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Christchurch.
Mr. B. Hastwell, 19, Bennett Street.
„ J. Ore, 12, Brunswick Street.
„ W. Sanders, 58, Gravel Lane.
„ W. Savage, 38, Blackfriars Road.
„ G. D. Woodcock, 11, Blackfriars Road.
„ T. G. Young, 33, Nelson Square.
ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN.
At the same Meeting, on the motion of Mr. Frederick
Baxter, J.P., seconded by Mr. N. W. Oviatt, Mr. Henry J.
Coles was unanimously elected the Chairman of the Board
for the year ensuing.
At the previous meeting—that held on the 22nd May—
on the motion of Mr. H. J. Coles, seconded by Mr. Henry
Wood, the following resolution was unanimously passed:—
" At the close of the second year during which Frederick
Baxter, Esq., J.P., has presided as Chairman of this
Board, its members desire to express their sincere appreciation,
not only of the high level at which the general
course of business has been maintained, but also of the
felicitous manner in which on occasions of difficulty he
has guided their counsels to a satisfactory and harmonious
conclusion. They also desire to tender him their cordial
thanks for the courteous consideration he has extended
to all."
CHAIRMANSHIP OF COMMITTEES.
In consequence of having been elected the Chairman of
the Board, Mr. Coles expressed a wish to retire from the
Chairmanship of the Paving and General Purposes Committee,
and Mr. Henry Wood was elected in his stead. Mr. G. J.
Newton was re-elected Chairman of the Sanitary and Sewers
Committee, and Mr. Henry J. Fry that of the Finance Committee
for the year ensuing.
REDUCTION IN POPULATION.
Allusion was made in the last Annual Report to the
estimate by the Registrar General of the population of the
St. Saviour's District, made by him in pursuance of the
provisions of the London (Equalisation of Rates) Act, 1894,
from which it appeared that the population which in 1891
stood at 27,177, had, in April, 1894, been reduced to 24,609
persons a reduction equal to 9.45 per cent. The returns of