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ANNUAL REPORTofthe ACCOUNTANT
together with the
Certificate of the Auditors of Accounts
For the Year Ended March 25th, 1889.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I beg to present to you my third Annual Report of the various
matters connected and dealt with in my department, relative to the
financies of the Parish, for the period above-stated, together with the
abstracts of the Accounts for the financial year, 1888-9, duly audited in
accordance with section 196, Cap. 120, of 18 and 19 Victoria, 1855;
annexed also is a statement of the Contracts entered into by the Vestry
from the 26th March, 1888, to 25th March, 1889. Appendix I. shows
the rates levied in Fulham from 1876-7 to 1888-9, and Appendix II. the
amounts paid to all outside bodies during the same period, over which
the Vestry have no direct control.
In conclusion I have to thank the members and officials of the Vestry
for the assistance rendered to me in the carrying out my duties during
the past year. I remain,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
ROBERT H. MEYER, F.S.A.A.
Accountant to the Vestry.
To the Chairman and Members
Of the Vestry of the Parish of Fulham.
Assessments, &c.
The Parish of Fulham comprises an area of 1,716 statute acres, with
a rateable value on the 6th April, 1889, of £373,152; the following
statements, showing the number of houses, population, &c., since 1856,
the first year of the Metropolis Management Act (1855), will give the
Parishioners some idea of the rapid growth of the Parish.