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At the Conference referred to, it was decided to appoint a
deputation to the Education Department, to urge the introduction
of a Bill into Parliament to reconstitute the School
Board Electoral Districts on the basis of the Parliamentary
area, and the Vestry requested their delegates to the Conference
to join the deputation. The Education Department,
however, have declined to receive the proposed deputation
at present.
LONDON PARKS AND WORKS ACT, 1887.
Under this Act the maintenance of certain Parks and other
places was transferred from the Office of Her Majesty's
Works to the Metropolitan Board of Works, the financial
effect being to relieve the National Exchequer of the cost,
and to place the burden on the Metropolitan ratepayer. It
may not be generally known that estates were attached to
Battersea Park and Westminster Bridge, the income arising
therefrom being applied to the maintenance of the Park and
Bridge respectively. These estates the Government retain.
By the London Government Bill, which was introduced
into the House of Commons by Sir William Harcourt in
1884, it was proposed to transfer to the Metropolitan
Municipal Council, the Parks, &c., subsequently dealt with
by the Act of 1887, and Brompton Cemetery, together
with the estates and income attached thereto.
A Treasury
Minute of the 14th February, 1884, represented the
following as the annual incomes attached to the properties
proposed to be transferred:—
£
Brompton Cemetery (net)
5,550
Westminster Bridge Estate
5,400
Battersea Estate (actual and estimated)
7,500
£18,450
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