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APPENDIX No. 14.
Report of the Elected Auditors upon their examination of
the Accounts of the Vestry for the year ended 25th March, 1890.
To the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea.
Gentlemen,—
We, the Auditors elected by the ratepayers of the Parish of
St. Mary, Battersea, under the provisions of the Metropolis
Local Management Act, 1855, hereby report that we have
this day attended at the principal Office of your Vestry and
have examined and audited the Accounts of the Vestry for
the year ended the 25th March, 1890.
The whole of the books of account ot the Vestry, the Bankers'
Pass Book, and the vouchers for the respective payments,
together with other documents connected therewith, have
been submitted for our examination.
We have satisfied ourselves as to the correctness of such
Accounts by a careful examination and comparison, and by
testing the accuracy of the detail postings and entries where
we considered it necessary or desirable, and have signed the
same in token of our allowance.
We have also carefully examined, compared and certified as to
the correctness of the following statements, which we suggest
should be printed and circulated with the Annual Report of
the Vestry, for the information of the Ratepayers.
(a) Statement of receipts and expenditure of the
Vestry between the 25th March, 1889, and the
25th March, 1890, in respect of the General Rate,
Sewers Rate, Lighting Rate, and Consolidated
Rate, and also the New Streets Account, and the
Loans Account.
(b) Balance Sheet.
(c) Statement of Loans.
(d) Statement of Liabilities of and Moneys owing to
the Vestry on the 25th March, 1890.
(e) Statement of Contracts entered into and existing
during the year ended the 25th March, 1890.
(f) Schedule of Freehold and Leasehold Properties
belonging to the Vestry at the 25th March, 1890.
(g) Statement of Insurance Policies in force during the
year ended the 25th March, 1890.
In conclusion, we desire to express our satisfaction at the careful,
neat, and methodical manner in which the books, vouchers
and documents are kept, and our approval of the system by
which the financial transactions of the Vestry are recorded.
We are, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servants,
(JNO. TOM KINS (Chairman).
CHAS. A. MOORE.
signed JOS. HARWOOD.
JOHN THOMAS REES.
Vestry Offices,
Battersea Rise, S.W.
lst May, 1890.