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CONSTRUCTION OF VAULTS.
The following regulations have been made in regard to the construction
of vaults under footways:—
1. That plans and sections of proposed vaults be submitted and
deposited with the Vestry.
2. That no deviation from such plan, as sanctioned, be made during
the execution of the work, without the consent of the Vestry.
3. That all walls and arches be at least one brick, or nine inches,
thick.
4. That the space from the upper surface of the pavement to the
outside of the vault be in no case less than three feet.
5. That no vault be allowed to project beyond the outside line of
kerb where the footway is ten feet or more in width, and in no
case shall the outside of the brickwork be carried nearer than
three feet six inches to the centre line of the carriageway.
ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH.
The application by the Trustees of St. Thomas's Church (formerly
Archbishop Tenison's Chapel), for permission to erect an addition
to the church on land formerly constituting part of the public way
in King Street, but enclosed with the consent of the Commissioners
for Paving in the year 1841, came before the Metropolitan Board of
Works on the 1st June, when the application was not granted.
The Trustees have since paid the nominal rent agreed upon when
the land was enclosed.
GOLDEN SQUARE.
In the month of November the Metropolitan Public Garden,
Boulevard, and Playground Association informed the Vestry that it
was contemplated to ask the Trustees of Golden Square to give up
the garden in the centre of the square to the public, and enquired
whether, supposing the Trustees assented to the proposal, the Vestry
would assume charge of the garden under the provisions of the
Metropolitan Open Spaces Act, 1881. The question was thereupon
referred to a Committee for consideration; but the Vestry came to