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the Yestry received on the 18th May, 1887, a
letter from their solicitors enclosing a letter from
Messrs. Bolton & Mote, Solicitors to the Executors
of the late Mr. J. T. Tammadge, stating that their
clients were not satisfied with the apportionment
of the ground rent on the " Forester's Arms"
Public House, and the seven cottages in Bolton
Court respectively, payable to Mr. Tom Dalton,
and therefore making a claim for compensation for
their diminished security. The Yestry requested
their solicitors to advise them in the matter, and
they consequently received a letter from Messrs.
Boulton, Sons & Sandeman, stating that the proposition
was excessive and should not be accepted,
and recommending that the Yestry proceed on the
certificate of the Medical Officer. The subject was
then referred to the Sanitary Committee for consideration.
The Committee reported, on the 18th
August, that the advice of the Solicitors should
be acted upon, and the matter was accordingly
referred to the Surveyor to report thereon under
the Act.
Cab Stands.—Early in May the Yestry
received notice from the Commissioner of Police,
appointing additional Cab-stands in various parts
of the Parish, especially one in Upper Charles
Street. With regard to the latter, the Yestry
received a memorial from the inhabitants of the
street, asking that they would oppose the establishment
of the Cab-stand, as being both unnecessary
and undesirable.
The Yestry, after considering the subject, so
informed the Commissioner of Police, and suggested
to him that the Cab Stand at the lower end of St.
John Street Road, near Percival Street, might be
enlarged. The Commissioner replied that such
stand was appointed in February last, and that he