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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
Statement of Receipts and Expenditure of the Sewers and General Rates and of the other Moneys applicable to the purposes of the Local
Management Acts, from the 25th day of March, 1896, to the 25th day of March, 1897.
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURE.
1896-7.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
1896-7.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
To Balance in hands of Treasurer brought forward
11,913
4
0
By School Board for London, as per Precept dated 19th
December, 1895, for half-year ended 29th September,
1896
18,583
10
2
Add Amount paid to Poor' Rate in error
126
11
3
Add Balance of Salary overdrawn in respect of
Mr. Crowe
4
7
8
„ School Board for London, as per Precept dated 23rd
July, 1896, for half-year ended 20th March, 1897
21,813
5
5
Balance in hands of Vestry Clerk on account of
Wages
90
19
9
40,396
15
7
Ditto ditto Petty Cash
4
18
8
„ Repayment of Debt—
In respect of Loan No. 7 (see page 146)
1,742
0
0
12,140
1
4
„ Interest on Debt (see page 146)—
Less Cheques drawn and not presented
22
19
10
In respect of Loan .No. 7
298
15
9
„ Amount overpaid by Collectors
0
0
6½
„ „ 8
120
19
3
23
0
4½
„ „ 9
7
16
6
12,117
0
11½
427
11
6
„ Rates—
„ Vestry of St. Marylebone, as per Precept, proportion
of cost of maintaining so much of south side of
Oxford Street as lies within this Parish, for
year ended 31st December, 1895
502
2
0
Arrears of Former Rates brought
forward
376
9
1½
Rates made 24th April, 1896, on
Rateable Value of £788.438:—
„ Rate Collectors' Allowances and Expenses—
Sewers Rate
4,927
14
9
Allowance.
Expenses.
General Rate
60,775
8
7
Mr. J. J. Johnson, Pall Mall Ward
£100
0
0
2
6
7
65,703
3
4
Mr. J. H. Madge, Church Ward
100
0
0
1
15
8
Rates on properties assessed during
the Year
456
5
3½
Mr. J. Lewis, Golden Square
Ward
100
0
0
1
17
9
66,535
17
9
Mr. J. Taylor, Great Marlborough
Ward
100
0
0
1
16
7
Less loss from Empty Houses, &c.
1,860
13
7½
Totals
400
0
0
7
16
7
„ Arrears of Rates carried forward
468
9
3
2,329
2
10½
407
16
7
Net amount collected
64,206
14
10½
„ Premium on Rate Collectors' Guarantee Policies
19
0
0
„ Contributions in lieu of Rates by the Lords of the
Treasury, in respect of Property in the occupation
of the Crown
1,792
8
4
„ Postage of Final Notices
2
12
6
„ Return of Rates
15
17
11
„ Contribution to Workmen's Sick Fund
13
0
0
„ Amount repaid by School Hoard for London, consequent
upon reduction of total assessment of
the Parish
132
14
11
„ Sundries—Unclassified Accounts
136
13
10
„ Amount advanced to meet expenditure in anticination
of Loan No. 11 (page 140)
1,503
2
6
„ St. James's Dwellings Committee, for advertising
charges, paid out of General Rate (per Contra)
4
6
5
„ Establishment Expenses—
Salaries and Superannuation Allowances
2,536
6
9
„ Nominal Rents as under—
Gas, Water and Electric Light, Vestry Hall
31
5
7
Batson & Sons, in respect of Dust Bins, Smith's
Yard
0
1
0
Rates, Taxes and Insurance, Vestry Hall
120
7
10
Repairs to Offices, Vestry Hall
77
13
4
Exchange Telegraph Company, in respect of
Mains, &c.
1
0
0
Coal, &c , Vestry Hall
10
16
0
Brooms, Brushes, Leathers, &c., Vestry Hall
2
7
9
London Pavilion, Limited, in respect of Iron
and Glass Shelter at entrance to the Pavilion
in Piccadilly Circus
0
5
0
Oilman's Goods, Ironmongery, Uniform, Clothing,
Junior Messenger's Wages, &c., &c.
97
15
0
Law Guarantee and Trust Society
2
10
0
Peter Robinson, in respect of Subway under and
Shelter in Argyll Street
2
3
0
Temporary Clerical Assistance
21
19
0
Law Expenses
360
7
10
Do. in respect of Mains under Argyll Street
(2 years)
1
0
0
Printing, Stationery, Stamps, Advertising, &c.
549
2
7
St. James's Dwellings, Advertising
4
6
5
Archbishop Tenison's Chapel (now St. Thomas's
Church)
0
3
0
Carried forward
3,814
18
1
45166
12
5
Carried forward
4
12
0
78,253
5
6
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