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The precept of the School Board again exhibited the enormous
school Board Precept.
increase of £1627 : 17 : 5 over that of the previous year, and, as
already stated, required a rate of gd. in the £ to pay it.
The Vestry view with the gravest apprehension the annually
increasing expenditure of the School Board, but the Vestry
have no power to check it. The Vestry have passed many
resolutions that in their opinion the expenditure of the School
Board is excessive, but there their power ends, and it is for the
ratepayers themselves to deal with the matter at the elections
for the School Board.
The statement of the various School Board precepts since
the formation of that Board is appended.
The precept of the Metropolitan Board of Works for Con- Consolisolidated
rate shows only a slight increase of £377 : 18 : 8 over dated
that of last year, but requires a rate of 7d in the £ to pay it. Rate
The record of the Metropolitan Board precepts is also appended.
As before stated the Vestry have borrowed a further sum of Loans.
£2,250 from the Metropolitan Board of Works, but during the
year the balances due to the Star Life Office on two loans have
been paid off. The loans thus paid off were those raised for
the purposes of the White Horse Lane Improvement, and the
providing plant, &c., for doing the Vestry's own dusting and
cleansing. The annual repayment of the latter loan was £1000,
so that a decided relief to the rates will be afforded by its
payment off.
The Clerk to the Vestry, the Surveyor, and the Medical Payments
Officer of Health made application to the Vestry for the grant to Clerk,
of some remuneration for extra services performed for the Sirvevpr. and
Vestry in connection with the preparation of the history of the medical Officer
works accomplished by the Vestry, and several other matters.
The Vestry referred the matter to a Committee of the whole
Board, which carefully considered it and reported to the Vestry
recommending a grant of £100 to the Clerk, £50 to the Surveyor
and £25 to the Medical Officer, which report was adopted.
The Annual Accounts were duly audited, found correct and Annual
allowed, and are printed and published with the report. Accounts.
The reports of the various officers at the heads of depart- Officers'
ments will be found appended hereto, and the Vesry direct Reports,
attention to them as containing fuller information on several
points before but cursorily referred to.
By Order,
MILLNER JUTSUM,
Vestry Hall, Clerk to the Vestry.
Bancroft Road, Mile End, E.,
June, 1884.