(_For the Next Ten Years._)
1894. Scheme accepted for building Hotel de Ville at a cost of
L3,000,000.
1895. Purchase of Kensington Gardens as a Recreation-ground for the
Improvement Committee.
1896. The Council buys St. Paul's Cathedral as a Private Chapel for
the marriage of its members and their families.
1897. Completion of _The Bumble_ Steam-yacht of the L. C. C., costing
L100,000.
1898. Uniforms for the Members ordered at an expense of L500,000.
1899. Purchase of a Crown and other Jewels for the Chairman on State
occasions.
1900. The Palaces erected for occupation by the Members in Eaton,
Belgrave, Grosvenor, and Berkeley Squares acquired and taken into use.
1901. A sum not exceeding L5,000,000 voted by the L. C. C. for statues
commemorating themselves, their wives, and their families.
1902. Resolution carried by acclamation confiscating the entire sum
received from the ratepayers for the L. C. C. Secret Service Fund.
1903. Petition for Metropolitan Improvement unanimously rejected.
1904. Act abolishing the L. C. C. passed in Parliament at a single
sitting.
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"COMMONS PRESERVATION SOCIETY."--A most useful body, no doubt. "But,"
asks Lord T. NODDIE, "as our Upper House is so often threatened, why
isn't there a "Lords Preservation Society?"
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