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Clerkenwell 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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ABSTRACT.
| RECEIPTS. | Money owing to the Vestry at 25th March. 1879. | EXPENDITURE. | Liabilities at 25th March, 1879. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Sewer Account | 3383 | 12 | 9 | Sewer Account | 10 | 0 | 0 | Sewer Account | 3822 | 12 | 8 | Sewer Account | 3594 | 16 | 8 |
| Main Drainage do. | 1509 | 3 | 3 | Main Drainage do. | 625 | 0 | 0 | Main Drainage do. | 2047 | 12 | 9 | Main Drainage do. | 1727 | I | 7 |
| Lighting do. | 5010 | 4 | 11 | Lighting do. | 30 | 0 | 0 | Lighting do. | 3637 | 18 | 4 | Lighting do. | 1118 | 10 | 2 |
| General do. | 24669 | 19 | 6 | General do. | 2756 | 0 | 0 | General do. | 24468 | 9 | 3 | General do. | *42981 | 14 | 2 |
| Planting Trees | 100 | 0 | 0 | 33970 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| Balance in Clerk'shande Balance in Bank at 25th March, 1879 | 114 | 19 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 581 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| £34673 | 0 | 5 | 3421 | 0 | 0 | £34073 | 0 | 5 | £49422 | 8 | 7 | ||||
*This sum includes £541 13s. 4d. £9,935 4s. 6d., £700 0s. 3d.. £161,800. £340. and £2.070 Loans from the Mutual. Atlas. Provident Clerks' Atlas, and
Atlas Assurance Societies, and the Metropolitan Hoard of Works respectively, payable by Instalments.
PURSUANT to the 195th Section of the Metropolis Local Management Act. We hereby certify that we have carefully examined
and Audited the respective Accounts of the Vestry of the Parish of Saint James and Saint John. Clerkenwell. for the year ending Lady-day, 1879.
and that we find them to be true and correct in all particulars, and we hereby sign the name in token thereof.
Dated this fifth day of June, 1879. ROBERT CHIPPERFIEI.D, )
JAMES CHARLES PATRICK. V Auditors.
\MRROSK EDWARD HILL. >
To the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and St. John. Clerkenwell.
Gentlemen,—We the undersigned Auditors of Accounts for the Parish of Saint James and Saint John, Clerkenwell, having carefully
examined and completed the Audit for the year ending March 25th, 1879, desire to record our satisfaction with the manner in which the Accounts were
presented to us. and the prompt attention displayed by Mr. Paget. and his Son, Mr, R. E. Paget. which greatly facilitated the discharge of our duties
Before closing our report, we desire to make special reference to an item in the Accouts, of £183 1s. 0d. expenses incurred by the Trustees of the
Advowson. in the litigation subsequent to the late Vicariate Election. After 9 thorough examinination of all the points in reference to this matter, and
mature deliberation thereon, we feel ourselves thoroughly justified in approving of such payment. at the same time regretting the non-publication of
the legal bearings of the case, which we feel assured would have considerably modified the excitement and opposition thereto
Dated this-5th day of June, 1879. We are. Gentlemen. yours respectfully,
ROBERT CHIPPEBFIELD,
JAMES CHARLES PATRICK, Auditors.
AMBROSE EDWARD HILL,