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the Metropolitan Board of Works, it was resolved to inform the
Board that, conditionally upon the Vestry obtaining from the Board
the piece of land fronting St. Martin's Place, they would be disposed
to negotiate with the Marquis of Salisbury for the acquisition of the
site fronting St. Martin's Lane, or that the Vestry would be prepared
to negotiate with the Board after the purchase by them of the site
fronting St. Martin's Lane for the transfer of the same to the Vestry,
and that in the event of the Vestry being able to acquire the site
fronting St. Martin's Lane, they would set back the frontage of their
premises to the general line of frontage of the street, and enquiring
whether, in the event of the improvement being effected, the Board
would contribute any proportion of the cost. On the 17th March, a
letter from the Board was submitted stating that a resolution had
. recently been passed by them to submit their surplus lands in the
first instance to public auction, and they therefore had no power to
treat with the Vestry for the sale of the land, and further stating
that in the event of the Vestry undertaking to set back the premises,
Nos. 113, 114 and 115, St. Martin's Lane, the Board would contribute
one moiety of the cost, whereupon it was resolved to treat
with the Marquis of Salisbury for the acquisition of the premises
referred to, or as an alternative for the acquirement of the premises
at the rear of the Vestry Hall, known as St. Martin's Mews.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS.
On the 17th February, 1887, a letter was received from the
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish, stating, as a result of a poll,
a majority of ratepayers had declared in favor of the adoption of
the Public Libraries Acts, and on the same day the Vestry appointed
the following gentlemen Commissioners to administer the Acts,
viz.:—The Rev. J. F. Kitto, M.A. (the Vicar), Mr. W. Challice, Mr.
L. C. Prummond, Mr. G. James, the Hon. A. F. Kinnaird, Mr. D.
Laing, Mr. T. Prescott, Captain C. Probyn, and Mr. E. J. Watherston.
JUBILEE OF HER MAJESTY'S REIGN.
On the 3rd March, 1887, it was resolved to request the Vicar
and Churchwardens to convene a public meeting to consider the
above subject.