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experience has conclusively shown that existing and projected
accommodation in neighbouring districts requires to
be supplemented, and they accordingly expressed their
"willingness to co-operate with the Guardians of the
Westminster Union in any well considered action having for
its object the abandonment or postponement of the above
mentioned proposal of the Local Government Board.
SCHOOL BOARD FOR LONDON.
Several questions relating to the finances of this Board
have engaged the attention of the Vestry during the year.
A proposal to increase the salary of the Clerk of the
Board to a maximum of £1,500 a year by annual increments
elicited considerable opposition from the Rating Authorities,
who have to provide a considerable proportion of the income
of the Board, and the Yestry concurred in the generally
expressed opinion that such a salary was excessive. The
remonstrances, however, did not avail, and the Board have
fixed the salary of their Clerk at the sum named. It is
satisfactory to remark that three of the members of the
Board representing Westminster, the Rev. W. M. Sinclair,
Captain Probyn, and Mr. Spink, opposed the increase.
Upon various resolutions being submitted to the Board,
the Chairman, the Rev. J. R. Diggle, was reported to have
made some disparaging remarks on the attitude taken up by
the Rating Authorities of the Metropolis. In order that the
correct relative position of the School Board and the Rating
Authorities in regard to finances might not be overlooked,
the Vestry addressed a letter to Mr. Diggle on the 23rd May
in the following terms:—