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perambulation occupied between 4 and 5 hours, and was
followed by a dinner at St. James's Hall, the Rector presiding.
Several of the boundary marks were found to be displaced,
and an order was passed by the Vestry on the 4th August
for these to be put right.
FINANCIAL.
It will be seen on reference to the accounts commencing
on page 122, that the year commenced with a balance in the
Treasurer's hands amounting to £13,579 0s. 5d. The sum
of £85,222 17s. 4d. was received during the twelve months,
and the expenditure for the same period reached a total of
£87,856 17s. 11d., leaving a balance of £10,944 19s. 10d. on
the 25th March, 1888.
Against this cash balance, however, there were on the last
mentioned date, debts and liabilities properly chargeable to
income amounting to £11,237 8s. 11d. with assets (exclusive
of cash balance) estimated to realise £1,345 9s. 1d. leaving
a surplus of £1,053 to be carried to the credit of the present
year.
LOANS.
A loan of £6,000 for paving works has been taken up during
the past year ; the money was borrowed from the Metropolitan
Board of Works for a period of five years at interest at the
rate of £3 10s. per cent. per annum.
A statement of the loans now outstanding is given on
page 132.
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