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READING OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

B orough

o f R e a d in g .
of

M U N IC IP A L

AND

O F F IC IA L .

PO PU LAT IO N IN 19 11— 87,693 ; 1915 a p p ro x im a te ly— 91,000.
A re a o f M u n icip al B orough is 9,107 A c re s
A re a of P a rlia m e n ta ry B o ro ugh is 2,441 A c r e s
M E M B E R S O F P A R L IA M E N T .
R e a d i n g — C aptain L e s lie

O rm e W ilson , d . s .o ., Th e M anor H ouse,
W altham S t. L a w re n c e , B erks.

C a v e r s h a m (In c lu d e d

in th e S o u th e rn o r H e n le y D iv is io n o f O x fo rd )

— V a le n tin e F lem in g, Esq.
' RECORDER.
A rth u r H e w e tt Sp okes, Esq.,

l .l . b .

TH E C O R P O R A T IO N O F R E A D IN G .
T he C ouncil co n sists o f fifty -tw o m em bers, n am ely, o f th ir te e n
A lderm en and th ir ty -n in e C o u n cillo rs, re p re s e n tin g th e th ir te e n
W ards into w h ich th e tow n is d iv id ed , and, un d er th e L o cal G o vern ­
m ent A ct, 1888, th e Borough w a s co n stitu ted a C o u n ty B orough for
th e purposes of th a t A c t. T h e fo llo w in g is a lis t o f th e nam es o f th e
members, th e figures appended to e ach C o u n cillo r’s name, in d ic a tin g
th e y e a r in w h ich th e m em ber’s term of office ex p ires.
M a y o r— Leonard G ood h art Sutto n , j .p .
A lderm en— W illiam Jam es J u stin s Brinn, A lfre d H olland B ull.
Thomas G ran t C h iv e rs, F re d e ric k A lfre d Cox, H arold C o s te r D rylan d ,
C h arles G yningham F ield , S ta n le y H ayw ard, G eo rge R ic h a rd Jackson,
John W e ssley M artin, Thom as M ason, F e lix B rod rib b P a rfitt, G eo rge
P h ilb ric k and W illiam Poulton.