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as Vestrymen who do not accept office within one
month of the notice of election or who resign.
The Vestry have fixed the fine for non-acceptance
of office at £5, and for resignation at 2s. 6d.
Votes of Condolence.— The Vestry regret to have
to record the deaths of Mr. R. Moffat, who was a
member of the Vestry at the time of his decease,
and of Mr. Alfred John Dixie, who had only ceased
to be a member a few weeks, but who had devoted
a large amount of time and energy to the
service of the Parish both as Vestryman and Guardian
of the Poor. They have also lost by death
the services of an old and faithful officer in the
person of Mr. Thomas Powell, one of the rate collectors
for nearly twenty years. In each of the
above cases a vote of condolence was passed and
communicated to the widows.
The Vestry have also passed votes of sympathy
with Mr. John Pratt, a member of the Vestry, with
Mr. Wm. Wootton, for many years a sidesman of
the church, and with Mr. G. R. Brown, the First
Assistant Clerk, on the death of their wives.
Meetings.— Under the Bye-laws of the Vestry
Standing Committees are appointed at the first
Meeting of the Vestry after the Annual Elections,
and Special Committees are appointed from time to
time to deal with special questions, and it is at the
Meetings of these Committees that a very large
quantity of the detail work of the Vestry is carried
out. The following statement shows the number
of Meetings held by the Vestry and the various
Committees during the year, and will also show the
parishioners that the administration of their local
affairs is no light task, but is one which entails considerable
labour on those who come forward to take
part in the municipal work of the Parish:—