Margate is situated in a small bay upon the northern coast of Thanet, and is distant from London 72, and from Canterbury 17 miles. Scarcely more than half a century back this was merely "a small fishing-town, irregularly built, and the houses generally old and low." Since the above date, however, this place has been progressively attaining notoriety as a resort for sea-bathing; and it now ranks amongst the most popular of those gay towns upon the English coast which are annually frequented by the inhabitants of the metropolis, with the conjoined views of improving health and indulging in a festive relaxation from their ordinary pursuits.

The harbour at Margate, although not large, is of great use to the vessels employed by this port in a trade with Memel and Riga; as also to the colliers engaged in the importation of coals from Newcastle and Sunderland, the various hoys for the conveyance of corn, and the still more profitable passage-vessels to which Margate is indebted for so many of its visitors. There was a Pier at Margate in ages considerably remote, which, as we are told by Leland, had become "sore decayed" in the time of Henry VIII. The ancient barrier was probably small, and went but a little way from the land. In pursuance of an act of parliament obtained in the year 1799, a new stone pier was erected, of eligible proportions and extent. This structure was greatly injured by a tremendous storm in 1808, which likewise swept away the bathing-rooms and a part of the High street. A new pier has been since commenced, on a plan likely to prove more durable, and the work is already approaching towards completion. The new Pier terminates with a stone jetty, which affords an agreeable promenade in fine weather.

The town of Margate is built on irregular ground, part of it being very elevated and the remainder situated in a valley extending to the sea. In consequence of the various times at which its augmentations have taken place, the buildings are scattered without any effort at uniformity of plan; but many of the domestic structures are commodious, and several may be deemed elegant. The erection of Cecil square was the first important improvement bestowed on the town. This handsome square was built about the year 1769, and takes its name from Mr. Cecil, one of the gentlemen who speculated on its erection. On one side are the assembly-rooms, which form an extensive and ornamental building, and are well-frequented. The whole arrangement of the attached establishment is suited to the purposes of the gay. Here are elegant apartments for the accommodation of those who prefer cards to the more active amusement of dancing. The ground-floor consists of good billiard and coffee-rooms. The assembly-rooms are opened for dancing and cards on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; and on Sunday evenings for a promenade.

Hawley Square is situated on a gradual slope, and derives its appellation from Sir Henry Hawley, Bart, to whom the site of the buildings belonged. At the northeast corner is the Theatre-Royal, which was erected in the year 1787. This is a neat structure, un-ornamented on the exterior, but handsomely disposed within. Some of the favourite performers on the London boards usually add to the annual attractions of this place of rational amusement. Hawley Square has been recently improved by plantations of evergreens and flowering shrubs, which afford a promenade to families residing in the contiguous houses.

Several new streets have been built since the erection of the above squares, and the lodging and boarding houses are numerous, and in many instances extremely convenient. But so great is the increasing notoriety of this place (caused principally, as it would appear, by the facility and excellence of the water-conveyance to and from the metropolis) that apartments are still wanting, in most seasons, for the due accommodation of many visitants. A busy and gay scene is caused by this concourse of temporary inmates. The fastidious Gray (whose genius lay in "Churchyard" Elegies, and tales of historic pomp) severely described Margate, in high season, as" Bartholomew fair by the seaside." The elegant company which resort hither at present could not possibly convey such an idea to the unprejudiced examiner. But so great is the bustle of pleasure in each crowded avenue; so busy the well-dressed throngs, intent on the pursuit of enjoyment, (which is here the business of the day) that we willingly admit the propriety with which a modern traveller has observed, "that the streets in Margate want little except buildings of equal magnitude, to resemble, in August and September, those of London." Bathing, the professed object of most persons who visit this celebrated town in its periodical season, demands a conspicuous place in our topographical notice. The indelicacy with which "sanative immersion" was practised formerly on all fashionable parts of the English coast, and with which it is still practised in some, is little consonant to our national character for a rigid attention to those decencies of manner which constitute (perhaps in a more important degree than is usually apprehended) the outworks of virtue and good morals. The Bathing-Machines of Margate were invented, nearly half a century back, by a Quaker of the name of Beale. These machines form a kind of close caravan, having a door and small flight of steps behind, by which the bathers descend to the water, and are concealed from view by a pendant covering of canvas. Warm baths of salt water are commodiously provided for those who have disorders requiring so mild an application, at the several bathing-houses which stand on the beach. In these houses are agreeable apartments, acting as promenades, or places of recess, for the company, whilst waiting for their respective turns of succession to an entry of the machines.

