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effect that the time within which the Commissioners might purchase
the freehold of the site of the Library, at the price of £4,500, would in
accordance with the terms of the agreement with the City Corporation
expire on the 30th August, 1900.
The Commissioners stated that they would have an available
balance of £1,000 on the 25th March, 1900, towards the cost of the
purchase of the freehold of the site, but that it would be necessary for
them to borrow an additional £3,500 in order to complete the
purchase.
Before a loan for this amount could be taken up, it was necessary
that the Yestry should give their sanction to the loan and that
the Local Government Board should do the same. The Yestry
determined to sanction the borrowing of the money for the above
purpose, subject to the Public Library Commissioners obtaining the
consent of the Local Government Board.
FALCON COURT AREA.
Having in view the resolution of the London County Council of
the 29th November, 1898, viz.:—" That all clearances under the
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, which involve re-housing
be done at the sole cost of the Council," and the fact that other local
authorities had approached the Council to bear the whole cost of carrying
out certain schemes in their parishes, the Yestry, on the 2nd May,
1899, passed a resolution urging upon the Council to sustain the whole
cost of carrying into effect the Falcon Court Area Scheme, and asking
the Housing of the Working Classes Committee of the Council to
receive a deputation on the subject.
After considering the question, the Council, however, intimated
that they were advised that the resolution only applied to future
schemes.
A letter was received from the Clerk to the Council on the 24th
April, 1899, asking the views of the Vestry upon certain alternative
proposals with respect to the acquisition of properties in Brent s
Court and the rights of way through that court to the Rman Catholic
Schools.
In dealing with this question, the Vestry took the opportunity
of expressing their opinion of the best method of dealing with the