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Overseers are nominated by the Vestry, and appointed
by a Magistrate within 14 days of the 25th
March, as prescribed by 54 Geo III., Cap. 21. A.
list of the present members will be found on pp. 11.
Register of Voters.—The register of Parliamentary
Yoters, County Electors, and Parochial
Electors for the Parish of Clerkenwell (which is
the Central Division of the Borough of Finsbury)
made out in 1897, and coming into force in 1898,
shows the total number of Parliamentary Electors
to be 8,665, of County Electors 9,179, and of
Parochial Electors 10,290.
Loans.—The debt in the shape of loans of the
Parish of Clerkenwell amounted at the 25th March,
1898, to the sum of £37,400, made up as
follows:—
£1,300
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.
£600
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.
£1,400
Balance of £2,100 borrowed in February,
1888, for acquiring the freehold of the old
Yestry Hall. The amount was also
borrowed from the Metropolitan Board of
Works; the term is 30 years, at 3½ per
cent. The annual instalment of principal
£3,300