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to the spirit of the age, and the Rector has expressed his
assent, in principle, to the proposal, on condition that the
Parish Church is emancipated from the ill-defined control
which the Vestry may, if it is so minded, exercise over its
internal management. Understanding, however, that circumstances
may arise in the near future rendering it desirable
to apply to Parliament for extended powers in relation to the
Endowment of the Church, the Vestry have deferred taking
any decisive step for the present.
CLERK IN ORDERS.
The Rev. William Edward Windle, M.A., Worcester
College, Oxford, who was appointed Clerk in Orders in 1888,
resigned 011 preferment towards the close of the year. The
Rector had not nominated any clergyman to fill this vacancy
at Lady-day.
No payment is made to the Clerk in Orders out of the
rates, but he is entitled, under the provisions of a local Act
of Parliament, to the yearly sum of £30 out of the profits of
the pews in the Church.
OFFICERS OF THE VESTRY.
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Several alterations have occurred in the Staff of the Vestry
during the past year.
Vestry Clerk's Department.—Mr. R. H. Beacall, who
had held the appointment of Accountant for upwards of
thirty-two years, resigned on account of increasing age, and
was awarded a superannuation allowance of £99 a year. To
fill the vacancy thus caused, Mr. J. M. Crow, second Assistant
Clerk, was appointed " Accounts, Rates, and General Clerk,"
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