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The London County Council and the following
Vestries and District Boards did not agree to
support it:—
Limehouse St Margaret and St. John, Westminster
St. Mary Newington.
Proposed Gallery of British Art.—A munificent
but anonymous offer of £80,000 having been
made to the Government to erect a gallery of British
Art, the Vestry in April, 1891 decided to petition
the Government to consider the claims of Central
London in the selection of the site, and to invite
the other central parishes to join in the petition.
The Vestries of St. Luke, Islington, and Shoreditch,
and the Holborn District Board of Works
supported the action of the Vestry, and the Vestry
of St. Pancras suggested the Thames Embankment.
A reply was received from Mr. Goschen, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, stating that the unknown
donor's offer of the £80,000 for the purpose
of erecting such a gallery was conditional, inter
alia, on the adoption of the South Kensington site,
and that therefore the Government had not a free
choice in the matter.
The Vestry replied to Mr. Goschen expressing
regret at his communication, and also the hope that
some means might be found to meet the wishes of
the Vestry, the receipt of which Mr. Goschen
acknowledged.
Royal Commission on Labour.—The Vestry
received in August, 1891, a circular letter from the
Royal Commission on Labour, asking for information
as to the conditions of work of the