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REPORT, 1888-89. 71
REPORT
of the
Commissioners for Public Baths and Washhouses
for the
PARISH OF PADDINGTON.
The Commissioners for Public Baths and Washhouses Accountsfor
the Parish of Paddington, in submitting their Statement
of Accounts for the year ending 25th March, 1889,
certified by Messrs. Wilde & Venables, Chartered
Accountants, and duly audited by three of the Parochial
Auditors, beg to report as follows
The result of the year's working has unfortunately
shown a falling off in the receipts, as compared with last
year, of £380 2s. id.
During the twelve months, the Commissioners have
cleared off the Liabilities due at the end of the previous
year, viz. :—£1,025 175. 3d. (including £56 11s. 8d. for
Water, supplied up to Christmas, 1887, and £400 borrowed
from the London and County Banking Company).
In order to effect this, they had to apply to the
Vestry on the 17th December, 1888, for an advance of
£500. They however feel confident, that had the weather
been favourable, they would have been able to meet even
these outstanding liabilities without making such an
application.
The Commissioners have further been compelled
to expend the sum of £40 15s. od. in payment of
damages and costs in an action commenced on the
22nd March, 1888, by an employe of a former contractor
for Coke, for injuries received through the alleged negligence
of the Commissioners, which they, through the
death of the material witness before the case came on for
trial, were unable to properly defend