An important part of the great business of pleasure at this watering-place, is transacted at the Libraries. Two of these institutions chiefly demand notice: Garner's, and Bettison's. The buildings so termed are fitted up with considerable elegance, and are furnished with toys, trinkets, and various small articles of elegant use, quite as numerous, if not so valuable, as the books. These establishments constitute, at suited hours, the high exchange of fashion. At Garner's well conducted Library the company are gratified with one-card loo, each adventurer depositing a small stake, and the winner of the whole being entitled to any articles which may not exceed in cost the amount of his prize. Bettison has established an evening promenade, in addition to the customary amusements. Here a musical professor exerts his skill on the grand-piano, for the gratification of the company.

The walks in the vicinity of this town are extremely agreeable, and deserve remark amongst the most rational of its sources of amusement. The Pier and Fort are frequent places of resort. The sands extend themselves on each side of the town, and may be passed with safety for nearly a third part of the day. Here the ocean is viewed, in its sublimity, on one side; whilst the high chalky cliffs, on the other hand, present fantastical resemblances of grottoes to amuse the pictorial or cursory observer, and an endless train of natural curiosities for those who are fortunate in having leisure and inclination to make more attentive examinations.

Considerable quantities of corn are exported to London from Margate; and the extensive breweries of Messrs. Cobb and Son add much to the respectable appearance of the town, in regard to buildings, whilst they are also of great importance to its commercial character. On Hooper's Hill is a capacious horizontal windmill, constructed by Capt. Hooper, a native mechanical genius of the Isle of Thanet. A good market is held upon the Wednesday and Saturday of every week, which is well supplied with meat, poultry, and vegetables. The principal fish exposed to sale consist of skate, small cod, haddock, whitings, soles, and other flat fish. The hotels, taverns, and inns are numerous, and are calculated for all classes of visitors.

The Church, which is a spacious edifice, stands on an elevated spot on the southeast side of the town. It is dedicated to St. John Baptist, and consists of a nave, chancel, and aisles, with a square tower at the northwest angle. The interior evinces some remains of Anglo-Norman architecture, and contains several ancient monuments and brasses. Here are, also, several meetinghouses for dissenters from the established church.

It is pleasing to observe that several charitable institutions are connected with this place of fashionable resort.

The sea-bathing infirmary, an appropriate and commodious building, is situated at Westbrook, and was established by public subscription. The first stone of the building was laid by the late Dr. Lettsom, in the year 1792. It consists of a centre and two wings, and is sufficiently large for the reception of about 90 patients.

Draper's Hospital, about one mile eastward from Margate Church, was founded by Michael Yoakley, a Quaker, in the year 1709. It consists often very comfortable tenements, one of which is intended for an overseer, and the others for decayed housekeepers of the parishes of St. John; St. Peter; Birchington; and Acole.

The Charity School of this place is conducted upon the new plan of education, and was established through the exertions of the respectable vicar of the parish, for the education of 400 children. The expense is defrayed by a subscription amongst the inhabitants of the town, aided (and, we will hope, with increasing liberality) by the donations of principal visitors.

We have already observed that many of those annual visitors who conduce so much to the prosperity of this place, profit by the natural, or at least more obvious, mode of approach— that of water-conveyance. The "swift-sailing" Margate hoys, or packets, have been long in just celebrity, and are still conducted with skill; but a novelty of transit over the sea has arisen, which, at present, greatly interferes with their success. In utter disdain of the wind, and almost regardless of the opposing tide, vessels have been constructed, which, with the aid of machinery worked by means of Steam, force their way through the waters with a precision of progress. The masters of these vessels usually calculate on the time to be employed in their passage from the Tower of London to Margate Pier, with the same fidelity as the proprietor of a post-coach that travels over the King's Highway. The ease of motion is necessarily a great inducement with civic voyagers; the ordinary certainty of performing the passage in a determinate time is a powerful recommendation to travellers of every description; and the "Steam-Packets," as they are usually termed, have decidedly eclipsed the celebrity of the vessels worked in the ancient way, and consequently dependent on the caprice of that most fickle power the wind. The boats worked by means of steam are elegantly fitted up, and frequently perform the passage within eight hours.

