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the appointment of four members by the Council (as
proposed by the resolution of the Council of the 1st
October last), and two by the School Board, the
appointment of the latter being deferred to the not
distant event of the severance of the general from the
ecclesiastical property, and the occurrence of the
vacancies which will be thereby created.
(2.) With respect to the ecclesiastical provision, the Commissioners
have been and are still carefully engaged in the
task of revising the schedules relating thereto. But
whatever their opinion might be with respect to the
considerations set forth in the report of the Committee
they must point out that it is their duty to give effect
to the Act of Parliament which they are administering,
and not to attempt to frame a Statute for themselves.
And they must also observe that not only do those
appropriations, which appear to the Council excessive,
appear to others very insufficient, but a very slight
consideration of the schedules will show that some of
the largest appropriations are made to churches of so high
an architectural and historical interest that few would
be willing to see their removal, but so wanting in
endowment that they could only be provided with the
necessary funds under the powers specially given to the
Commissioners by the 14th Section of the Act.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
D. R. FEARON,
H. De la Hooke, Esq., Secretary.
London County Council Office,
Spring Gardens, S.W.
School Board for London.—On the 2nd
January, 1890, a letter was received from the St.
Olave's District “Board of Works inviting the Vestry
to join in a Petition for a Royal Commission to
enquire into the working of the School Board for
London, with special regard to its building work
and general expenditure, and a resolution was
unanimously passed agreeing with such suggestion.
On the 13th February, a letter was received from
the Lewisham District Board of Works, calling
attention to the large increase in the School Board
Rate, and urging the School Board to exercise all
possible economy in conducting their operations.