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doors. Now, the parishioners are permitted to be present
and watch the proceedings, and the public press is represented
at every sitting. Furthermore the minutes of the
Vestry's proceedings are placed within the reach of every
ratepayer at the Free Public Libraries.
Nevertheless, so long as the obligation to publish an
annual report remains on the statute book, the Vestry are
by no means anxious to evade the duty so cast upon them,
though the foregoing considerations and the dictates of
economy have led them to order that the present review
shall be abridged. For information as to the works executed,
in progress, and in contemplation it will, therefore,
be necessary to turn to the report of the surveyor, while
the contribution by the medical officer of health will be
found to treat of the health of the parish, and the statistical
and financial statements to supply many particulars
worthy of a careful perusal.
the ward elections.
The annual elections in the six Wards took place on
Wednesday, the 28th May, 1890, to till the 3.5 vacancies—
32 caused by one-third of the members retiring by effluxion
of time, two by death, and one by resignation.
Twenty-one retiring members were re-elected, two former
members were returned after an interval, and the following
twelve members were added to the list for the first time:—
Sir Walter de Souza
Sir John Puleston, M.P.
Dr. J. A. Rentoul, M.P., &c ,&c.
Mr. Balchin
„ Hamblin
„ Wilkinson
Mr. Armour
„ Isaacs
„ R. W. Jones, M.D.
„ Kingwell
„ Potts
„ Vincent
The Vestry held twenty meetings during the year, of
which two were called for special purposes.