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REPORT OF THE YESTRY CLERK.
Gentlemen,
In presenting my Annual Report of the proceedings of the
Vestry for the year ending- Lady-day last, I will first direct your
attention to the past and present financial condition of the parish, and
furnish some data from which we may deduce some idea of its future
prospects.
FINANCIAL REVIEW.
The Income derived from the Poor Rate, for the year ending Ladyday,
1870, amounted to £73,099 7s. 9d.; the Expenditure during the
same period was £73,169 10s. 2d., £10,913 of which was to discharge a
balance due to the Treasurer at Lady-day, 1869. For the year ending
Lady-day last, the receipts from the Poor Rate, including sale of Engine
house, were £68,589 2s. 11d.; the expenditure £69,440 17s. 1d. The
particulars will be found in a table given in the Accountant's report.
The receipts from the Vestry Rates, for the year ending 1870, were
£39,363, and from all other sources, including balances, £59,908 2s. 3d.
the expenditure for all purposes, was £52,426 15s. 8d., or about £13,000
more than was raised by rates; this excess of expenditure was owing to
about £11,300 raised by loan and expended on new paving, and £9,300
to the Metropolitan Board, by which the cash balances were reduced in
round numbers from £17,000 to £7,500. During the past year the
receipts from the Vestry rates and other sources, have been, exclusive
of balances, £47,660 5s. 1d., and the expenditure £50,132 2s. 3d., by
which the balances have been reduced to £2472.