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REPORT OF THE VESTRY CLERK.
Gentlemen,
During the year ending Lady-day, 1880, the
amount collected on the Poor's Rate was £51,566 6s. 4d.; the
amount in the pound levied for the four quarters was 2s. 1d., being
for the quarter to Midsummer, 5d.; to Michaelmas, 7d. ; to
Christmas, 6d.; and to Lady-day, 7d.
During the previous year the Poor Rate was 2s. 6d.
The amount of: the Guardians' Calls for the year ending
Lady-day, 1879, was £50,000; and for the last year, £39,000;
and for the half-year, Lady-day to Michaelmas, 1880, is
£24,000.
The amount owing to the Guardians at Lady-day, 1879, was
nil; at the end of the year, ending at Lady-day, 1880, the sum of
£4,500 was due.
Further particulars of the expenditure of Poor Rate will be
found in the Balance Sheet, as audited and signed.