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to parochial charities. The Vestry have, therefore,
made application to the Local Government Board
to transfer the duties of the Guardians or Governors
of the Poor, and of the Overseers, to the
Vestry; and have also referred it to the Finance
Committee to examine into and to report upon the
origin of the various Parish Charities of St. James
and St. John, and the intention of the donors as
far as can bo ascertained, with the view to the
administration of the non-ecclesiastical Charities
by the Vestry.
Ex-Officio Members.—The Vestry have also
written to the Local Government Board urging
upon them the desirability of abolishing all ex-offlcio
Members of the Vestry.
Register of Voters.—The register of Parliamentary
Voters, County Electors, and Parochial
Electors for the Parish of Clerkenwell (which is
the Central Division of the Borough of Finsbury)
made out in 1894, and coming into force in 1895,
shows the total number of Parliamentary Electors
to be 8,911, of County Electors 8,794, and of
Parochial Electors 10,313.
Loans.—The debt in the shape of loans of the
Parish of Clerkenwell compares very favourably
with that of other Parishes in the Metropolis. It
amounted at the 25th March, 1895, to the sum of
£32.562. made up as follows:—
£200 Balance of £4,000 incurred in August,
1875, for new paving works. This sum
was borrowed from the Atlas Assurance
Company at 4¼ per cent. The annual
repayment of principal is £200 and the
loan will be extinguished in 1895.