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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.68 of expenditure authorised under Resolution 3 (1) of the 54th meeting of the Commission, with the resolution that this be accepted.
2. Consideration of reports from the Finance Department with reference to the expenditure of certain sums of money for which provision has been made in the estimates for 1924/25, with resolutions that this expenditure has been approved.
3. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the construction of 32 cemeteries in France, with resolutons that the tender of M. Jules Blaton for 3,726,788.19 French Francs be approved, that the sum of 75,000 French Francs be approved for the construction of an enclosure wall around Rue du Bois Military Cemetery, that the sum of 370,000 French Francs be made available for any contingencies, that the necessary exchange to cover the Commission's liabilities under the proposed contract be purchased as and when advised by the treasury.
4. Consideration of a report from the Director of Works with reference to the erection of headstones in Christchurch Cemetery, with resolutions that the tender of Messrs. Pack and Arnold for the sum of £274.1s.0d. be approved, that that the sum of £27 be accepted for contingencies, and that a sum not exceeding £27. be expended on engraving personal inscriptions on the said headstones.
5. Consideration of a report by the Director of Works with reference to the supply of headstones for cemeteries in Malta, with resolutions that the Commission approve the stone and method of engraving recommended by the Malta Agency and that the tender by Messrs. A.M. Caruana & Sons be approved for a sum of £4,425.10s, and that the sum of £442 defray the cost of any contingencies.
6.Consideration of a report by the Director of Works with reference to the construction of a low wall around A.I.F. Burial Ground, with a resolution that the additional expenditure of 13,000 Francs be approved.
Present:
Colonel The Hon. Sir James Allen, K.C.B (in the Chair)
Sir William Garstin, G.C.M.G., G.B.E.
Sir Robert Hudson, G.B.E.
Sir Henry Maddocks, K.C.
The Viscount Cross (Representing the Treasury)
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Herbert Ellissen, C.B.E (Secretary) |