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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTANT,
TOGETHER WITH THE
CERTIFICATE OF THE AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS,
For the year ended March 25///, 1896.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I beg to present to you my Tenth Annual Report of the various
matters connected and dealt with in my department relative to the finances
of the Parish, for the period above stated, together with the Abstracts of the
Accounts for the financial year, 1895-6, duly audited in accordance with
section 196, cap. 120, of 18 and 19 Victoria ; annexed also is a statement of
the Contracts entered into by the Vestry from the 26th March, 1895, to
25th March. 1896. Appendix I. shows the rates levied in Fulham from
1876-7 to 1895-6, Appendix II. the amounts paid to all outside bodies during
the same period, over which the Vestry have no direct control, and
Appendix III. the Vestry's net yearly expenditure since its incorporation.
In conclusion, I have to thank the Members and Officials of the Vestry,
especially Mr. Dimmock, my assistant, for the assistance rendered to me in
the carrying out of my duties during the past year.
I remain,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
ROBERT II. 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 some 1,700 statute acres,
with a rateable value on the 6th April, 1896, of £560,965; 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.
1.—RATEABLE VALUE, &c.
The Annual Rateable Value of Property in the Parish, as per County
Rate Assessment or like estimate, and the amount id. in the jQ will produce