Note 180 — Chapter VI

Not much interest appears to have been taken in the proceedings of some of the Vestries. Thus, in 1891, the Vestry of Westminster complained of the lack of public interest in the record of their proceedings. “Only eleven ratepayers out of 8,800 have purchased copies (price 2d.) of the Reports of the Vestry in each of the last three years.” (A few years later they reduced their Reports to a few pages.) And in 1896 the Vestry of Kensington complained of the limited demand for their Annual Report, though it only cost 2d.