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MARGATE is a watering place and seaport town, situated to the west of the North Foreland, in the north-east part of the Isle of Thanet, and is a municipal borough, head of a county court district, with stations on the South Eastern and Chatham railway, and is 16 miles north-west from Canterbury, 4 north from Ramsgate, 21 north from Dover, 28 north-east from Folkestone, 28 east-by-north from Faversham, 30 north-east from Ashford, 64 from Hastings and 72 from London, in the Isle of Thanet division of the county, parish of St. John, Ringslow hundred, lathe of St. Augustine, Isle of Thanet union, rural deanery of Westbere and archdeaconry of Canterbury. The borough was incorporated 29 July, 1857, and has a commission of the peace and a separate court of quarter sessions; the area comprises the parish, and it is divided into four wards, and the Corporation consists of a mayor, four aldermen and twelve councillors, each ward being represented by an alderman and three councillors: there is also a recorder, who holds quarter sessions.

The place was formerly known by the name of “St. John’s,” still earlier as “Meregate,” signifying a passage (“gata”) to the shore through the line of Kentish cliffs; afterwards a small fishing town arose at the gate in the cliff called “Margate,” and this name now applies to the whole town.

Margate is much frequented as a watering place, on account of the salubrity of its air, a fact alluded to in the motto of the borough arms: “Porta maris portus Salutis.” Steamboats run to London, Tilbury, Southend, Ramsgate, Deal and Dover, and also to Boulogne and Ostend during the season. It has special advantages, standing as it does on the acclivities of two hills, the valley between extending from the seashore some miles inland. The salubrity of air here is proverbial, and the excellence and safety of its sea bathing is one of its chief attractions, the large expanse of sands being dry and hard at low water, while the death rate has an average of 14.5 per 1,000.

The town is well laid out and paved and supplied with water from works at Tivoli and the Dane Valley, fed by underground springs; these works, opened in 1859, were acquired by the Corporation in 1880, and have connected with them a reservoir in Victoria road with a capacity of 400,000 gallons and another by St. Peter's footpath holding 225,000 gallons. In October, 1902, the first sod was cut by the Mayor of Margate for a further water supply, to be obtained from Wingham, at an estimated cost of £100,000. Gas is supplied by the Isle of Thanet Gas Company, whose works are in the Dane. The Isle of Thanet Electric Railways, the property of a limited company, were opened from Margate to Ramsgate on 4th April, 1901, at a cost of about £350,000; the power station, offices and car depot are in the parish of St. Peter, Broadstairs, adjoining the I. of Thanet branch of the South Eastern and Chatham railway. The Marine promenade, nearly a mile in length and protected seaward by a stone wall, is a favourite walk for visitors and residents. The portion known as the “Esplanade,” opened in 1880, was carried out at a cost of £40,000. The parade is continued from this drive, and from the Fort to Hodge’s Flagstaff is a fine promenade on the cliffs eastward of the town. From Hodge’s Flagstaff is a walk along the edge of the chalk cliff to Kingsgate and Broadstairs, the cliffs varying from 50 to 100 feet in height.

High street, the principal street of the town, has been widened at the lower end, at a cost of £23,000.

The Jetty, a landing place, extending seaward nearly 1,500 ft. was erected in 1854, and enlarged in 1876, and again in 1878 and 1894, at a cost of about £50,000, by the addition of an extensive pier-head, with a pavilion and band-stand. Three tiers of landing stages are provided, and a waiting-room has been erected at the shore end adjoining the Droit house, at a cost of £500, for the convenience of steamboat passengers. The structure was much injured in Nov. 1897 by a severe storm, but has been entirely repaired, and the National Life-boat Institution have erected two slipways, one on either side of the jetty, and furnished two new life-boats, which will be available at all times of the tide.

The pier to the west of the jetty, built in 1810, is of Whitby stone, 901 feet long, 60 feet wide and 26 feet high, with a lighthouse at its extremity; it forms the protection to the harbour, and is used principally by the fishermen and colliers.

