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Report of the Auditors appointed under The Local Government Act, 1894.
WE, Annum Josepii Talbot, William Josnua Carr, Samuel Clare Walker, Henry
Moore, and Charles William Cobon, the Auditors appointed under the provisions of the
Local Government Act, 1894, to examine and audit the Accounts of the Vestry of
the Farish of Rotherhithe, aforesaid, for the year ending 25th March, 1895, having carefully
and diligently examined and investigated the Accounts of the said Vestry, for the period
aforesaid, and the Vouchers in support of the same, and the Books, Papers, Instruments, and
Writings in their custody or control relating thereto, do hereby certify and declare that We have
this day audited the said Accounts of the said Vestry, at the Vestry Offices, Lower Road,
Rotherhithe, in the County of London, and that the said Accounts are true and correct, except
as reported below, and We do allow the same accordingly, and sign the same in token of such
our allowance thereof.
We, the undersigned, have great pleasure in testifying to the perfect order in which the
Accounts are kept; we can only find missing Vouchers amounting to Three shillings and
sixpence ; this has been satisfactorily explained by the Clerk.
We feel justified in drawing attention to the large amount spent for cleaning two rooms
at 25, Neston Street, namely, Thirty-seven shillings and sixpence.
e also wish to draw your special attention to the loss sustained by the non-payment of
the full amount of rates due from the Roman Catholic Schools, Paradise Street.
Given under our hands this 28th day of May, 1895.
(Signed)
Arthur Joseph Talbot,
William Joshua Carr,
Samuel Clare Walker,
Henry Moore,
Charles William Cobon,
Auditors.
Vestry Offices,
Lower Road, Rotherhithe, S.E.