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Minutes of the previous meeting
Minutes of the previous meeting were agreed and signed
1. Consideration of Vice-Chairman’s report No.74 of expenditure authorised under Resolution 3 (1) of the 64th meeting of the Commission, with the resolution that this be accepted.
2. Consideration of a report of expenditure from Commission funds for the month of June, with a resolution that the report of expenditure be accepted.
3. Consideration of reports from the Finance Department with reference to Incidental Expenses and Travelling Expenses, United Kingdom, with a resolution that the discussed dums be approved.
3. Consideration of a report from the Finance Department with reference to the return of wooden crosses to the next-of-kin, with a resolution that the expenditure of a sum not exceeding £500 to defray the cost of returning wooden crosses be approved.
4. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference tothe supply and erection of headstones in Liverpool Cemeteries, with resolutions that the tender of Messrs. J. Stubbs and Sons for a sum of £1,103.14.6d be approved, that that the sum of £110 be approved for any contingencies, and that a sum not exceeding £110 be expended on engraving personal inscriptions on the said headstones.
5. Cancelled.
6. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the suppy and erection of headstones in Winchester (Westhill) Old Cemetery, with resolutions that the tender of Messrs. H.J. Wilkins and Sons, Ltd., for a sum of £191.4.4. be approved, that the sum of £19 be approved for any contingencies, that a sum not exceeding £19 be expended on engraving personal inscriptions on the said headstones, and that a the expenditure of a sum not exceeding £38.10s. to defray the cost of the Cemetery Authorities fees be approved.
7. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the supply and erection of headstones in 37 cemeteries and Churchyards in Scotland, with resolutions that the tender of Messrs. Bower and Florence for a sum of £2,468.17s. be approved, that the sum of £250 be approved for any contingencies, and that a sum not exceeding £250 be expended on engraving personal inscriptions on the said headstones.
8. Consideration of a report from the Land and Legal Advisor with reference to the purchase of land for a British Cemetery at Stahnsdorf, Berlin, with resolutions that the terms of the draft agreement be approved, that the expenditure of a sum not exceeding £3,600 to defray the cost of aquisition of said land be approved, that the expenditure necessary to defray such legal costs in connection with the pruchase of said land be approved.
9. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with referenceto the construction of 49 cemeteries in France, with resolutions that the tender of Messrs. Van Velthem and Co., for a sum of Francs (French) 3,203,642 be approved, that a sum of Francs (French) 320,000 be approved for any contingencies, and that the necessary exchange to defray the Commission's liabilities under the proposed contract be purchased as and when advised by the Treasury.
10. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the sculpture work for the Menin Gate Memorial, with resolutions that the offer of Mr Reid Dick for the supply of necessary models and the carrying out of the monumental sculpture work for a sum of £3,250 be approved, that the offer of Messrs. Aumonier for the supply of the necessary models and the execution of the carving of the decorative sculpture work for a sum of £2,750 be approved, that the expenditure of a sum not exceeding £900 to defray the cost of the provision of stone for the said sculpture work be approved, that the expenditure of a sum not exceeding £150 to defray the cost of cutting the necessary inscriptions be approved, and that a sum of £550 be approved for any contingencies.
11. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the sculpture work in Tyne Cot Cemetery, with resolutions that the expenditure of a sum not exceeding £125 to cover the cost of the supply, packing, transport, delivery to site and insurance of the sculpture work in accordance with the estimate of Mr J. Armitage be approved, that the expenditure of a sum not exceeding £352 to cover the cost of the supply, packing, transport, delivery to site and insurance of the sculpture work in accordance with the estimate of Mr J. Armitage be approved, that the expenditure of a sum not exceeding £300 to defray the cost of boosting the stone into position for carving be approved, that a sum of £50 be approved for any contingencies, and that it be an instruction to the Land and Legal Advisor to conclude the necessary agreement between Mr Armitage and the Commission.
12. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the supply of plaster panels for the Menin Gate Memorial, with a resolution that the tender of Messrs. W. Aumonier and Son for a sum of £347 be approved.
13. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the construction of Mazargues Cemetery, Marseilles, with resolutions that the tenderof Messrs. Finney and Broadhurst for the sum of Fcs. (French) 400,636 be approved, that a sum of Fcs. 40,000 be approved for any contingencies, and that the necessary exchange to defray the Commission liabilities under the proposed contract be purchased as and when advised by the Treasury.
14. Consideration of a statement by the Vice-Chairman respecting the erection of a Memorial Chapel in the Jerusalem War Cemetery in honour of the Fallen in the Palestine Campaign, with resolutions that the fund of approximately £12,500 handed over by Lord Allenby be expended on a Memorial Chapel to be erected in the Jerusalem War Cemetery and the offer of £5,000 made by the New Zealand Government towards the internal decoration of the said chapel be approved.
15. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the construction of Beyrout British War Cemetery, with resolutions that the tender of Messrs. Muller and Sons for a sum of £E3,387 be approved and that a sum of £E340 be approved for any contingencies.
16. Consideration of a report fom the Director of Works with reference to the erection of 640 headstones in Deir-el-Belah Cemetery, Palestine, with a resolution that the expenditure of a sum not exceeding £355 be approved.
17. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the fixing of name panels on the Navel Memorial at Portsmouth, with a resolution that a further payment on account of not exceeding 25% pending the fixing of the name panels be approved.
18. Consideration of a report from the Finance Department with reference to the administrative expenses of the Commission in Persia, with a resolution that the expenditure of a sum not exceeding £500 be approved.
Present:
Major-General Sir Fabian Ware, K.C.V.O., K.B.E., etc. (Chairman)
Sir William Garstin, G.C.M.G., G.B.E.
Admiral Sir Morgan Singer, K.C.B., K.C.V.O.
The Viscount Cross (Representing the Treasury)
Lieutenant Colonel C.P. Oswald, O.B.E. (Acting Secretary)
Also Present
Lieut. Colonel F.R. Durham, C.B.E., M.C. (Director of Works) |