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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.47 of expenditure authorised under resolution 4 (1) of the 43rd meeting of the Commission, with the resolution that this be adopted
2. Consideration of a report of expenditure from Commission funds for the month of February 1923 as submitted by the Chairman, with the resolution that this be accepted
3. Consideration of reports by the Finance Department re the administrative expenses of the Commission for the quarter ending 30th June 1923, with the resolution that a sum of £1000 be expended to defray the administrative expenses of the Commission in Macedonia and that a sum of £1150 be expended to defray the administrative expenses of the Commission in Palestine
4. Consideration of a report by the Director of Works and a certificate from Sir Frederick Kenyon re the consideration of tenders for constructional work to be carried out in Fulford Water Cemetery, York, with the resolution that the tender by Mr M. Hartley be accepted at a sum of £260.7.10, that a sum of £26 be expended to meet the cost of contingencies and that a sum of £10 be expended on the supply of a bronze sword to be affixed to the War Cross in this cemetery
5. Consideration of a report by the Director of Works re the consideration of tenders for constructional work to be carried out in Efford Road Cemetery, Plymouth, with the resolutions that resolution No.4 of the 50th meeting of the Committee rescinded, that the tender by Mr. James B. Hunt, of Crown Studios, Plymouth be accepted at a sum of £366.2.6, that a sum of £36 be expended to meet the cost of contingencies and that a sum of £20 be expended on the supply of a bronze sword to be affixed to the war cross in this cemetery
6. Consideration of a report by the Director of Works and resolution No.10 of the 70th meeting of the Finance Committee re bronze panels to be affixed to the Plymouth Naval Memorial, with the resolutions that the tender by The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, with approval from Sir Robert Lorimer, be accepted at a sum of £2592.15s
7. Consideration of a report by the Principle Assistant Secretary re the erection of a Commission headstone over the civilian grave of H Fuller buried in Les Baraques Military Cemetery, with the resolution that a Commission headstone be erected at a sum of £4
8. Consideration of reports by the Director of Works re the reparations of damages to Plots No. 9, 5 and 15 in Terlincthun British Cemetery caused by the subsistence of land, with the resolution that a sum of Francs 45,150 be expended for this purpose
9. Consideration of reports by the Director of Works and resolution 3 of the 71st meeting of the Committee re headstones in Italy, with the resolution that a sum of 11, 660 Lire be expended on forty headstone replacements in Italy and that a sum of 10,000 Lire be expended on correcting, improving and rubbing down 500 headstones in cemeteries in Italy
10. Consideration of a report by the Assistant Transport Officer and the Chief Accountant, France re the loss of 235 Cycle Plaques, with the resolution that a sum of 587 Francs 50 Centimes be written off and that the remaining half of the loss be borne by the Assistant Transport Officer
11. Consideration of a report by the Director of Works re the erection of dwelling huts for the accommodation of the Commission’s Gardening Staff in the devastated areas of France, with the resolution that a sum of Francs 99,000 expended for this purpose
12. Consideration of a report by the Deputy Director of Works and the Director of Works re the erection of a bungalow at Albert Camp for the use of the Camp Warden, with the resolution that a sum of Francs 21,450 be expended for this purpose
13. Consideration of a report by the Principal Assistant Secretary, resolution 15 of the 59th meeting of the Commission re the Commission Enquiries Staff in Berlin, with the resolution that the employment of ten German Clerks and one Superintendent Clerk be continued for six months as from 1st January 1923 at the rates of pay approved under resolution 14 of the 61st meeting of the Finance Committee
14. Consideration of a report by the Principle Assistant Secretary re the appointments of the Commission’s horticultural staff in Palestine, with the resolution that authority be given to the Deputy Director of Works, Palestine to pay such rate of wages to the 3 gardeners and caretakers, 5 gardeners Class I, 2 gardeners Class II, 11 gardeners Class III and casual labourers, as he may be advised to pay by the Anglo-Palestine Committee and provided that the sum of the wages shall not exceed a sum of £1740
Present:
The Hon Sir James Allen, K.C.B (In the Chair)
Sir William Garstin, G.C.M.G
F.M Morris, Esqre (Representing the Treasury)
Lieutenant Colonel H Ellissen, C.B.E (Secretary)
Also Present:
Lieutenant Colonel H.F Robinson (Deputy Director of Works) |