| Description | The minutes were compiled in typescript format and signed by the committee chairman. The minutes are in the appropriately dated combined sub-committee minute volumes (see BCC/1/AG/37/1). The minutes include reports detailing official analysis on historical trends relating to the various alterations of the city boundary since the granting of Birmingham's Charter of Incorporation in 1838, including population, total rateable value in pounds sterling, approximate size of the electorate per ward, observations on the size and facilities of the Council chamber in relation to the continuing increases in the size of Council membership, and corresponding estimates relating to the furnishing and costs of a new Council chamber. |