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AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE.
We hereby certify that we have carefully examined, the accounts and
books of accounts of the Board of Works for the Fulham District,
for the year ending 25th day of March, 1862, and have compared
them with the vouchers, and find the several receipts and entries
thereof to be correct; we also certify to the correctness of the abstract
of accounts, together with the assets and liabilities to the several
parishes.
We found a balance at the bankers at the commencement of the
year of the sum of £322 : 18 : 10, and at the close of the audit we
leave a balance of £814 : 19 : 9 ; on analyzing which we find of this
sum £188 : 8 : 0 in favor of Fulham, and £626 : 1 : 9 in favor of
Hammersmith, the liabilities of each parish being clearly shewn in the
abstracts to be published.
We also find a payment of £31 : 6 : 8 to Messrs. Bloxam and
Hawkins, the Solicitors in the action of F. Scott v. the Board of
Works: we cannot but express regret that the Board should have
defended that action, no doubt they thought themselves justified, but
in our opinion, legal proceedings of such a doubtful character had
better have been avoided.
(Signed,)
WILLIAM MUSSARED, )
HENRY WILLIAM KEYS, Auditors.
S. G. BOND,
Board Room, Broadway House,
May 28th, 1862.