The church of St. John the Baptist is of rough flint of Norman and Early English date, with later insertions, and has a modern tower, with spire, containing a clock and 8 bells: there are two brasses and several stained windows: the church was restored in 1875 at a cost of about £7,000, and affords 1,000 sittings, 500 being free. The register dates from the year 1559. The living is a vicarage, net income £300, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held since 1902 by the Rev. Charles John Monson Shaw M.A. of Hertford College, Oxford, who is also incumbent of Northdown.

Holy Trinity church, built in 1825, and to which a district was assigned 26 April, 1842, is of brick and stone, in the Pointed style, and has a tower containing a clock and one bell: the chancel windows are stained, and there are 1,800 sittings, 1,000 being free. The register of baptisms dates from 1842. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value about £500, chiefly derived from pew rents, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1902 by the Rev. Michael Pryor M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford. The Cobb family have endowed an evening lectureship in connection with this church.

The church of St. Paul, Cliftonville, consecrated 13 Nov. 1873, is of Kentish rag and Bath stone, in the Decorated style, and has a tower, but without bells: there are several stained windows: the total cost, including the vicarage, was £10,000, the site being given: the church affords 800 sittings, half being free. The register dates from the year 1874. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £270, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1873 by the Rev. Gerrard Lewis M.A. of St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge.

The Catholic church, Victoria road, dedicated to SS. Austin and Gregory, is a structure of brick, erected in 1804, restored in 1837 and enlarged in 1890, and has 500 sittings. Emmanuel church, Victoria road, erected in 1882, belongs to Lady Huntingdon’s connexion and will seat 485 persons. There are also Baptist, Congregational, Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels, and a place of worship for the Disciples of Christ.

The Cemetery, near Salmstone, opened in 1856, has on area of 18 acres, an additional 10 acres having been purchased in 1882; it contains two mortuary chapels, and is under the control of a joint committee of 12 members, representing the borough of Margate and the parishes of Westgate-on-Sea, Garlinge and Northdown.

The Town Hall, erected in 1820, contains some portraits of past mayors and a tablet of carved oak, inscribed with the names of the successive mayors of the borough: the quarter and weekly petty sessions and the monthly meetings of the town council are all held here.

The Municipal Offices were erected in 1897—8, on the site of the old market hall, at a cost of £3,000, entirely defrayed by the munificent gift of Mrs. Kendal, widow of the late Alderman Kendal: the buildings comprise offices for the borough engineer and borough accountant, waterworks manager, borough rate collector, sanitary inspector, market keeper &c. as well as reception and committee rooms &c.

The Market, at the south end of the new municipal offices, is well supplied with meat, poultry, fish and vegetables; the market days are Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The Droit office is at the end of the Pier.

The Post Office is in Cecil square.

The Police Station, Market place, has been remodelled, and now has 5 cells.

There are four branch banks-Lloyds Bank Limited; the London and County Banking Company Limited; Parr’s Bank Limited and the London City and Midland Bank Limited.

The Clifton Baths are excavated from the chalk on the coast, and have comfortable waiting and reading rooms attached.

The town contains two theatres, assembly rooms, bazaars, dancing rooms, swimming baths, private and political clubs, libraries, reading rooms and all the usual amusements of a watering place.

The Masonic Temple, in New Cross street, erected in 1896, is a neat edifice of red brick. The Union Lodge (No. 127) meets here on the 3rd Wednesday in every month and the Alfred Wootton Chapter (No. 127) of Royal Arch Masons on the 4th tuesday in October, January, April and June: the St. John’s Thanet Lodge also meets here.

The Foresters’ Hall, erected in 1874, at a cost of £2,500, is used for meetings and concerts and will seat 500 persons. The Isle of Thanet District Juvenile Society holds its meetings here.

The Theatre Royal, in Addington street, will hold 1,500 persons.

The Grand Theatre, in Cecil square, erected in 1898 on the site of the Assembly Rooms, will hold 1,800 persons.

The Marine Palace and Baths, formerly situated by the Fort Cliffs, were entirely demolished by the great storm on November 29Th 1897.

The Hall by the Sea, rebuilt about 1898, has a spacious and well-ventilated ball room, a concert hall and billiard saloon: the gardens are embellished with statuary and fountains and contain a menagerie with some curious and rare animals, besides affording various kinds of amusement.

The Clock Tower at the junction of the Marine terrace and Esplanade, erected in 1889, is of stone in the French Renaissance style, and contains a fine peal of bells: the clock has four illuminated dials, and there is a time-ball surmounting the dome; the cost was about £1,300.

