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Metropolitan Improvement of some magnitude at High
Street, Kensington, the greater part of which is in the
parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, and, on the
recommendation of the Committee, instructed the Solicitor
and the Parliamentary Agents to take all necessary steps to
protect the Parish against loss of rates during the transition
period in connection with the proposed widening and improvements.
The Committee examined and reported upon the Monumental
Chapel (Westminster Abbey) Bill, and the deposited
plan and book of reference relating thereto, referred to
them by the Vestry on the 12th December, 1888. The Bill
provided for the erection of a chapel, and the maintenance
therein of a burial ground, and in connection therewith
necessitated other improvements in the vicinity of the
Abbey. Provision was made for the compulsory purchase
of lands, the application of portion of the surplus from the
Coal and Wine Duties, the levying of rates, &c.
The Vestry adopted the following recommendation of the
Committee, viz :—
"That the Solicitor communicate with the promoters of the Bill,
and take such other steps as may be deemed necessary, with a
view to securing the parish against loss of rates by the carrying
out of the provisions of the Bill."
Town Hall
Management.
The Churchwardens and Overseers have continued
to exercise the obligation vested in them
by statute relating to the management of the Town Hall,
and they submit for the information of the ratepayers, a
statement of their receipts and expenditure for the year
ended at Lady-day, 1889, appended hereto.
Accounts.
Statements of the receipts and expenditure tor
the year, of assets and liabilities, of contracts
entered into, and other financial matters also form Appendices.
Receipts and
Expenditure.
Exclusive of the Poor Rate, £42,973 7s. 8d.
was expended by the Vestry during the year
for the strictly local purposes of the parish, while the sum