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St George (Southwark) 1863
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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| Brought forward | £2000 | 0 | 0 | 2052 | 14 | 8 | Brought forward | £2064 | 12 | 11 | |||
| The General Rate—amount ordered | 5500 | 0 | 0 | By Payment to the Treasurer to the Vestry | 5500 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| To amount collected on Rate made on the 3rd day of July, 1862, @ 11d. in the £. | 5812 | 6 | 6 | „ Poundage on the amount collected | 145 | 13 | 3 | ||||||
| „ Brokerage | 6 | 13 | 4 | ||||||||||
| To amount received on account of Summonses | 14 | 7 | 0 | „ Mr. Quinton, Brokerage on 3 quarters Poor Rate, by order of the Overseers | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7500 | 0 | 0 | „ Printing and Rate Books | 7 | 18 | 6 | |||||||
| Total expenses as on the other side | 298 | 4 | 11 | „ Binding Rate Books | 1 | 18 | 6 | ||||||
| Excess as on the other side | 81 | 3 | 3 | „ Mr. Potier, for information respecting Farmed Property, for the purpose of Re-assessing | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| „ Mr. Quinton, for ditto | 6 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| „ Mr. Wingham, for ditto | 14 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| „ Postage and Receipt Stamps | 3 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 5733 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| „ Excess levied beyond the amount in the order mentioned, less expenses | 81 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| £7879 | 8 | 2 | £7879 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||
We, the undersigned, having Audited the Accounts of the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
St George the Martyr, Southwark, relating to the several Rates levied by them, in pursuance of the
order of the Vestry of the said Parish, numbered 14, and dated the 2nd day of June, 1862, do hereby
state our allowance of the said Accounts; and do find in accordance with the above account, signed by
the said Overseers, that there is an excess which has been levied beyond the amount in the said order
mentioned, less the expenses of and incidental to the making and collecting of the same, of Eighty One
Pounds Three Shillings and Three Pence, which has been paid over to the Vestry. Given under our
hands this 27th day of May, 1863.
STEPHEN KNIGHT, Auditors of Accounts of
ROBERT DEEWITT HILTON, the Parish of St. George
JOSEPH WEBSTER, the Martyr, Southwark.
This Account, for Audit by the Auditors, and delivery to the Vestry, of all monies and Rates
received by us in pursuance of the above named order, signed by us this 21st day of May, 1863.
CHARLES SAUNDERS
H. C. ELLIOTT, Churchwardens.
W. RENTMORE,
JOSEPH WILKINSON, Overseers.
HENRY PALMER,
HENRY B. SANDALL,
ALFRED GWILT,
Mr. THOMAS MARTIN, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH Mr. COOPER'S CHARITY, from the 26th March, 1862, to the 25th March, 1863.
| Dr. | Cr. | ||||||
| To Balance from last Year's Account | 64 | 0 | 3 | By Cash to 50 Pensioners @ 10s. each, viz:— | |||
| „ Burdett's Rent, to Christmas | 100 | 0 | 0 | May, 1862 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Barber's ditto, to 24th June, 1862 | 8 | 0 | 0 | August, 1862 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| November, 1862 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cooper's Charity—Savings Bank Account, 20th May, 1862—Balance due to the Trustees, Principal and Interest, £295 10s. 7d. | February, 1863 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||
| „ Rev. Hugh Allen, D.D., for preaching Sermon | 10 | 0 | |||||
| „ Insurance to Christmas, 1863, of House in Bishopsgate Street | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Henry Charles Sims, Secretary. | „ Property Tax, Barber | 6 | 0 | ||||
| „ Christmas Gifts to Pensioners, 48 @ 2s. 6d. each, P order of Trustees | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ Balance | 63 | 8 | 3 | ||||
| £172 | 0 | 3 | |||||
We, the undersigned Auditors of the Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, do hereby certify
that the above account is correct, and that the balance in the Treasurer's hands amounts to Sixty
Three Pounds Eight Shillings and Three Pence. Given under our hands this 27th day of May, 1863.
STEPHEN KNIGHT, Auditors of the Parish of
JOSEPH WEBSTER, St. George the Martyr,
ROBERT DREWITT HILTON, Southwark.
I hereby certify that I have paid the aforesaid 50 Pensioners, duly elected on Mr. Cooper's Charity,
the sum of Ten Shillings each Quarter:—that is, £25 in the several months of May, August, and
November, 1862, and February, 1863, and to 48 Pensioners a gratuity of 2s. 6d. each, and the balance
in my hands on the 25th day of March last was £63 8s. 3d.
THOMAS MARTIN.
May 27th, 1863 Treasurer.