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GOVERNORS AND DIRECTORS OF THE
POOR.
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In accordance with the requirements of the Local Act,
2 Geo. III., cap. 58, the Vestry met on the 29th April, for
the purpose of appointing twenty-one "substantial and
discreet" 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 tho 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 II, and a statement
of tho receipts and expenditure of the Board on page 118.
REPRESENTATIVE AT THE METROPOLITAN
BOARD OF WORKS.
The period for which Mr. John Bonthron was elected, in
succession to the late Mr. Elam, early in tho year, having
expired, a meeting of the Vestry was held on the 10th June,
for the purpose of electing a member of the Metropolitan
Board of Works representing this Parish. The choice of the
Vestry again fell upon Mr. Bonthron, who was unanimously
re-elected for the ensuing three years.
PREACHER AND ASSISTANT TO THE RECTOR.
Tho Vestry received with regret an intimation of the death on November 16th, of the Rev. Reginald Dutton, M.A., who
had held the appointment of Preacher and Assistant to the
Rector not quite a year. Mr. Dutton was less than 30 years
old at the time of his death, and although he had been engaged
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