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the advertisements. At the same time, the Vestry sanctioned
the engagement of a clerk in the surveyor's
department, to which Mr. E. J. Winsborrow was appointed,
after candidates had been invited by newspaper advertisements.
The arrangements under which the members of the staff
furnished their respective securities was revised in October,
when a collective policy was taken up by and at the
expense of the Vestry.
An increase of salary was voted to Mr. T. E. K. White,
the collector of rates in Wards Nos. 1 and 3 of St. John,
in December, in consideration of the peculiarities of his
collection, his maximum of £200 being extended to £250,
by annual increments of £10.
The resignation of Mr. Alfred Aldin, rate collector in
Ward No. 1 of St. Margaret's, and the steps taken to fill
the vacancy, have already been noticed in the report of
the Finance Committee's proceedings.
A list of the officers with their addresses is published in
the opening pages of this Report. An Appendix, No. 4
is also given, showing the dates of the several appointments
and the salaries.
Rates,
Rateable
Value. &c.
Notwithstanding an advance of one penny in
the £ upon the rates of the preceding year, the
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parish maintained its position among the lowest rated
parishes in the metropolis. The rates levied amounted to
4s. 3½d. in the £, the rateable value being £745,223. Of
the rates levied, 3s. 4½d. in the £, or 78.7 per cent. were for
the purposes and expenses of central boards and bodies, for
whose policy and administration the Vestry is in no way
answerable; the expenditure under the control of the