the three parishes of St. Clement’s, All Saints and St. Mary-in-the Castle paid £94 10s. for the map, as it then only represented those parishes. A further expense of £200 was then incurred (as yet unpaid) to include the remaining portion of the borough, exclusive of St. Leonards. It was now thought desirable to include St. Leonards. This entailed a further expense of £40. Then, as the £94 10s. paid by the three parishes could not be dealt with, it was only just, that the £240 should be charged to the entire borough. — Ald. Burton protested against such a motion. The map was ordered strictly for sanitary purposes for the district out of St. Leonards, that town having already a large map of its own. The inhabitants, however, were not disposed to cavil about any reasonable expense, and were ready to bear their portion of the £40 incurred for the insertion of St. Leonards in the enlarged map, although they did not require it. — Coun. Deudney seconded Ald. Burton’s amendment, that with the exception of the £40, the expense should be borne by the Local Board. He believed the Council could not legally enforce the main proposition. — Coun. Beck said the insertion of St. Leonards in the map was a point on which they were all agreed, and the Town Council could only order the money to be paid for that portion from the municipal funds. The map, when completed would belong to the Local Board only, for its drainage and other sanitary purposes. — The original motion was, however, carried, a result which was anticipated, seeing that even if all the Councillors of the West Ward voted there would have been only six, as against twelve in the East Ward. It was this inequality of representation between East and West that gave certain members of the Council the assurance of victory in any important question that affected the two divisions as separate entities; and, as will be seen in other matters yet to be dealt with, continued to disturb the relations of the two sections.
The Tackleway. — Lady Waldegrave’s reply to the application of the Local Board was to the effect that she had no objection to the widening and extending the Tackleway from the Church pathway to the “Look-out” if a retaining wall of from 5 to 6 feet were constructed at the foot of the East hill. Mr. Eldridge had also agreed to give up the Crown Lane for such compensation as Mr. Inskipp, an architect, might consider fair.
Water Supply. — The Committee appointed on the West Ward water supply reported that they could not recommend the Eversfield waterworks either for purchase or hire, and advised that a trial-shaft, to cost about £20, be sunk near the Gas-works, where, when the new gasometer was erected, a spring was found, said to yield from 50,000 to 100,000 gallons a day. — Recommendation adopted.
Sabbath-day Flys. — In a speech of considerable length, Coun. Williams moved that flies should not be allowed to ply for hire on Sundays. The motion was supported by Councillors Rock, Amoore, Beck and Peerless, and opposed by Ald. Clift, Ald. Scrivens, Couns. Ross, Harvey and T. B. Williams (the proposer’s brother). The motion was negatived by a majority of one.
