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The Precept of the School Board for the year 1878,
represents, including the expenses of collection, a rate
of 5½d, in the £, and if that be taken from the
2s. 2d. before mentioned, it will leave an amount of
1s. 8½d. in the £ wherewith the Vestry has carried out
the works under its control, kept down the interest on
its loans, and repaid the instalments thereof punctually
as they became due.
The actual amount expended by the Vestry in
works, &c., over which it has absolute control, compares
favorably with the preceding three years, when
the amounts so expended were—
1875 1s. 8d. in the £
1876 1 8 „ £
1877 18 „ £
1878 1 8½ „ £
The Precepts of the Metropolitan Board of Works
have not, for the last three years, exhibited any great
fluctuation, the Precepts having been—
1876 £6091 1s. 9d.
1877 5986 1 8
1878 6166 9 0
The Vestry are pleased to be able to report that the
Accounts for the year ending the 25th March last were
submitted to the Auditors and duly audited, vouched,
and allowed, without objection being raised by any one
to a single item.