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Bethnal Green 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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LIABILITIES.
Amount unpaid of Mortgages, granted by the late Paving Commission, and chargeable on the General Rate, £12,600.
Compensation Annuity of £30, payable for life to a Collector of the late Paving Commission.
£500—Balance of Mortgage of Sewers Rates for £5,000, borrowed of the Provident Life Office in May, 1857, for defraying cost of
construction of New Sewers, and to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments, with interest at 5 per cent.
£1,000—Balance of Mortgage of Sewers Rates for £5,000, borrowed of the Eagle Assurance Company in August, 1859, for defraying cost
of construction of New Sewers, and to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments, with interest at 4f per cent.
£2,800—Balance of Mortgage of Rates for £7,000, borrowed of the London Life Association in December, 1863, for defraying cost of
construction of New Sewers, and to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per
annum, to be reduced to £4 10s. per cent. per annum on payment of the instalments of principal and interest within thirty
days after they respectively become due.
£5,000—Balance of Mortgage of Rates for £10,000, borrowed of the Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance in December, 1865,
towards defraying cost of Paving Footways of "Old Streets," and to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments, with
interest at 5 per cent. per annum.
£6,000—Balance of Mortgage of Rates for £10,000, borrowed of the Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance in July, 1867, towards
defraying cost of Paving Footways of "Old Streets," and to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments, with interest at 5
per cent. per annum.
£9,600—Balance of Mortgage of Rates for £16,000, borrowed of the London Life Association in December, 1867, for defraying the cost of
Paving the Carriageways of Hackney Road and Whitechapel Road, and to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments, with
interest at 5 per cent. per annum, to be reduced to £4 10s. per cent. per annum on payment of the instalments of principal
and interest within thirty days after they respectively become due.
£4,900—Balance of Mortgage of Rates for £7,000, borrowed of the London Life Association in April, 1869, for defraying the cost of
Paving the Carriageway of Green Street, and the unpaved portion of the Carriageway of Bethnal Green Road, and to be repaid
by twenty equal annual instalments, with interest at 5 per cent. per annum, to be reduced to £4 10s. per cent. per annum on
payment of the instalments of principal and interest within thirty days after they respectively become due.
£7.000—Balance of Mortgage of Rates for £10,000, borrowed of the London Life Association in March, 1870, for defraying the cost of
Paving the Footways of "Old Streets," and to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments, with interest at 5 per cent, per
annum, to be reduced to £4 10s. per cent. per annum on payment of the instalments of principal and interest within thirty
days after they respectively become due.
The Vestry of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, in the County of Middlesex
GENERAL RATE.
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance in hand at Lady-day, 1875 | 954 | 3 | 6 | Interest on Mortgages by late Paving Commissioners | 529 | 5 | 2 |
| Goddard's Rents, Half-year's Rent (less Commission) | 9 | 9 | 10 | Collectors' Poundage | 531 | 14 | 3 |
| Amount paid into Bank subsequently to Lady-day, 1875, of the Rate made at Christmas. 1874 | 1,297 | 15 | 5 | Compensation Annuities to Collectors of the late Paving Commission | 60 | 2 | 6 |
| Amount of Rate at 6d, in the £, made at Lady-day, 1875, and Arrears of former Rate collected at Midsummer | 6,282 | 1 | 0 | Roads—Labour, Carting, Granite, Hard Core, Implements, &c. | 5,026 | 1 | 9 |
| Amount of Rate at 7d. in the £, made at Midsummer, 1875, and Arrears of former Rate collected at Michaelmas | 7,494 | 0 | 10 | Scavenging | 6,633 | 0 | 6 |
| Paving Repairs and Alterations | 377 | 14 | 5 | ||||
| Lighting | 4,108 | 16 | 6 | ||||
| Amount of Rate at 6d. in the £, made at Michaelmas, 1875, and Arrears of former Rate collected at Christmas | 6,388 | 10 | 3 | Inicdentals—Poor Rate League, Coals, and Petty Disbursements | 51 | 5 | 0 |
| Watering—Repairs to Stand Posts, &c., and for Water... | 301 | 11 | |||||
| Amount of Rate at 7d. in the £, made at Christmas, 1875, and Arrears of former Rate collected and paid into the Bank on the 25th March, 1876 | 6,408 | 0 | 0 | One Year's Rent of Wharf to Michaelmas last (less Income Tax) | 29 | 15 | 0 |
| Part of Principal of a Mortgage for £3,000 granted by late PavingCommissioners | 500 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Scavenging Fines | 2 | 0 | 0 |