
Friar Street
Area.
Public Health and Sewers Committee.
In the early part of the year 1898, the Surveyor, in accordance
with the instructions of the Vestry, submitted a scheme
for the re-drainage of the Friar Street and Pocock Street
areas, as an instalment of a larger scheme for the re-construction
and repair of the whole of the defective sewers throughout
the Parish. The estimates of the Surveyor, amounting to £4222
12s. 7d., were adopted by the Vestry on the 5th April, 1898, and