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hereafter be required for storage of materials for the
paving of the carriageways or footways, as well as for the
general purposes of the Vestry. The wharf has a river
frontage of 150 feet, a depth of 200 feet, substantially
built stablincr for 25 horses, dwelling house for foreman,
stores, sheds, and weighbridge, and is well paved and
drained. The present tenant, who is stated to have expended
some £6,000 upon the premises, holds under a lease
of which 14 years are unexpired, at a rental of £550 per
annum, and is prepared to assign his interest, including all
the buildings, the weighbridge, &c., to the Vestry for
£4,500, with possession at an early date.
The solicitor, under the instructions of the Committee,
perused and reported upon the covenants of the existing
lease ; and the Committee were unable to find anything to
prevent the use of the premises for the purposes of the
Vestry.
The Committee were also informed that in the event of
the Vestry hereafter desiring to obtain an extension of
lease, or a new lease, there was no reason to apprehend any
difficulty in obtaining covenants for purposes similar to
those for which the Lambeth Vestry wharf, under the
same freeholders, was used. Guided by these circumstances
and by the resolution of the Vestry on the 12th December
last "That it is urgently necessary that the contract system
. . be discontinued and that the work be undertaken
by the Vestry at the earliest opportunity," the Committee
were unanimous in recommending that the lessees of
Providence Wharf, Vauxhall, be offered the sum of £4,000
for the remaining 14 years of their lease at £550 per
annum, the Vestry to bear the lessees' costs to the extent
of £105.
The recommendation of the Committee was, upon a
division, agreed to by 40 votes to 11. The further proceedings
of the Vestry on this question taking place after
Lady-day, cannot be dealt with by this report.