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Vestry of St. Mary, Newington, the Vestry determined to
take no action in regard to this subject.
labour bureau.
On the 4th April, 1899, the Vestry received a report from the
delegates who attended a Conference at Islington Vestry Hall
on the above subject, and the question of establishing a bureau
in this parish was referred to the General Purposes Committee
to consider and report. The Committee obtained certain
statistics and made inquiries of the bureaux in Islington, St.
Pancras and other districts, and again appointed delegates
to attend a Conference at Hackney Town Hall, on the 12th
March, 1900, but no definite decision has as yet been arrived
at with regard to the establishment of a bureau in this parish.
burial fees.
At the suggestion of the Vestry of Lambeth a resolution was
adopted on the 10th October, 1899, concurring in the action
taken by that Vestry in petitioning Parliament to abolish all
ecclesiastical fees other than those for services rendered.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The Accounts of the Vestry for the year ended the 25th March
1900, will be found at a later page of this Report.
treasurer.
In October, 1899, Mr. Frankland Fishwick, who, as manager of
the London County Bank at Newington Butts had for many yean
acted as Treasurer to the Vestry, resigned his position. The Committee
then considered the appointment of a successor, and after
making arrangements with the Bank for the conduct of the Vestry'
accounts on an improved basis, Mr. George James Green, the new
manager of the Bank, was appointed as Treasurer to the Vestry, or
the terms agreed upon.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES. '
london government committee.
On the re-constitution of the Vestry's Committees, at the end of
May, 1899, the London Government Committee was amalgamated with
the Electric Lighting and Dust Disposal Committee previously appointed
by the Vestry.