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Ward of the Vestry. The necessary formalities having
been gone through, and more than one candidate having
been nominated for the vacancy, a poll was taken, with
the result that Mr. William Hill, Licensed Victualler, of
198, Piccadilly, was duly elected a Vestryman until May,
1898.
VESTRY AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The following is the number of Meetings held during
the year :—
Vestry Meetings
22
Finance Committee
20
Public Health Committee
21
Parliamentary Bills and General Purposes
Committee
17
Works Committee
28
St. James's Dwellings Committee
8
Valuation Committee
24
Special and Sub-Committees
8
Total
148
The ordinary meetings of the Vestry are held on the
first and third Thursdays in each month, at 11 a.m., but a
special meeting may be convened at any time upon the
requisition of nine members, and some of the ordinary
meetings are suspended at vacation times. In consequence
of the new bye-laws coming into force in May, 1895, there
were several alterations in the constitution of certain
Committees. The name of the Sanitary Committee was
altered to Public Health Committee, the Lighting Committee
was dissolved, and a new Committee called the
Parliamentary Bills and General Purposes Committee was
appointed. Six Standing Committees are now appointed