“‘That the sum of £40 per annum be offered to the Vestry Committee as the utmost that the Council can give consistently with the avowed objects of the Institution, this sum to include the use and occupation of the three rooms, with conveniences, on the ground floor of the building, and use of the large hall once a week, together with all expenses incurred for lighting and warming, the Council taking upon themselves to keep in order the three rooms, leaving the cleansing of the large hall in the hands of the Vestry.’ “The Council trust that the Vestry will take an enlarged and liberal view of this proposition; and whilst the stated rent of £30 per annum would be of infinitesimal value to the ratepayers, this sum, in addition to the other charges, would prove a heavy burden on the funds of the Institution, if it did not altogether put an end to its future proceedings.—We are, Gentlemen, your obedient servants, Thos. Bull, Markham R. Evans, Hon. Secs.” We find that the cost of lighting, warming, and cleansing the hall and anterooms, and of warming and lighting the suite of rooms, will reach, on a moderate estimate, £38 19s. (say £40) per annum, and we continue of opinion that if the Vestry undertake these expenses, the Institution should pay in addition, for the reasons above stated, £30 per annum as rent. We understand that an influential deputation will attend you this day upon the subject. We therefore, as the application is for the permanent occupation of a portion of these premises, leave the ultimate decision of the question respectfully in your hands. Respectfully submitted, BLAZDELL W. NEWTON FINCH WILLIAM RABBITS W. HALL J. H. LEETE J. PERRY. ESTIMATE LAID BEFORE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON THE 21ST FEBRUARY, 1861, BY THE VESTRY CLERK, OF THE TOTAL PROBABLE COST OF THE VESTRY HALL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE FITTINGS AND FURNITURE.