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ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT.
In response to a request from the Officers' Committee the Accountant, on the
22nd October, 1897, submitted the following statement as to the temporary assistance
employed in his Department:—
Accountant's Offices,
Shoreditch Town Hall,
Old Street, London, E.C.
To the Chairman and Members of the 20th October, 1897.
Officers' Committee of the
Vestry of Shoreditch.
Gentlemen,
In pursuance of your instructions of the 8th inst., I beg to report that the work
of this Department has increased very rapidly of late, owing to many duties having
to be now performed which were not originally contemplated. This work mainly
arises from the new schemes introduced into the Parish in connection with the
Electric Lighting and Dust Destruction Undertaking, Public Libraries and Museums,
Underground Conveniences, &c.
It must also be borne in mind that the volume of the work has also materially
increased in almost every department of the Vestry, which necessitates the detailed
examination of additional accounts, and a corresponding increase on the number of
cheques drawn, together with the necessary account keeping, correspondence, and
other work arising therefrom. No permanent provision has been made for work
under the following heads:—
I.—Dusting and Scavenging Department.
Collection of monies for trade refuse.
Note.—This work was transferred to the Accountant's Department by
order of the Vestry as and from 29th September, 1897.
II. Dust Destructor.
Collection of monies for refuse destroyed.
III.—Electric Lighting Undertaking.
(a) Collection of monies for Electricity Supply.
(b) Audit and Quarterly Balancing of two sets of Stores Books.
IV.—Wiring and Fitting Work.
Account Keeping and Collection of Monies for work done in the Lighting
Department.
V.—Arrears Clerk.
Checking of Arrears and Loss of Rates by an Arrears Clerk.
VI.—Artizans' Dwellings.
Provision will have to be made for the rent collection of the dwelling to bo
erected at Moira Place.
VII.—Payment of Wages,
Provision has to be made for Payment of Wages in all Departments.