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Financial—continued.
£2,000, 0s. 0d. has been paid off the Loan borrowed of the Eagle Insurance
Company, for paving the carriageway Deptford Lower-road, from the Surrey Commercial
Dock entrance to the "Lion" P.H, leaving £8,000 to be repaid by equal annual
instalments, within a period of 16 years, with interest at £5 per cent. per annum.
In June 1875, the following Loans were obtained of the Atlas Assurance Company
viz.: —£6,700 for paving the carriageway Plough-road, from the spot where the former
paving terminated to the foot of Plough Bridge, also the carriageway Rotherhithe
street, from Lavender Bridge eastward, and the part of the carriageway on the west
side of the said bridge that was unpaved, to be repaid by 20 annual instalments ; and
£3,300 for paving the footways of the main roads, to be repaid by 10 annual instalments,
the first of such instalments to be payable on the 1st day of June, 1876; the
interest payable on the two last mentioned loans is at the rate of £4, 5s. Od. per cent,
per annum.
The Loan of £600 obtained of Mr. Edward Talbot, and the Loan of £200
obtained of the late Mr. Edmond George Dannell, for sewers works, also the two Loans
of £1,500 each, borrowed of the same gentlemen for paving works, still continue, these
loans being repayable in ten and fifteen years respectively. The Vestry set aside £280
yearly to form a sinking fund to pay the same off at the expiration of the said terms,
the sum at present standing to such sinking fund account being £1,680, 0s. 0d.
In October 1875, the Executors of Mr. Edmond George Dannell gave notice to
the Vestry for the repayment of the two loans of £200 and £1,500, and the same will
be paid off at the expiration of six months from the date of the notice.
Charity Estates, &c.
The accounts of Messrs. William Archer and Robert Foottit, Churchwardens, for
the year 1875-76. have been audited, and the following is a copy of the Charities
Account:—
£
s.
d.
To Balance received from the late Churchwardens
37
15
3
„ Cash received, Plaistow Estate
12
17
10
„ „ Stratford Estate
36
8
10
„ „ Plaistow Estate
12
17
10
„ „ Stratford Estate
36
8
10
„ „ Smith's Charity
45
17
6
„ „ Bennett's Charity
9
0
0
„ „ Hill and Bell's Charity
6
0
0
„ „ Coat and Cloak Charity
6
0
0
„ „ Mrs. Embleton's Gift
5
0
10
£208
6
11