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What was owing to the Vestry on the 2.5th March 1895. by tradesmen
and others, and how much was received in the first quarter for the
year 1896 from the amount due to the Vestry?
(The questions were not answered, the matter being then under the consideration
of the Finance Committee.)
Nov. 27. The Rev. Canon Palmer to the Medical Officer of Health:—
Q. Havo complaints been made concerning a defective drain at 57,
New Street ? If so, on what date was the first of such complaints
entered ?
If the Sanitary Officers of the Vestry have been made aware of the
defective drain mentioned, what steps have been taken to remedy
its defects ?
Is it not at the present time in a condition likely to be injurious to the
health of the inmates of the house ?
A. As this drain at 57, New Street is one of a combined system, and its
condition is under the consideration of the Sanitary Committee, I
hesitate to publicly answer these questions unless requested to do so
by the Yestry.
Mr. Burrows to the Chairman of the Finance Committee:—
Q. Are you satisfied with the present condition of the Vestry's finances ?
(Mr. H ammond declined to express any opinion, as the matter was under
the consideration of the Finance Committee.)
1896.
Feb. 5. Mr. Green to the Clerk:—
Q. Has the banking account been overdrawn since January 1st ? and if so
by what authority, seeing that the last resolution on the subject
only remained in force till December 31st ?
A. The General Cash Account has been overdrawn since the 1st January,
but as the Treasurer has in hand upwards of £9,000 on Loans
Current Account I declined to advise the Vestryto renew the resolution.
Q. Is whatever remains of the money received a day or two ago from the
London County Council under the Equalisation of Rates Act, and
the £7,000 being paid to us in advance by the Governors and
Guardians, sufficient to meet our last quarter's accounts, our
weekly expenses to March 31st, and leave money in the bank to pay
the accounts which fall due on the 31st March?
A. No portion of the instalment due from the Governors and Guardians
(£7,425) on the 28th instant has been received. This instalment,
together with the contribution from the Equalisation of Rates Act,
will not clear off all payments to the 31st proximo. The Vestry by
Lady-day next have a further sum of £9,225 due from the
Governors and Guardians, which so far as I can judge will leave the
Vestry in quite as good a position, if not better, than they were in
at Lady-day 1895.
Feb. 5. Mr. Davis to the Clerk:—
Q. Is the Vestry aware that nearly all the trees in Great Dover Street are
dead, and if so when is it proposed to replace them ?
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