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£385 14s. 3d. has been paid off the Loan of £2,700 borrowed in January 1881,
of Mr. Reuben Henry Williams, for paving works executed in Union-road, Deptford
Lower-road, Rotherhithe New-road, Plough-road, and Commercial Dock-road, leaving
£2,314 5s. 9d. to be repaid by six annual instalments, with interest at the rate of
£4 4s. 6d. per cent. per annum.
In November 1881, the Vestry borrowed of the Metropolitan Board of Works the
sum of £2,000, towards defraying the expense of paving the carriageway and footways
of Rotherhithe-street at the Gas Works and Carolina Wharf, such Loan to be repaid
by twenty consecutive annual instalments of £100 each, on the 31st day of October, in
each year, with interest at the rate of £3 15s. Od. per cent. per annum.
Collector of Paving, Lighting, and Sewers Rates.
Mr. William Matthew Marshall, who had held the office of Collector of Paving,
Lighting, and Sewers Rates of this parish since June 1861, died on the 2nd March,
1881.
The office of the Collector of the General Rates having thus become vacant, the
Vestry, on the 13th of May, 1881, elected Mr. Joseph Day, Collector of the Paving,
Lighting, and Sewers Rates, the remuneration to be by a commission of 1¼ per cent.
upon the amount of rates collected.
Mr. Day gave the Vestry a guarantee policy with the Provident Clerks' and
General Guarantee Association (Limited) for £1000, as security for the above performance
of his duties as Collector.
Charitv Estates, etc.
The accounts of Messrs. William Canham and Robert Foottit, Churchwardens for
the year 1881-82, have been audited, and the following is a copy of the Charities
Account, viz.:—
£
s.
d.
To cash received from late Churchwardens
23
2
0
,, Mr. Machin, Plaistow Estate
33
17
5
„ Stratford Estate
35
16
8
„ Smith's Charity
50
0
0
„ Mr. Bennetts, Plaistow Estate
8
6
6
„ Stratford Estate
36
15
0
„ Sprunt's Charity
5
7
8
„ Bennett's Charity
9
0
0
„ Hill and Bell's Charity
6
0
0
„ Coat and Cloak Charity
6
0
0
„ Mrs. Erableton's Gift
5
0
10
£219
6
1