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John's Church, in spite of the refusal of this
Vestry, by a large majority, to include the cost of
such expenditure in the last rate, and do further
express the opinion that such cost ought to be
borne by the owners of the fabric and the possessor
of the advowson."
"That a copy of such resolution be forwarded to
the Board of Guardians or Governors of the Poor,
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, SirE. Lechmere,
Bart., and the Home Secretary."
"That upon any demand note being issued for
any rate in which the sum of £700, or thereabouts,
is included for the removal of human remains from
the crypt of St. John's Church, the Clerk be instructed
to have legibly printed thereon a notice
that such sum is included in such demand."
Letters were received in reply from the Guardians
or Governors of the Poor stating that, in
acting as they have done, they have only carried
out their statutory obligations in removing a most
serious sanitary defect : from Sir Edmund
Lechmere, acknowledging the receipt : from the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, stating that the
matter is not one in which they have any authority
to interfere; and from the Home Secretary,
stating that under the Order and pursuant to the
Act, the expenses of the removal were charged and
paid out af the Poor Bate, and that the Guardians
or Governors of the Poor had no alternative in the
matter.
The work was completed, and the total cost was
£699 9s. 2d.
County of London (North) Electric Lighting
Order.—In November a letter was received from
the Board of Trade, stating that the London
County Council had expressed their objection to the