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GOVERNORS AND DIRECTORS OF THE
POOR.
In accordance with the requirements of the Local Act,
2 Geo. III., cap 58, the Vestry met on the 9th April, for the
purpose of appointing twenty-one "substantial and discree"
persons, either from their own body, or from among the Justices
of the Peace for Middlesex or Westminster, or other
"creditable inhabitants" of the Parish, such persons, together
with the Churchwardens or Overseers of the Poor, to be
called Governors and Directors of the Poor. A list of the
gentlemen so appointed is given on page 11, and a statement
of the receipts and expenditure of the Board on page 124.
REPRESENTATIVE AT THE METROPOLITAN
BOARD OF WORKS.
The Vestry heard with much regret at their meeting held
on the 3rd December, of the serious illness of Mr. T. II. Elam,
who had represented the Parish at the Metropolitan Board of
Works since the year 1877, and for many years usually presided
over the meetings of the Vestry. A resolution was passed expressing
the sympathy of the Vestry with Mr. Elam, and their
hope that he might be speedily restored to health. Unfortunately,
however, this hope was not realised, and a month
later Mr. Elam intimated his intention of retiring from the
Metropolitan Board of Works in consequence of his health
having failed. This letter was taken into consideration on
the 21 st January 1886, and a resolution was passed as
follows:—
That the Vestry do hereby record their deep regret that .Mr. Klam
should have been compelled by failing health to sever his connection with the
Metropolitan Board of Works, their appreciation of the value of his
lengthened services to the Parish in numerous honorary capacities, and their
earnest hope that he may be so restored to health as to admit of his again
taking an active part in the proceedings of the Vestry, a duly tor which his
ripened experience so eminently qualities him.