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that they should, at the close of each quarter, balance their own
Rate Books, attending for this purpose at the Vestry Offices.
the Committee propose that the Collectors shall daily pay the
sums in their hands into the Bank, and shall, at the end of each
day, make and post to the Vestry Clerk a return of the sums
received on such day by the Collector.
There is much matter of detail with respect to forms, books to
be kept, and the like, which the Committee suggest should be left
to the Committee to prescribe and alter as may be found necessary,
if the Yestry adopt the subsequent recommendations of the
Committee dealing with the general principles, leaving the
Committee to report, and, if necessary, apply further to the
Vestry.
the Committee therefore recommend—
1. That an account, to be called the "Rate Account," be
opened with the London and Midland Bank, into which
the Collectors shall pay all negotiable instruments
and moneys received in respect of rates, including the
Composition Rate.
2. That the Poor Rate Account with the London and County
Banking Company be closed, and a new account in
substitution bo opened with the London and Midland
Bank.
3. That the London and Midland Bank be requested to
furnish security to the extent of £5000 for money held
by the Bank.
4. That the Collectors pay to the Rate Account, and furnish
returns of the sums collected daily, or otherwise, and in
such manner as the Finance Committee prescribe.
5. That the rates assessed on the Great Eastern Railway,
Gas, Water, and Industrial Dwellings' Companies, and
the School Board for London, be collected through the
Yestry Clerks' Department, and paid to the Rate
Account.