344 TIMEHRI. 
42, Welbeck Street, 
Cavendish Square, W., 
June 21st, 1879, 
Sir,—I have the honour to submit the following reso- 
lution which was passed unanimously at the last meeting 
of the St. Marylebone Vestry on June 17th. 
Resolution ;—Proposed by Ernest Snape, M.D. ; 
seconded by H. G. Slade, F.R.G.S. and F.R.C.L. 
That it be an instru€tion to the Works Committee to 
avail themselves of the present unique opportunity when 
so many Colonials, Officials and others are in London, to 
confer with those interested to ascertain whether it is 
not possible to obtain equally serviceable material for 
wood paving within the British Empire as that now 
obtained from Foreigners. Carried unanimously. 
The matter is urgent, but if this resolution was placed 
before the proper people, I think something might be 
done. . 
(Sd) ERNEST SNAPE, M.D. 
The Right Honourable 
J. Chamberlain, M.P. 
Colonial Office. 
Mr. L, M. Hill said that Mora would be excellent for 
paving, but the drawback was the difficulty of procuring 
it cheap enough to compete with Australian woods. 
Mr. Messer said he had taken some trouble about the 
matter when in England and it seemed to him that the 
proper persons to communicate with in England were the 
timber merchants rather than the Colonial Agents. The 
trade in Jarrah from Australia was so great and the capital 
invested so much, that he thought it would be a long time 
before there would be any chance of competing with it, 
