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gentlemen assumed the jurisdiction imposed upon them by
the statute, they have annually called to their assistance
four gentlemen from among the members of the Vestry
who have in past years served the office of Churchwarden
or Overseer, to share the duties relating to the management,
letting, and maintenance of the building. Thus constituted
the body maintains an entire independence of
the Vestry, and are responsible to the District Auditor of
the Local Government Board for the proper carrying out
of their stewardship. The business of letting is conducted
absolutely without charge of any kind upon the rates, and
such unexpended income as may remain in the hands of
the Churchwardens and Overseers at the close of the year
is paid to the credit of the Poor Rate. In consequence,
however, of the building having required complete and
permanent decoration in the course of the year, which was
carried out a cost of twelve hundred pounds, no balance
was available for the purpose at Lady-Day. A statement
of the receipts and disbursements on their account, as
certified by the Local Government Board Auditor, is incorporated
herewith as an Appendix, No. 15.
Executivo.
Allusion has already been made in the report
of the Finance Committee, at page 11, to
some ot the changes in the official staff of the Vestry. In
addition thereto the Vestry increased the salary of the
medical officer of health, Mr. Barnard Holt, from £130, at
which it had remained since his appointment in 1856, to
£250, in consideration of the greater demand made upon
his time. An allowance of £78 per annum was also made
to the solicitor, Mr. Warrington Rogers, towards the cost
of clerical assistance in his office, by reason of the increasing
business of the legal department, In November, the Vestry
granted an additional junior clerk in the general office, to
relieve the pressure of work, Mr. W. S. Sinipkin being
appointed from among the applicants who responded to