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REPORT OF THE VESTRY CLERK.
Gentlemen,
During the year ending Lady-day, 1878, the
amount collected on the Poor's Rate was £64,280 3s. 11d.; the
amount in the pound levied for the four quarters was 2s. 8d., being
for the quarter to Midsummer, 8d.; to Michaelmas, 9d.; to
Christmas, 7d; and to Lady-day, 8d.
During the previous year the Poor Rate was 2s. 4d.
The amount of the Guardians' Calls for the year ending
Lady-day, 1877, was £43,000; and for the last year £51,000;
and for the half-year, Lady-day to Michaelmas, 1878, is £30,000.
The amount owing to the Guardians at Lady-day, 1877,
was nil, and the same satisfactory result was attained at the end of
the last year.
Further particulars of the expenditure of Poor Rate will be
found in the Balance Sheet given with the Accountant's Report.