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OTHER PAROCHIAL CHARITIES.
A list of other endowed Charities in which the Parish is
interested is given on pages 140 to 144, and statements oi'
the accounts on pages 130 to 135.
FINANCIAL.
Poor Rate —This Account commenced with a balance of
£422 9s. 9d. due to the Treasurer, the receipts during the
year amounted to £123,814 5s. 4½d. and expenditure to
£120,197 7s. 8d., leaving a balance due to the Treasurer
of £2,385 2s. 3½d. at the close of the account at Lady-day,
which amount includes the sum of £58 4s. 6d. disallowed by
the District Auditor at Michaelmas, 1895.
Sewers and General Rate.—It will be seen on reference
to the Accounts, commencing on page 102, that the
year commenced with a balance in the Treasurer's and
Vestry Clerk's hands amounting to £15,258 5s. 1d. The
sum of £71,648 6s. 5½d. was received during the twelve
months, and the expenditure for the same period reached a
total of £74,789 10s. 7d..leaving a balance of £12,117 0 s. ll½d.
on the 25th March, 1896.
Against this cash balance, however, there were, oil the
last-mentioned date, debts and liabilities properly chargeable
to income amounting to £13,752 12s. 10d, with assets
(exclusive of cash balance) estimated to realise
£763 3s. 8½d., leaving a sum of £872 8s. 2d. to be carried
to the debit of the present year.
LOANS.
The negotiations for the loan of £10,850 which the
Vestry mentioned in their last report were proceeding with
the London County Council to meet the cost of certain
exceptional paving and other works resulted in certain