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during this period. The vast extension of the Empire, the increase of
Commerce, and the social and moral progress of the people since the
commencement of your Majesty's reign, call forth our most lively
gratitude.
To the keen interest taken by your Majesty in all social subjects, the
Nation is indebted for a marked improvement of late years in the dwellings
of many of the poorer of your Majesty's subjects, the amelioration of the
conditions under which large sections of the people are now living, a
diminished rate of mortality consequent upon the passing and administration
of Sanitary Laws, and for progress in Education, Art, and Technical
Instruction, to an unparalleled extent, while the happy example of your
Majesty's domestic life has beneficially influenced the homes of your
people.
We fervently pray that the King of Kings may be pleased to greatly
prolong the valued life of your Majesty, so that the beneficent sway of your
Majesty's rule may for many years be continued over a devoted, happy,
free, and contented people.
Given under the Common Seal
of the Vestry this Seventh day
of July, in the year of our Lord,
One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Eighty-Seven.
(Signed) HARRY WILKINS,
Vestry Clerk.
In order to facilitate the progress of the Royal Procession,
and to prevent accidents to the crowds of people
who thronged the streets, the street refuges along the line
of route were temporarily removed and the roadways spread
with gravel. The Vestry also contributed the sum of £25 to the
fund for decorating Piccadilly, this sum being a contribution in
respect of the frontage of the Parish property abutting on
Piccadilly, according to a basis generally agreed upon by
the residents.