APPENDIX No. 31 THE VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF CHELSEA IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
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An Account in abstract, shewing the Receipt and Expenditure of the said Vestry, under the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, for the year ending on the 25th day of March, 1861, under the several distinct heads of Receipt and Expenditure with a Statement of the allowance of the Auditors. Pursuant to the 196th Section of the 18th and 19th Vict., cap. 120.
RECEIPTS. £ s. d.
Cash Balance in Treasurer’s hands 2542 8 7
Rates—
Order of the Vestry to the Guardians of the Poor, dated March 18th, 1856, surplus 5 3 0
Do. dated 17th March, 1857, surplus 31 8 7
Do. do. 17th March, 1857, surplus 5 18 10
Do. do. December 18th, 1857, surplus 42 5 7
Do. do. March 30th, 1858, surplus 76 13 6
Do. do. September 28th, 1858, surplus 251 12 5
Do. do. January 11th, 1859, surplus 337 19 2
Do. do. February 1st, 1859, surplus 85 5 6
Do. do. March 15th, 1859 321 9 9
Do. do. September 13th, 1859, surplus 180 16 0
Do. do. September 13th, 1859, surplus 241 10 7
Do. do. September 13th, 1859 2526 7 5
Do. do. March 24th, 1860 39 5 11
Do. do. October 23rd, 1860 2670 0 0
Do. do. March 13th, 1860 5780 0 0
Do. on account of Chelsea Improvement Commission arrear, 1854, 1855, on No. 2, Durham Place 3 10 0
12599 6 3
Incidentals, General:—
Lighting 14 10 3
Works executed for Public Companies and others 617 2 11
Sundries 4 8 6
Sanitary Works 27 19 5
Rents 44 0 0
768 1 1
Metropolitan Board of Works:—
Order of the Vestry dated 13th September, 1859—
“Ranelagh” District 204 19 8
“Counter’s Creek” ditto 256 9 1
461 8 9
Ditto dated 13th Sept., 1859, re Main Drainage, amount thereof 2928 2 0
Ditto dated 2nd July, 1860, for £1720 11s. 8d. on account thereof 1444 3 0
4833 13 9
Carried forward 20683 9 8
PAYMENTS.
General Works:—
Paving Roads,
Materials 2118 17 7
Labor 316 1 9
Sundries 97 9 6
2532 8 10
Footways,
Materials 570 12 8
Labor 124 16 0
Sundries 6 19 2
702 7 10
Cartage of Materials 258 18 1
3493 14 9
Lighting,
Gas consumed 3668 13 5
New Lights 22 8 0
Repairs 49 8 3
Gas Enquiry 150 0 0
Law Expenses 871 2 1
4761 11 9
Watering,
Contracts 853 16 1
Sundries 89 5 5
Law Expenses 111 5 0
1054 6 6
Cleansing,
Contracts 518 19 10
Labor 567 12 4
Sundries 20 0 9
1106 12 11
Improving 58 16 2
Removing Nuisances 326 15 0
Sanitary Works 4 3 2
Rents 57 18 8
Sundries 122 6 8
10986 5 7
Deduct from Surveyor’s Disbursements for Labor charged above the sum paid 1 14 3
10984 11 4
Metropolitan Board of Works:—
Precept dated 12th August, 1859, and payable 30th April, 1860, for Main Drainage, amount thereof 2928 2 0
Precept dated 31st December, 1858, and payable March 25th, 1859, amount of Counter’s Creek portion thereof 447 4 2
Precept dated 11th May, 1860, and payable 29th Sept., 1860, cash on account 1720 11 8
5095 17 10
Carried forward 16080 9 2
Amount brought forward 20683 9 8
Incidentals—Sewers, viz.
Contribution towards Alteration of Ranelagh Sewer Bridge 5 0 0
Block Flaps 2 12 2
7 12 2
Establishment—Incidentals:—
Stamps for Contracts repaid 7 0 0
Sundries 0 2 0
Inspector’s Costs repaid 0 18 0
Hire of Hall 99 5 0
107 5 0
Mr. Ludlow, amount returned as overcharged on Taxes, June, 1859 0 8 4
Deposits for House Drains, &c. 306 14 10
Interest on Deposit account 106 19 1
Error by Treasurer in Pass Book, per contra. 4 17 11
Treasurer, for amount of “Deposit account” 7000 0 0
£28,217 7 0
Amount brought forward 16080 9 2
Sewers Works
Construction of Sewers and Gullies 149 6 5
Private Drain Mouths 19 3 8
Cleansing Sewers and Gullies 55 14 1
Day Work 118 8 2
Incidentals 33 18 4
Cartage and Horsehire 9 15 9
386 16 5
Establishment
Salaries
C. Lahee, Clerk 250 0 0
Dr. A. W. Barclay, Medical Officer 150 0 0
J. Pattison, Surveyor 250 0 0
J. E. Salway, Office Clerk 78 0 0
J. Nicol, do. 78 0 0
W. Holland, Office Messenger 3 10 0
E. Alder, Inspector of Nuisances 130 0 0
W. Maddy, Hall-keeper 70 4 0
1009 14 0
Rent, Taxes, &c. 81 1 1
Office Cleaning, &c. 20 7 0
Books, Stationery, and Printing 229 8 5
Stamps for Contracts 9 6 0
Law Charges 358 18 4
Sundries 119 16 0
Inspector’s Costs 1 10 0
Expenses of Committees and Officers 79 1 3
,, of Coffee Room 26 9 11
,, of cleaning the Hall 2 10 6
1938 2 6
Charges on Local Rates,—Hans Town,
Compensation to late Officer 144 0 0
Chelsea, do. do. 20 0 0
164 0 0
Income and Assessed Taxes 71 6 1
Deposits for House Drains, &c., returned 41 16 2
Error by Treasurer in Pass Book, per contra. 4 17 11
Interest on Loans 1245 16 0
Repayment of Loans 1900 0 0
Vestry Hall 5593 5 4
Balance in Treasurer’s hands 790 17 5
£28,217 7 0
The Account of which the foregoing is an Abstract has been audited and allowed by us, except [123] as therein referred to, and we have signed the same in token thereof, pursuant to the 195th Section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, 18 & 19 Vict., cap. 120.
G. E. Mead, W. Rhind, James Crisp.