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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 1895, and coming into force in 1896,
shows the total number of Parliamentary Electors
to be 8,606, of County Electors 8,694, and of
Parochial Electors 9,989.
Loans.—The debt in the shape of loans of the
Parish of Clerkenwell compares favourably with
that of other Parishes in the Metropolis. It
amounted at the 25th March, 1896, to the sum of
£34.990, made up as follows:—
£115
Balance of £2,300 taken up in November,
1876, for building the Mortuary,
Coroner's Court, &c. The sum was
borrowed from the Metropolitan Board of
Works at 3¾ per cent. The annual repayment
of principal is £115, and the loan
will be paid off on October 1st., 1896.
£1,950
Balance of £6,500 borrowed in December,
1881, for new paving, from the Metropolitan
Board of Works at 3½ per cent.
The annual repayment of principal is
£325 and the loan will be paid off in
October, 1901.
£800
Balance of £2,000 borrowed in April,
1883, for new paving in a portion of
Pentonville Road. The amount was also
borrowed from the Metropolitan Board of
Works at 3½ per cent. The annual repayment
of principal is £100, and the
loan will be extinguished in April, 1903.