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9
The Past Year.
The year has not been entirely uneventful so far as
the Metropolis has been concerned, for the year which
closed on the 25th March, 1890, saw the London County
Council take up the reins of Local Government in the
Metropolis, pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government
Act, 1888; but, so far as the St. Giles District is
solely concerned, although a very large amount of business
has been transacted by the Board and its Officers, it has
been to a considerable extent of ordinary routine, but some
of the more important of the matters which have been
engaging the attention of the Board will be dealt with hereafter,
and a general statement as to the work will be found
appended.
Aonual Accounts.
A statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board
and of the liabilities and assets to the 25th March, 1890, are
printed at pages 34 to 49.
The Accounts, prior to their being audited by Messrs.
W. A. Cooper, W. Edlow, and T. W. Matthews, the
Auditors elected by the Board in accordance with the
provisions of the 195th Section of the Metropolis Local
Management Act, 1855, were examined by the Board's
Chartered Accountant, Mr. T. P. Scrivener, by whom also
the whole of the Account Books in use by the Board were
subjected to a periodical checking once a month.
The Auditors have stated the result of their examination
in the Certificate which will be found on page 50.
The details of the Accounts are somewhat different to