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Clerkenwell children were very successfully entertained,
10,000 at the Agricultural Hall, kindly
placed at the disposal of the Committee by the
Directors of the Company, where each child
received buns, oranges, sweetmeats, and a Jubilee
medal, and 5,000 younger children at the
Northampton Institute and in their own schools,
who also received buns, sweetmeats, and a medal.
Superannuation of Officers.—The Vestry have
had before them during the year the Local Authorities
(Officers') Superannuation Bill, and the
Superannuation (Metropolis) Bill, both of which
provide for a compulsory contribution from the
Vestry's officials by deduction from their salaries,
and in return gives the right to a pension on retirement.
The Vestry believe the Bills to be an
equitable settlement of a difficult question, and
have petitioned in favour of the Bills.
Appointment of Mr. Wm. Robson on Commission
of the Peace.—In accordance with a resolution of
the Vestry of the 18th June, 1896, a Petition, sealed
with the seal of the Vestry, and signed by over
two hundred of the leading inhabitants of the
Parish, was presented to the Duke of Westminster,
as Lord Lieutenant of the County, asking that
Mr. William Robson might be appointed as one of
the Justices of the Peace for the County, which
Petition was successful, and Mr. Robson was so
appointed, and the Vestry duly congratulated their
then Chairman on the honour conferred upon him.
School Board of London Elections Bill.— The
Vestry presented to Parliament a Petition in favour
of this Bill, providing for the substitution of the
Parliamentary Divisions for the existing Electoral