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large residence at entrance; stabling for six horses; rental,
£700 per annum.
Wharf No. 3.—In High Street, Vauxhall, adjoining flour mills:
superficial area, 18,500 feet; river frontage, 100 feet; rental,
£500 per annum.
Wharf No. 4.—In Grosvenor Road, facing Ponsonby Place:
superficial area, 17,000 feet; river frontage, 117 feet; two
houses on wharf; stabling for 12 horses; covered sheds, and
steam engine; lease, 20 years; rental, £250; premium,
£4,500.
Wharf No. 5.—In Millbank Street, adjoining the Vestry's present
wharf on the south : superficial area, 6,795 feet; river frontage,
45 feet; small stable buildings ; rent, £320 per annum.
The whole circumstances were reviewed in a report of
exceptional length.
Upon the following motion being submitted to the
Vestry, viz.:—
That the acts, proceedings, and recommendation of the Joint Works
and General Purposes Committee and Sanitary Committee as
now submitted in paragraph No. 4 of their report be and they
are hereby approved and adopted, and that the offer of the lessor
of the Pimlico Wharf, in Grosvenor Road, opposite Bessborough
Place, to sell his interest therein, including the surrender of
lessee's unexpired term of 40 years, for £3,500 be accepted.
An amendment was proposed and carried by 51 votes
to 7, viz.:—
That the debate be adjourned to this day fortnight to enable the
Committee to prepare 'a case' immediately, and to take
Counsel's opinion on the effect of the covenants of all the
leases of the proposed wharf, in view of all the circumstances.
Subsequently, at the meeting of the Vestry on the 12th
December, the Solicitor read "the case" which he had
prepared for the opinion of Counsel, and the opinion of
Mr. W. Co well Davies, Q.C., thereon.
The Vestry, in view of the opinion of counsel, as to the
acquisition of Pimlico Wharf, resolved, upon the motion of
Mr. T. J. White, seconded by Mr. T. Horn,
That it is urgently necessary that the contract system of street
cleansing, watering, and removal of dust be discontinued, and
that the work be undertaken by the Vestry at the earliest opportunity;
and that so much of the Committee's report as relates