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Total payments from the Poor Rate £34,971 10 1
Less—Surplus receipts paid at various times
by the Commissioners in relief of the
Poor Rate 9,350 0 0
Net charge on the Poor Rate (spread over
a period of 36 years) £25,621 10 1
Number of Tickets issued to Washers from
the 14th June, 1852, to the 31st December,
1890 1,954,179
Number of Bath Tickets issued during the
same period 4,423,394
Total number of Tickets issued 6,377,573
Total Receipts from Bathers and Washers
from the 14th June, 1852. to the 31st
December, 1890 £115.806 19s. 0d.
These figures tell their own story. It may, however, be
remarked that for £25,621 10s. 1d. the ratepayers have obtained
a freehold building, unencumbered by debt, and probably fully
worth that sum. The present swimming bath is an iron tank
measuring about 40ft. by 30ft. It is almost exclusively used
by boys, and far from conforms with modern ideas. There is,
moreover, no swimming bath in the neighbourhood available
for ladies. The outside estimate for constructing the bath and
and all expenses incidental thereto was placed at the inquiry
at £6,000, and as the Commissioners had in hand upwards of
£1.000, and the Yestry had provided a sum of £2,000 for the
space to be added to the stoneyard by the basement under the
bath, there only remained £3,000 to be provided, which it was
proposed should be borrowed and repaid by equal instalments
extending over 10 years. The first year's charge in respect of
the loan for principal and interest would be about £400, and
and the working expenses of the new bath were estimated at
£250, making a total of £650. The receipts from the Baths and
Washhouses exceed the normal expenditure by about £300 a
year, so that in order to make the accounts balance it will be