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1797. An unanimous vote of thanks was passed
to the Vicar for his gift.
Condition of Poor in East London.—Pauper
Immigration.—In June the Vestry had before them
a letter from the Vestry of St. John at Hackney,
forwarding resolution “That the Vestry views with
anxious concern the condition of the Poor in the
East End of London, and is opinion that legislative
measures should be taken to stay the immigration
of persons from abroad who are either already
paupers, or in such circumstances of destitution as
to insure their speedily becoming so.”
The Vestry adopted a similar resolution on the
1st December, 1887, which was forwarded to the
President of the Local Government Board, and they
now again adopted such a resolution, and forwarded
same to the Local Government Board.
School Board for London (Pensions) Bill, 1888.
—In June, 1888, a letter was received from the Vestry
of Islington, stating that they have petitioned
against the School Board for London (Pensions)
Bill, to enable that Board to grant snperanuations
and pensions to its officers and servants.
This Vestry concurred in the views of the Vestry
of Islington, and presented a similar Petition to
the House of Commons.
The Bill, however, made no progress, and was
eventually dropped.
Vestrymen's Qualification Bill, 1888.—The
Vestry also passed a resolution approving of the
Vestrymen's Qualification Bill, introduced by Mr.
James Rowlands, M.P., proposing to repeal so
much of the Local Management Act as requires that
persons to be qualified as Vestrymen shall be rated
at either ,£25 or £40, and providing that any occupier
rated to the relief of the Poor shall be eligible for
the office, and Captain Penton, M.P., was asked to