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16

£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Brought forward
32
8
0
24
7
5
Colls
10
16
0
Clark
10
16
0
Ashby
10
10
0
Andrews
10
16
0
Evans
10
16
0
Power
10
16
0
Adams
10
14
0
Smith
10
16
0
Rule
10
12
8
Colls
10
16
0
139
16
8
Hill and Bells Charity, Treasurer of Charity School
3
0
0
Mrs. Embleton's Charity
5
0
10
Coat and Cloak Charity
6
0
0
Ambrose Bennett's Gift, distributed in Coal, &c.
9
0
0
District Board of West Ham, for palings, &c.
10
0
0
Expenses visiting Charity Estates
10
15
1
£208
0
0
Miscellaneous.
The Grand Surrey and Commercial Dock Companies having disputed their liability
to pay Paving, Lighting, and Sewers Rates, or, at all events, only a small proportion of
Paving and General Purposes Rate and Lighting Rate, and no Sewer Kate, a Committee
was appointed to consider the matter; and, upon their recommendation, the Vestry
arranged with the Dock Companies that the evidence on both sides should be taken
before some Barrister to be agreed upon, who should draw up a case and submit it to
the Court of Quarter Sessions, for them to state to the Court of Queen's Bench, in order
that the latter Court might fully determine the liability or non-liability of the Companies
to pay all, or any and what portion, of the Rates in question.
The cases are now being proceeded with, and the Dock Companies continue to pay
the Rates, upon the understanding that any money found to have been overpaid, upon
the settlement of the appeals, be returned to them.
The valuation of the Parish for assessment to the Parochial Rates, is still proceeding,
and is now nearly completed.
Mr. W. P. Beech having applied to the Vestry and offered to purchase the site of
the five-feet way at the west end of his premises at Horseferry-stairs, for the purpose of
throwing the same into his proposed new dock ; and the Vestry, taking into consideration
that the said way had been for many years totally disused by the inhabitants, and there
being a commodious public right of way at Horseferry-stairs, they agreed to accept the