The Cliftonville Hall and Gymnasium, erected by a company for the purposes of a concert room, will hold 400 persons.

There are several fine hotels; among the principal are Mills’ “White Hart,” Reeve’s “Royal York,” and “The Cliftonville Hotel,” the property of the Gordon Hotels Company Limited, the “Hotel Metropole,” the “Imperial,” rebuilt and enlarged about 1898, and the “Station Hotel.”

Margate is the head quarters of the No. 10 Co. 1st Cinque Ports Royal Garrison Artillefy (Volunteers); the corps have here a 40-pounder R.V.L. gun and a 64-pounder R.M. gun. It is also the head quarters of the G Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Buffs (East Kent Regiment).

The Margate Golf Links, situated at Hengrove, about 1 ½ miles from Margate, on the Quex Park and Minster road, comprise about 200 acres, and include a club house, with dressing, luncheon, tea and smoking rooms and stabling &c. Within a separate enclosure are courts for lawn tennis and croquet, a bowling green and quoit and archery grounds.

Shaftesbury House, on the Marine terrace and formerly the Carlton Hotel, is a seaside home belonging to the London Young Men’s Christian Association, and includes a lecture hall and dining room.

The endowed charities amount to £179 yearly.

The Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, founded in 1791, for the treatment of scrofulous disease in all its forms, has now 150 beds and is open all the year round, annually receiving 500 to 600 patients from all parts of England, of whom more than half come from London and its neighbourhood; a new wing with a chapel and hot salt water bath was added in 1882 at a cost of about £30,000.

Margate Cottage Hospital was established in 1876, and was enlarged in 1898, in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of her late Majesty Queen Victoria, for the reception of 16 adults and 4 children.

The Royal Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb Poor, in the Victoria road, connected with the Institution founded in 1792 in the Old Kent road, London, is an edifice of red brick, opened in July, 1875, by their Majesties the King and Queen, then Prince and Princess of Wales; a new wing was added in 1880 and another in 1886: in 1902 there were 153 boys and 108 girls, with a staff of 24 teachers.

West Ham Union Convalescent Home in Northumberland road was established 1900; and in 1902 had 163 patients.

Dane Park, presented to the town by Mr. John Woodward, of Croydon, a native of Margate, was formally opened by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London June 1st, 1898. The park covers about 33 acres of land, and was specially acquired by the donor for this purpose; about 23 acres have been enclosed for the park itself, and the remainder has been taken up in the construction of a wide carriage road and footpath round the park, in widening existing roads where necessary, and in providing convenient plots for the erection of private residences: the park is well-wooded and laid out, and includes a large cricket field, tennis court, gymnasium, shelters, summer houses, a lake and a caretaker’s lodge.

Hartsdown, commanding a fine view of the harbour and the North Sea, is occupied by Captain Charles Taddy Hatfeild D.L., J.P.

The trustees of the Marquess Conyngham (a minor), who are lords of the manor, James T. Friend esq. D.L., J.P. Capt. C. T. Hatfeild and P. H. G. Powell Cotton esq. of Quex Park, are the principal landowners.

The area of the borough is 1,489 acres of land and 386 of foreshore; the population in 1901 was 23,118, including the officials and their families and inmates in the following institutions:-Royal Sea Bathing Establishment, 151; West Ham Union Workhouse Convalescent Home, 157; Davenport Hill Home (London School Board Industrial School), 78; Convalescent Home for Roman Catholic Children, 161; Victoria Convalescent Home, 46; Chateau Belle Vue Infirmary Sanatorium, 176; Metropolitan Asylums Board Convalescent Home, 50 (the two latter are for paupers only). Included also in the population was 58 on board vessels.

The population of the Municipal Wards in 1891 was: Cecil Ward, 6,438; Cliftonville Ward, 7,338; Marine Ward, 5,862; Her Ward, 3,480; total, 23,118; rateable value, £168,028.

The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was:-St. John the Baptist (Parish Church), 10,690; All Saints’ Westbrook, 1,917; Holy Trinity, 5,066; St. Paul, Cliftonville, 5,960.

Shottendane and Salmstone are half a mile south; the latter, formerly belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, is now in the possession of Capt. Hatfeild: here is an ancient grange and also the remains of a chapel or infirmary.

