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VESTRY OF ST. MARY, ISLINGTON.
Report of the Special Committee,
Appointed with reference to statements contained in the " Northern
Light," of October 26th, 1889.
To the Vestry of St. Mary, Islington.
The Special Committee appointed by you on the 1st
November, 1889, to enquire and report as to certain statements
with regard to the delivery of forage by the carts of
the Vestry, at the Cornwallis Road Workhouse, in May and
June, 1886, which statements appeared in the "Northern
Light" of the 26th October, 1889, beg to report as follows:—
The Committee held a preliminary meeting on the evening of
November 5th, at which, having the statement contained in the
''Northern Light" of the 26th October, 1889 (Appendix A), referred to
in the above resolution before them, they resolved upon certain rules of
procedure in the conduct of the enquiry; fixed their next Meeting;
and directed the Vestry Clerk to write to the (xuardians requesting that
any Official of that body who could speak as to the matter under
investigation might be present with the book kept by the Porter of
the Cornwallis Road Workhouse during 1886, and such other documentary
evidence as might be considered important at the Committee's
next Meeting, and to the Proprietor of the "Northern Light," inviting
him to attend with such evidence as he might consider necessary.
They also instructed the Vestry Clerk to have in attendance the Clerk
and Superintendent of the Dusting and Slopping Department and
other employes, with any books and documents that were of relevance;
to give notice to the Reporters of the local press that they were at
liberty to attend the enquiry; and to engage a shorthand writer to take
verbatim report of the proceedings.