1.—The Mayor.
2.—The Recorder.
3.—The Town Clerk.
4.—The M.P.’s for the Borough.
5.—The Members of the Council who had served the office of Mayor
according to priority of election.
6.—The Aldermen and Councillors according to priority of election, the
former in Wards in which they resided, the latter in the Wards for which
they were elected, commencing with the North Ward.
At the Parish Audit, the Auditor remarked that “in some instances the
amount (of the rate) excused exceeded the sum collected.”