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Auditors, and that there is no sufficient reason for
going to the additional expense which would be
incurred. The Vestry has also considered a letter
from the Vestry of Hackney, asking the opinion of
the Vestry on the desirability of Vestries' accounts
being audited by an official auditor, appointed either
by the London County Council or the Local
Government Board; and also a letter from the
Vestry of Hampstead, strongly opposing the proposal,
on the ground that an audit by either of
those authorities would carry with it a certain
financial control, and that the desire of that Vestry
is in the direction of greater independeuce rather
than the reverse. The Vestry agreed with the
views of the Vestry of Hampstead.
Drainage of Clerkenwell detached.—The Vestry
is happy to be able to record the fact that the longstanding
difficulty of the drainage of the detached
portion of the Parish at Muswell Hill has at last
been satisfactorily settled, and an agreement
between Friern Barnet, the London County Council,
and Clerkenwell has been signed under which the
first-named District will receive the drainage for a
period of thirty years, the London County Council
laying an outfall sewer and paying a rateable annual
contribution during that period, the Vestry adjusting
such sewers as may be found necessary. The Vestry
desire to place upon record its high appreciation of
the services of Mr. Sandeman, who has most ably
and energetically contended for the interests of
Clerkenwell during the whole of the negotiations;
and the Vestry is also indebted to Mr. Walton, the
Chairman of the Works Committee, the Clerk and
the Surveyor for the large amount of care, time
and attention which they have devoted to the
settlement of the question.