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At the first, meeting the Hon. Ashley Ponsonby was reelected
chairman, and Mr. Thomas Horn re-elected vicechairman.
Twenty-eight meetings were held, at which the ordinary
street repairs, the general works, and the periodical reports
of the surveyor were dealt with. These, with the special
matters, upon which reports were submitted to the Vestry,
were of the usual multifarious character.
As authorised by the Vestry from time to time the Committee
obtained tenders for the execution of various street
and other works, the following being accepted by the Vestry,
viz.:—
The Limmer Asphalte Paving Company, for laying
asphalte in various courts and places in the district.
Boyce, C. J. & Co., for fiushers' hose.
Neal, Messrs., for planting and maintaining plane trees
in Grosvenor Road.
Improved Wood Pavement Company, for laying with
wood the carriageways- of King Street, Dacre
Street, Bessborough Gardens in Vauxhall Bridge
Road (margins of), and for the general maintenance
and repair of wood paving.
Neave, J. H., for general sewerage works.
Among the matters which engaged the attention of
the Committee may be mentioned the proposal to widen
the Kensington Road by the Alexandra Gate. A letter
was received from H. M. Office of Works on the 18th
October stating that "the Board contemplate effecting an
improvement at Alexandra Gate by altering the position of
the gates and fence adjoining." The Committee were
authorised by the Vestry to wait as a Deputation upon
the First Commissioner of Works to urge the desirability of
extending the improvement beyond the limits proposed by
that department. The Committee were successful in gaining
an interview with the Rt. Hon. David Plunket, M.P.,
the First Commissioner, at which they suggested an