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Spbing Gardens, S.W ,
7th March, 1887.
Sir,
I am directed by the "Works and General Purposes Committee
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st ultimo, in reply
to that which I addressed to you by direction of the Committee on
the 27th January relative to the disposal of the site of Coldbath
Fields Prison.
You intimate that the Secretary of State has under consideration
au offer for the whole site, and enquire how much ground would be
required by the Board for the purpose referred to in my previous
letter, and what price the Board would be prepared to pay for it per
acre.
The Committee have directed me, in reply, to acquaint you, for
the information of Mr. Secretary Matthews, that any action which
the Board maybe advised to take in this matter must be determined
entirely by the price which would be required for the site as an open
space. It is therefore essential that they should in the first instance
have before them some information as to the view which the
Secretary of State may take as regards the price to be placed upon
the site for such a purpose, and I am to express a hope that he may
see his way to favour the Committee with that information.
I am, &c ,
J. E. WAKEFIELD.
Clerk of the Board.
The Under Secretary of State
for the Home Department.
Mr. Robson stated that no reply had been received
to the last letter of the Metropolitan Board
of Works.
The following resolution was, therefore, passed—
That this Vestry, understanding that the Home
Secretary has under consideration offers for the site
of Coldbath Fields Prison, urges upon the Home
Secretary the importance of reserving some portion
as an Open Space, and of adding a strip on the east
side to the roadway of Farringdon Road, for the
purpose of widening that road.
At the next Meeting of the Vestry, on the
2nd June, Captain Penton, M.P., forwarded the