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ALMSHOUSE AND PENSION CHARITY.
On the 30th September, 1880, a letter from the Charity Commissioners
was submitted, enclosing- copies of the Order made by
them for the establishment of the new Scheme, and stating that
tliey had fully satisfied themselves as to the claims of all the
parishes enumerated therein to participate in the benefits of the
Charity The further consideration of the Scheme was taken on
the 19th October, when it was decided to convene a Public Meeting
of ratepayers of the parish, for the purpose of considering the
Scheme, and of taking such action thereon as might be considered
desirable. At the Public Meeting referred to a deputation was
appointed to wait upon the Charity Commissioners for the purpose
of endeavouring to obtain a revocation of the Order; the Commissioners,
however, declined to receive the deputation.
On the :-8th October Captain Clifford Probyn and Mr. William
Challice were appointed Representative Trustees under the Scheme.
NEW STREET FROM CHARING CROSS TO TOTTENHAM
COURT ROAD (CHARING CROSS ROAD).
On the 22nd 'Tidy, 1880, it was resolved that the Metropolitan
Board be requested to plant trees in so much of the roadway as is
situate in this parish on both sides. On the 9th December it was
resolved that having regard to the ob jectionable line of the footway
caused by the position of the land at the eastern end of the National
Gallery, the Metropolitan Board be requested to take steps to
acquire so much of the land as ma) be necessary for the purpose of
widening the roadway at the point indicated. On the 17th March,
1887, a letter was submitted from the Metropolitan Board stating
that the sole power and authority of maintaining the new street
(called Charing Cross Road) rests upon the local authorities in
which the same is situate.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.
A comparative statement of the amounts of the above Board's
Precepts for the last 10 years is hereunder shown.
1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ I £
7,179 8,633 9,466 9,499 10,109 10,500 11,350 12,82 13,501 14,810