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		[Meeting of Directors held at Goodison Park,
		August 24th 1915]

Present		All the Directors except Dr. Baxter, Mr. J. G. Davies & Mr. Green.

Minutes		The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

		The Chairman reported that our deputation together
		with Messrs McKenna and Joseph West representing
		Liverpool F.C. interviewed Mr. H. P. Cleaver with respect
		to the assessments of the Everton and Liverpool Football
		Grounds.
		That Mr. Cleaver concurred in the view that the
		respective assessments would have to be considerably
		reduced.
		That he had not up to then had much opportunity
		of considering the matter but that he proposed to do so
		with a small Committee of the Guardians and
		would then invite the deputations to confer with him again.
		That in the meantime we should not pay our rates but
		give formal notice of appeal to the Overseers of Walton
		and to the Guardians and such notice had been given
		by the Secretary.

Programme	Letter from Mr. E. A. Morton was read accepting the
Tender		terms offered by us and expressing thanks for the
		generous manner in which he had been met.

		The Secretary reported that Liverpool had not as yet
		further considered the price of admission to their Paddock.

		That Dr. Baxter and Mr. McKenna's interview with the
		Manager of the Tramways had resulted in the intimation
		that our matches would be advertised on the tramcars