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6 JULY, 1892.
With reference to the Accounts under head of "Credit
Sales," Mr. Wilde stated that that part of the Accounts had
not been dealt with by him, as for the purpose of the Annual
Report and in compliance with the Act, 18 & 19 Vic., c. 120,
s. 192, an Account of "Receipts and Expenditure" only is
ordered, and as such Sales do not come under either of the
above headings he has had no knowledge of them until payment
for the same has been made.
Respecting the "mode" of keeping the Accounts, Mr. Wilde
informed the Committee that though he considered the
Accounts were perfectly accurate, yet the system in some
respects was not the best, and also that he had gradually and
now almost completely inducted an improved method of
keeping the Vestry's Accounts.
Your Committee requested the Accountants to prepare and
present at their next meeting a "Report upon the present
position of the books of Account of the Vestry, as to
their being accurately kept, and that they furnish a list of the
Assets therein recorded;" your Committee then adjourned.
That your Committee met on the 21st April, 1892, at 5.30
p.m., when in response to the request of the Committee the
report of Messrs. Wilde & Venables was presented; the said
report was read and discussed, whereupon it was resolved
that the report be enbodied herewith, and presented to this
Vestry in its entirety; the said report is as follows:
To the Chairman of
the Finance Committee of the
Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Sir,
1. In accordance with the resolution of the Finance
Committee, requesting us
"To report to the Committee upon the present state
of the Books of the Vestry, as to their being
accurately kept, and that we be asked to make a
periodical examination of the amounts owing to
the Vestry."
2. We have to report that we find the Books of the Vestry
are now accurately kept.
3. We must remark, however, that we did not consider
the system we found in force when we were first instructed
to Audit the Books satisfactory, and we took
steps at that time to bring into use a better method
which has been gradually adopted, but not yet completely