On the road to St. Peter’s and Broadstairs, half a mile south-east, are Michael Yoakley’s almshouses for drapers, built in 1709, and under the superintendence of the Society of Friends: each inmate receives 6s. 6d. weekly. The Alexandra Philanthropic Homes for decayed inhabitants of Margate, are available for 64 inmates, and now maintain 32 inmates: under the will of the late W. Barker esq. the charity has been endowed with an income of about £1,000 a year.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Service.

St. John the Baptist Church, Rev. Charles John Monson Shaw M.A. vicar; Rev. William Kaye Fleming B.A. Rev. Walter Robert Capel Cure M.A. & Rev. Algernon Lindesay Brine M.A. curates; 7, 8 & 11 a.m. 3 & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m.

Holy Trinity, Trinity square, Rev. Michael Pryor M.A. vicar; Rev. Cyril Percival Heywood B.A. & Rev. Edwd. Samuel Field M.A. curates; 11 a.m. 3.15 & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m.

St. Paul’s, Cliftonville, Rev. Gerrard Lewis M. A. vicar; Rev. John Anthony Enright, curate; 11 a.m. 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.; saints’ days at 8 & 11 a.m.

All Saints’, Westbrook, Rev. Guy Seymour Back M.A. vicar; Charles Leonard Drew M.A.; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 8.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Barnabas’ Mission, in connection with parish church, Milton road; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.

St. Augustine’s, College road, in connection with the parish church; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

SS. Austin & Gregory Catholic, Victoria road, Rev. T. Elphege Power O.S.B, priest; mass at 8 & 11 a.m.; vespers &c. at 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 a.m.

Trinity Hall (Evangelical Mission), Hawley street; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. & thurs. 7.30 p.m.

Society of Friends’ Meeting House, Drapers' Almshouses; 11 a.m.; sun. & thurs.

Baptist, Cecil square (founded in 1762; 700 sittings), Rev. Benjamin Brigg; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

Baptist, Mount Ephraim, Thanet road; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. thurs. & sat. 7 p.m.

Congregational, Union crescent (built in 1845; 700 sittings), Rev. David Arthur Davies, minister; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

Disciples of Christ (Margate Tabernacle), Union crescent, John William Travis, pastor; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Emmanuel, Countess of Huntingdon’s, Victoria rd. (built in 1802; 500 sittings); 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. & thurs. 7 p.m.

Plymouth Brethren, Dane Room, Dane road; 6.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Dane hill, Rev. Jacob Pilling; 11 а.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan, Alexandra road, Cliftonville, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan, Hawley square, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan, Buckingham road, 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. 8.

Gospel Hall, Grotto hill; 6.30 p.m.

SCHOOLS

Borough Technical Schools, Cecil street, comprise an efficient school of art, with life & modelling classes; classes in cookery, laundry, dress making, shorthand, typewriting, building construction &c.; the schools are managed by a committee of the Town Council with co-opted governors.

School Board, formed January 13, 1875, consisting of 9 members, for the United District of Margate, Garlinge, Northdown & Westgate-on-Sea; offices, Cecil square; Leonard Hill, Cecil square, clerk; George Cain, 4 Sussex avenue, St. Peter’s road & Charles J. Pemble, 9 Trinity square, attendance officers.

Board, New Cross street, for 680 children; average attendance, 162 boys, 144 girls & 125 infants.

Board, Salmestone, opened in September, 1896, for 600 children; average attendance, 210 boys, 200 girls & 150 infants.

Holy Trinity, Trinity square, built in 1850, enlarged in 1890, & again in 1900, for 289 boys, 140 girls & 74 infants; average attendance, 230 boys, 160 girls & 85 infants.

St. John’s National, Victoria road, built in 1854 & enlarged in 1896, for 222 boys, 181 girls & 205 infants; average attendance, 216 boys, 175 girls & 183 infants.

Voluntary Church, Dane road, built in 1877 & enlarged in 1890, for 250 boys, 250 girls & 195 infants; average attendance, 210 boys, 182 girls & 127 infants.

Catholic, Victoria road, for 60 children; average attendance, 35; Miss Alice Cox, mistress.

Royal Asylum for Deaf & Dumb Poor, Victoria road; Richard Elliott L.H.D. headmaster.

Parochial (mixed), Westbrook; Miss K. Short, mistress.