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LOCAL ELECTIONS.
On the 23rcl May, the Vestry passed a resolution expressing
concurrence with the Vestry of Chelsea in the view that
all elections of local bodies in the Metropolis should be
conducted by ballot, and carried out on one Register of
Electors, the Vestry Clerks of the various Parishes to be the
Returning Officers in their respective areas.
The Vestry further expressed their opinion that all such
Elections should, as far as practicable, be held on the same
day.
CHURCHWARDENS.
The Vestry appointed Churchwardens on the 25th day of
April, when Mr. Samuel Morle was chosen Senior Churchwarden,
and Lord Wemyss Junior Churchwarden.
On the same day, a vote of thanks to Mr. Frederick Crane,
in recognition of his eminent services to the Parish during a
lengthy period, was unanimously agreed to, on the motion
of the Rector, Chairman of the Vestry, seconded by Mr.
James Beal, as follows:—
That at the close of the 21st year for which Mr. Frederick Crane has
filled the office of Churchwarden of the Parish, the Yestry of St.
James, Westminster, desire to place on record their appreciation
of the manner in which he has performed the duties of that
office. First elected Churchwarden in the year 1850, he wag
re-elected at intervals until 1876, since which year he has been
continuously re-elected annually. Throughout that lengthened
period he has filled the office to the entire satisfaction alike of
the Rector and Parishioners. To his indefatigable labours the
Parish owes so successful an issue to the protracted inquiry into
the Craven Pest House Charity; by his patient efforts the
administration of the Tenison Schools and other Charitable