The result of the ward elections on the 29th of May, 1860, was to effect the following changes in the constitution of the board:—

Retiring Members.

Mr. BOWERS

Mr. LEETE

Mr. THIRST

,, BURTON

,, OSBORN

,, TILL

,, BUTT

,, PITT

,, WAIN

,, CARTER

,, PORTER

,, WATKINS

,, COMPTON

,, RABBITS

WHITEHEAD

,, CURRY

,, E. RICHARDS

,, R. WOOD, and

,, GABLE

,, G. W. RICHARDS

,, YAPP.

,, JACKSON

Members Re-Elected.

Mr. BUTT

Mr. LEETE

Mr. THIRST

,, COMPTON

,, OSBORN

,, TILL, and

,, GABLE

,, RABBITS

WAIN.

New Members.

Mr. BADCOCK

Mr. GURNEY

Mr. PARKER

,, BLAZDELL

,, HULSE

,, ROOPE

,, DELANY

,, LAWRENCE

,, WALKER, and

,, DOUBELL

,, OXFORD

,, L. E. WOOD.

,, FOY

Descriptions, with plans, of the several wards, with the names and addresses of the members of the vestry representing them, of the auditors of the accounts, and of the officers, as required by the Act to be given in each report, will be found in the Appendix No. 1 (pages 28 to 36).

At Easter, 1860, the usual election of churchwardens, sidesmen, church trustees, and auditors of the church trustees’ accounts took place; their names and addresses, together with those of the persons previously nominated as fit to serve the office of overseers of the poor, and submitted for the choice of the magistrates in special sessions, will be found in the Appendix No. 3, (page 37).

The vestry on Easter Tuesday also elected John Moore Segar, son of John Moore Segar deceased, for admission into the parochial charity school, pursuant to the will of the late John Chamberlayne, Esquire.

The return usually ordered by the board previous to the annual election, showing the attendances of each member, is reprinted in the Appendix No. 2 (and faces page 36); but as the period embraced in that return does not entirely correspond with the parochial year, the tabular arrangement commenced in the last report is continued:—

From March 25th to March 25th. Vestry Meetings. Committee Meetings. Evening Committees. Average Attendances At Vestries.
1856–7 50 52 nil 23
1857–8 53 59 31 23
1858–9 45 85 37 27
1859–60 45 92 32 25
1860–1 44 109 74 28

A list of the members who have served upon the various committees, and sub-committees, during the year, is given in the Appendix No. 4 (pages 38 to 41); and the list annually issued by the vestry clerk, containing the names and places of abode of the parochial clergy and lay officers, immediately follows it. Appendix No. 5 (pages 42 to 46).

In November, 1860, in consequence of the numerous additional matters connected with the new building, into which the vestry had now removed, requiring the hall-keeper’s attention, the clerk reported that the messenger’s duties were not satisfactorily performed, and the subject being referred to one of the standing committees for consideration, a youth was appointed upon their recommendation at ten shillings per week to commence with.

During this year the vestry have contemplated some alterations in the salaries of the officers, and upon the application of Mr. J. E. Salway, one of the office clerks, for increased remuneration, in December, 1860, referred the whole question of their duties and salaries to the committee of works and for general purposes for consideration. That committee for the purpose of comparison, and in order to have some data before them upon which to form a satisfactory opinion, requested Mr. Tite, M.P., to move the House of Commons for a return from each vestry and district board in the metropolis, of its population; number of houses; extent of its area; aggregate length of its streets; and the value of property, as assessed to live county rate, and the poor rate. The committee wished this return also to show the number of meetings held during the year, whether of the full board or of committees, or sub-committees; as well as the names and salaries of the officers, with particulars of any other benefits enjoyed by them: and that this information might be tabularly arranged in the order of the amount of population of each place. See Appendix No. 6 (page 47).