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REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTANT.
To the Vestry of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch,
Gentlemen,
I beg, herewith, to submit, or the information of the Vestry,
the annual tabular statements, classified under distinct headings, shewing
the gross receipts from all sources to the Vestry exchequer, likewise the
disbursements under their orders, during the financial year of the
business of the Vestry, ending the 25th day of March last. In the first
place, the amount raised by rates alone shews £110,572 4s. 4d., and
from other sources, including contributions from the Metropolitan Board
of Works, £3,400 towards public improvements in the Parish. The
amount paid by various persons for hire of the Town Hall was £916 5s.
as against £637 1s. 2d. during the previous year, being an increase of
£279 3s. 10d. The total receipts are £116,249 8s.
The chief items in the expenditure may be briefly ennumerated, as
follows: Payments to the Guardians under contribution orders £49,000,
to the Treasurer for the County of Middlesex, County Rate, £5,580 5s.;
Police Rate, £12,651 8s. 9d; Collectors' poundage and salaries,
£1,822 16s. 9d.; repayments of Loans and Interest, £8,623 15s.; the
Metropolitan Board of Works, £9,167 17s. 11d., in which sum is now
included Main Drainage precepts. The improvements in Shepherdess
Walk, Huntingdon and Essex Streets, likewise that contemplated in
the High Street. Shoreditch, cost £4467 17s. 5d., with other payments,
not here specially mentioned, brings the gross disbursements under