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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.61 of expenditure authorised under Resolution 3 (1) of the 54th meeting of the Commission, with the resolution that this be accepted.
2. Consideration of a report from the Finance Department with reference to the administrative expenses of the Commission in Egypt, with a resolution that a sum of £3,300 be approved.
3. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the supply and erection of headstones in Bootle Borough Cemetery, with resolutions that the tender of Mr J. Shaw for a sum of £161.0s.0d. be approved, that a sum of £16 be expended to meet the cost of contingencies and that pending the receipt of remittances from the next-of-kin concerned, a sum of £16 be expended to defray the cost of engraving personal inscriptions on said headstones.
4. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the supply and erection of headstones in Fulford Water Burial Ground, with resolutions that the tender by Mr J.W. Nelson for £320.9s.0d. be approved, that a sum of £32 be expended to meet the cost of contingencies and that pending the receipt of remittances from the next-of-kin concerned, a sum of £32 be expended to defray the cost of engraving personal inscriptions on said headstones.
5. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the supply and erection of headstones in Bury Cemetery, Lancashire, with resolutions that the tender by Mr A. Brammell for a sum of £238.18.10. be approved, that a sum of £24 be expended to meet the cost of contingencies and that pending the receipt of remittances from the next-of-kin concerned, a sum of £24 be expended to defray the cost of engraving personal inscriptions on said headstones.
6. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the supply and erection of headstones in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Greyshott, with resolutions that the tender by Messrs. Burslem and Son of Tunbridge Wells for a sum of £236.11s.4d. be approved, that a sum of £23 be expended to meet the cost of contingencies and that pending the receipt of remittances from the next-of-kin concerned, a sum of £23 be expended to defray the cost of engraving personal inscriptions on said headstones.
7. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the supply and erection of headstones in Widnes Cemetery, Lancashire, with resolutions that the tender by Messrs. Bower and Florence, Spittal Granite Works, for a sum of £267.15s.0d. be approved, that a sum of £25 be expended to meet the cost of contingencies and that pending the receipt of remittances from the next-of-kin concerned, a sum of £25 be expended to defray the cost of engraving personal inscriptions on said headstones.
8. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to constructional work to be carried out in Tyne Cot Military Cemetery, with resolutions that the tender of Messrs. Van Velthem Lindekens at Cie of Brussels for a sum of Francs (Belgian) 860,149 be approved, that a sum of Francs (Belgian) 190,000 be expended to meet the cost of contingencies, and that the necessary exhange to cover the liabilities of the Commission under the proposed contract be purchased as and when necessary by the Treasury.
9. Consideration of a report from the Principal Assistant Secretary with reference to the increase in salaries of Letter Cutters employed by the Commission in France, with a resolution that the salaries be raised from £3.10s.0d. per week from 1st December 1923.
10. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to certain additional work to be carried out in five cemeteries in Liverpool and Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, with a resolution that the matter be adjourned until the next meeting of the Committee.
11. Consideration of a report from the Principal Assistant Secretary with reference to the appointment of additional personnel and increase of salary on the establishment of the Commission in East Africa, with a resolution that the the recommendations be accepted.
12. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the contract for 15,251 headstones, with resolutions that the tenders of the firms whose names are set out in Table C. and C.1. be accepted, that a sum of £33,031.1s.5d. be expended to meet the cost of the Commission's liabilities, that a sum of £1,000 be expended to mee the cost of contingencies, and a sum of £5,500 be expended to defray the cost of engraving personal inscriptions on said headstones.
13. Consideration of a report from Colonel T.B. Browne, the Commission's Transport Advisor, with reference to the supply of additional mechanical transport for use in Germany, with a resolution that additional transport be approved.
14. Consideration of a report from the Registration Officer in Charge of concentration in Cassel area with reference to the expenditure of a sum in connection with the concentraton of British graves into Niederswehren Cemetery, Cassel, with a resolution that a sum of £7,000 be approved.
Present:
Major General Sir Fabian Ware, K.C.V.O, K.B.E, C.B, C.M.G (Chairman)
Sir William Garatin, G.C.M.G., G.B.E.
Vice-Admiral Sir Morgan Singer, K.C.B, K.C.V.O
The Viscount Cross (Representing the Treasury)
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Herbert Ellissen, C.B.E (Secretary)
Also Present:
Lieut. Colonel C.P. Oswald, O.B.E. (Deputy Financial Adviser)
Lieutenant Colonel H.F Robinson (Deputy Director of Works)
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