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According to custom, the salaries of the whole of the
officers were considered in January, and revised in such
manner as the Vestry deemed advisable. It may be mentioned
that the cost of administration has of late years
been largely reduced, and that, in consequence of a
re-organisation, the total charge for salaries of the officers
is £150 per annum less than it was three years ago,
although the work of the Vestry is constantly increasing.
A list of the officers of the Vestry and their respective
salaries is given on page 207.
FINANCIAL.
It will be seen on reference to the accounts given on page
202, that the year commenced with a balance in the
Treasurer's hands amounting to £14,606 7s. 6d. The sum
of £65,582 8s. 7d. was received during the twelve months,
and the expenditure for the same period reached a total of
£63,455 16s, 11d., leaving a balance of £16,729 19s. 2d. on
the 25th March, 1885.
Against this cash balance, however, there were on the lastmentioned
date, debts and liabilities properly chargeable to
income amounting to £12,133 17s. 3d., with assets (exclusive
of cash balance) estimated to realise £914 15s. 9d., leaving
a surplus of £5,510 17s. 8d. to be carried to the credit of
the present year.
LOANS.
The only loan now outstanding is the sum of £3,428 l1s. 6d.
being the balance of the loan of £8,000 taken up in the
year 1880, for wood paving works in Regent Street (Oxtord
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