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Minutes of the previous meeting
Minutes of the previous meeting were agreed and signed
Additional documents;
Monthly statement re the total collection of expenses between 1st April 1920 to 31st August 1920
Letter from the Deputy Controller to the Vice Chairman re the purchase of 15 Motor Cycles
1. Resolved, that the detailed report of expenditure from Commission Funds for July 1920, submitted by the Chairman, be accepted
2. Resolved, that the Vice Chairman’s Reports 1 and 2 re expenditure, authorised under Resolution 3 of the 25th Meeting of the Commission, be accepted
Attached copies of Reports 1 and 2
3. Consideration from the Chief Accountant, France re the loss of 1011 francs 80 centimes sent from St. Omer to Poperinghe on 2nd July 1920, with the resolution the Deputy Controller, France take steps to prevent a recurrence
An attached report of the findings of the enquiry held on 14th July 1920
4. Consideration of a report by the Controller of Administration covering a letter from the Deputy Director of Works, Palestine re the appointment of British cemetery caretakers in Palestine, with the resolution that a sum of £1169 be expended to defray the salaries of these caretakers
5. Consideration of a letter from the Director of Works re the exhumation of bodies from cemeteries in Sorovitch, Vertekop and Caussica, with the resolution that a sum of £400 be expended on the purchase of materials and labour for this purpose
6. Consideration of a letter from the Controller of Administration re the appointment of temporary staff for the Enquiries department, with the resolution that 10 additional 3rd grade male clerks be employed for 7 months
Table of contents displaying the annual cost of the Enquiries dept
7. Consideration of a letter from the Director of Works referring to a letter from Messrs W B Peat and Co re subsistence allowance for workmen engaged in Le Treport Cemetery, with the resolution that a sum of £465.18s.4d be returned to Messrs W G Tarrant, Sons and co for this purpose
Table of contents displaying the amount of subsistence allowances due to each individual
8. Consideration of a letter from the Finance Department, London re additional sums for the purchase of stores from Army Stocks for the use of the Commission in France and Belgium, with a resolution that a sum of £20,000 be expended for this purpose
9. Consideration of a letter from the Director of Works re the erection of a Great War Stone in Lambeth Palace Gardens by Mr A Broadbent, with the resolution that Mr A Broadbent receive a balance of £102 and that the remaining balance of £6 be paid following a proof of purchase
10. Consideration of a letter from the Controller of Administration re the payment of subsistence allowance to 100 gardeners in France with a suggestion that a further 200 more be included, with the resolution that subsistence allowance be granted only where billets and rations are not available
11. Consideration of letters from the Director of Works re the cost of returning wooden crosses from d’Amiens Cemetery, Forcellville Communal Cemetery and Le Treport Cemetery to the relatives concerned, with a resolution that sums be expended to cover transport and all other contingencies relating to the wooden crosses
12. Consideration of a letter from the Deputy Controller, France re a request for motorcycles to carry out inspection works by Travelling Superintendent Gardeners to the Horticultural Branch, with the resolution that a sum of £771 be expended on the purchase of 15 motorcycles from Army Stocks for this purpose
Present:
Major General Sir Fabien Ware, KBE, CB, CMG (Chairman)
The Rt Hon Andrew Fisher PC
GHS Pinsent, Esqre (Representing the Treasury)
Lt Colonel H Ellissen CBE (Secretary)
Also present:
Lt Colonel FR Durham OBE, MC, RE (Director of Works) |