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On the 27th of the same month, a letter was
received from the Wandsworth Vestry forwarding a
resolution expressing the opinion that the most
searching inquiry should be instituted into the
affairs of the London School Board, so far as it
relates to the buying of sites and the building of
Schools, also as to the reasons for the very large
increase in the amount of their Precepts—the
necessity for such enquiry being evident from the
statements made by the Members at their Meeting
on February 6th.
A letter was also received from the Vestry of
Battersea, stating that the Vestry view with the
greatest concern the ever increasing rate demanded
for School Board purposes, having regard to the
already excessive burden of taxation borne by the
ratepayers of this Parish and the Metropolis
generally, and therefore directing their Clerk to
communicate with the Vestries and District Boards
throughout the Metropolis, with a view to a Conference
being held in order that united action may
be taken to urge Her Majesty's Government to
seriously consider as to the necessary action to
secure greater economy in the administration of
the affairs of the School Board for London, and
stating that they should be glad to know whether,
in the event of the Vestry convening a Conference
upon the subject, the Clerkenwell Vestry would be
prepared to send delegates to represent them
thereat. The Vestry thereupon passed a resolution
to co-operate with the above Vestries in any combined
action that may be taken.
On the 20th March, letters were read from the
Vestry of Kensington, expressing the opinion that
a Royal Commission should be appointed to enquire
into the irregularities alleged to have taken place in
the acquisition of the sites, and the construction of