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Minutes of the previous meeting
Minutes of the previous meeting were agreed and signed
1. Consideration of the Vice Chairman’s Report No.23 of expenditure authorised under Resolution 4 of the 32nd meeting of the Commission, with the resolution that this be accepted
2. Consideration of a Report of Expenditure from Commission funds for October 1921 submitted by the Vice Chairman, with the resolution that this be accepted
3. Consideration of a letter from the Director of Works re the replacement of the Buick car as recommended by the Deputy Director of Works Palestine, with the resolutions that the Buick car be sold by the Deputy Director of Works after consultation with the Mechanical Transport Superintendent, Jerusalem and that a Ford vehicle be purchased at a sum not exceeding £250
4. Consideration of a report by the Director of Works requesting extra expenditure for the expansion of Pier Cemetery to allow for the concentration of graves from Apex Cemetery into Pier Cemetery, with the resolution that a sum not exceeding £2138 be expended for this purpose
5. Consideration of a report by the Director of Works re the consideration of tenders for constructional work at Torquay Extra Mural Cemetery, with the resolution that the tender by Messrs HT Jenkins be accepted for this purpose at a sum of £128.11.5 subject to Commission approval and that an additional sum not exceeding £15 be expended on contingencies
6. Consideration of a report by the Director of Works re the consideration of tenders for constructional work and the supply and erection of 1569 headstones for Brookwood Cemetery, with the resolutions that the tender by Messrs Burslem and Sons be accepted for this purpose, that a sum not exceeding 10 per cent of the total value of the said contract be approved for contingencies and that a sum not exceeding £1,000 be expended on engraving personal inscriptions pending receipt of the money from relatives
7. Consideration of a letter from the Director of Works requesting authority to approve the concentration of five graves of late members of the Scottish Women’s Hospital into Nish Chela Cula Cemetery and an additional four late members of the Scottish Women’s Hospital into the British Military Plot Lembet Road Cemetery, with the resolution that authority be approved
8. Consideration of a letter from the Director of Works re photographs of the progress of work in cemeteries by members of staff in Macedonia, Palestine, Gallipoli and Egypt for the use of the Commission in London, with the resolution that a sum not exceeding £10 be granted for this purpose
9. Consideration of report by the Director of Works re constructional work in Haifa Cemetery, with the resolution that the Commission seek the advice of the Palestine government prior to accepting tenders in order to not offend the resident contractors of German nationality
10. Consideration of a letter from the Director of Works requesting extra expenditure for the purchase of EXMET expanded metal for use in headstone foundations at Beersheba and Dier el Beleh Cemeteries which had not originally been included in the tender by Messrs Rosenberg, with the resolution that a sum of £130 be expended for this purpose including contingencies
11. Consideration of a letter from Mr Stanley Meadows (Hon Secretary General to the Anglo Italian Mixed Committee) to Colonel TB Browne proposing that his firm take over and resell Commission vehicles no longer required in Italy, with the resolution that these proposals be approved
12. Consideration of a report by the Land and Legal Adviser containing a list of clauses to be added to the tender by Messrs W G Tarrant Ltd for constructional work at Brookwood Cemetery and a letter from Messrs W G Tarrant Ltd agreeing to said clauses, with the resolutions that the tender by Messrs W G Tarrant be accepted and that a sum not exceeding 10 per cent of the total value of the said contract be approved for contingencies
13. Consideration of a letter from the Deputy Financial Adviser recommending improvements to accommodation used by personnel in France and Belgium for recreation purposes, with the resolution that the Vice Chairman be authorised to approve expenditure of a sum not exceeding £250 for this purpose
14. Consideration of a letter from the Acting High Commissioner Australia requesting that the salaries of the Field Assistants to the Assistant Registration Officers in relation to exhumation and research work be increased, with the resolution that the salaries be increased from £125 to £150 per annum
Present:
Major General Sir Fabien Ware, KBE, CB, CMG (Chairman)
The Hon Sir James Allen, KCB
The Hon Sir Edgar R Bowring
Harry Gosling, Esqre, CH, JP
Vice-Admiral Sir Morgan Singer, KCVO, CB
GHS Pinsent, Esqre (Representing the Treasury)
Lieut Colonel H Ellissen, CBE (Secretary)
Also Present:
Lieut Colonel C P Oswald, OBE (Deputy Financial Adviser)
Lieut Colonel F R Durham, OBE, MC (Director of Works) |