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DISQUALIFICATION OF A MEMBER OF THE VESTRY.
On the 21st February, 1889. it was reported that Mr. J. Hemming,
having ceased to be a rated occupier of the parish, his office had
been thereby vacated.
RESIGNATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE VESTRY.
On the 20th September, 1888, the resignation of Mr. J. II.
Heathman was submitted, and accepted with expressions of regret
and on the 4th October, Mr. J. II. Parish resigned his office, which
was accepted in like manner.
WIIITCOMB STREET IMPROVEMENT.
The Metropolitan Board of Works, having undertaken to contribute
one-half of the cost of widening the street from Panton
Street to the Lyric Club, negociations, extending over a considerable
period, were entered into with the freeholders and leaseholders
of the properties required for that purpose. Instructions
were subsequently given for a valuation to be made (which
amounted to £105,000), for the acquisition of the properties required
for widening the street on the west side, from Panton Street
to Pall Mall East, and the Metropolitan Board was requested to
contribute half the cost of the same; this request was declined by
the Board, and the properties required for the partial widening of
the street were subsequently acquired by the Vestry.
PROPOSED NEW VESTRY HALL.
(See also Free Public Library).
An Agreement with the Metropolitan Board of Works for the
purchase of lots Ncs. 39 and 40 Charing Cross Road, for the sum of
£19,500, was sealed by the Vestry on the 3rd May, 1888. An
Agreement for the assignment of the Vestry's interest in lots Nos. 37
and 38, Charing Cross Road for the sum of £2,800, to Mr. W. S.
Gilbert, for the purpose of building a Theatre, was sealed on the 17th
May, 1888. On the 31st May, Mr. Robert Walker was instructed to