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AUDITORS' REPORT.
In signing the above Certificate required by the
Act of Parliament, the Auditors beg to state that,
from the unsatisfactory way the Rate Books have
been kept, their labours have been very much
increased and protracted, causing them to attend
the unprecedented number of 43 nights.
They call attention to the fact that a great
number of the counterfoils in the Collectors' Receipt
Books are not impressed with the parish officer's
check stamp, and they submit that this stamp, with
a moveable die for the date, should invariably be
used, that it may be seen, at any time, how soon the
books were examined after the rates had been
received by the Collectors.
They also call attention to the several amounts
due to the Vestry for work done, which have been
brought forward year after year for several years
past, swelling up a large fictitious balance. If these
amounts are irrecoverable, they should be written
off the books.