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THE VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF FULHAM.
Town Hall, S.W.
AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE.
We, the undersigned Auditors of the Accounts of the Vestry
of the Parish of Fulham, for the financial year ending 25th
March, 1892, hereby certify that we have examined the
books of the Vestry, and have compared the vouchers with £. s. d.
the cheques, and we find the balance of 6538 2 7
at the Bankers on Current and Deposit Accounts to be
correct, and, allowing for the outstanding cheques, amounting
to 1369 19 10
the balance to be £5168 2 9
We have also examined the Loan Account of the Vestry,
and we find that the loans, including £13,300 borrowed
during the year (of which £5,400 will be recouped from the
London County Council), amount to £83,780 8 0
We notice with regret that the Vestry are still paying £105 a year
for Trafalgar House Stables, which are shut up and unoccupied, and we
are of opinion that the place should have been disposed of.
We are of opinion that the charges for advertisements are excessive,
and that the advertisements inserted by the Vestry in the Builder and
Metropolitan papers could be curtailed.
We find that the Vestry are still paying for the emptying of cesspools
in the Parish, and we concur with last year's Auditors remarks that this
amount should be paid by the owners.
We notice the sum of £456 17s. 2d. has been spent by the Vestry on
printing during the past year, and we are of opinion that a saving could
have been effected on this item.
We see, on examining the Solicitor's Bills of Costs, that on those bills
which have been submitted to taxation a slight saving has been effected,
and we strongly recommend that all bills of costs amounting to £20 or
upwards should be taxed.
We note that £2 10s. a month is paid to an outside Company for
cleaning the windows of the Town Hall, and we are of opinion that a
man in the parish could be employed at a much less cost.
We find that a sum of £1517 2s. 8d. has been paid to Mr. W. Bagley
for a dust shoot in the Parish, and we would strongly urge on the Vestry
the necessity of finding some other means of disposing of the house refuse.