The vestry, having accepted the proposal, returned the bills to the
solicitors as desired, and requested Mr. Finch, a solicitor and a member
of the vestry, to attend the taxation. This, after a strong protest from
the solicitors, he did; and the accounts amounting to £914. 3s. 5d., as
originally delivered, were settled by Mr. Dax at £998. 8s. 7d., including
the costs of taxation.
The law costs for the present year have been submitted to the same
process, and have been certified by Mr. Dax to be correct at the amount
at which they were sent in,—viz., £177. 1s. 6d.
Mr. Miles having been elected to preside at eighty-three meetings, out of
the one hundred and fifty-three held during the year, his services as
chairman were again acknowledged by a vote of thanks on the twenty-first
of May. The thanks of the vestry have been also given during the year to
Mr. Perry on the eighth of May, for his exertions as delegate at the
metropolitan and county association for the equalization of the poor
rates; and to Mr. Foy on the fourth of December, for the tasteful way in
which the decorations of the vestry hall, on the occasion of the
inauguration dinner were carried out by him.