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We, being the Auditors duly elected for the
Parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, in the County of Surrey,
have examined and Audited the foregoing Accounts of the
Vestry of the said Parish from the 26th day of March,
1868, and the items therein comprised, and having found
such Accounts correct, do now sign the same in token of
our allowance thereof; and we have appended to such
Accounts a summary statement of the monies owing to,
and the Debts and Liabilities owing by such Vestry, and
our reasons for the allowance of the sums objected to,
which reasons are set forth as follows :
The Audit of the Accounts of the Parish of Camberwell,
for 1868-9. has been much protracted, through receiving
numerous Deputations of Vestrymen and Ratepayers on
matters that the Auditors consider more pertaining to legal
questions than relevant to the Accounts.
Our attention has been called to an item of £439 1s. 6d.,
paid in by the Surveyor (under protest) to the credit of the
Vestry, inviting our decision as to its disposal ; we deem
it a matter over which we have no control.
Relative to the purchase of the Manorial Rights of
Peckham Rye and adjacent Commons, the Auditors find
by the Vestry Minutes, that on April 29th, 1868, the
Vestry unanimously voted that the sum of £ 1,200 be contributed
for the purchase of the Manorial Rights of Peckham
Rye, &c., and for the Law Costs of such purchase, and that
a cheque for £200 was drawn on that date, and deposited
with the Vestry Clerk in part payment of such purchase, and
that on July 29th, 1 868, a Cheque for the remaining sum
of £1,000 was also unanimously voted to complete the said
purchase.