W. H. WHIFFIN, _Secretary_.
APPENDIX No. 31
THE VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF CHELSEA IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
_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_ 25_th 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_ 196_th Section of the_
18_th and 19th Vict._, _cap._ 120.
RECEIPTS. £ _s._ _d._
Cash Balance in Treasurer’s hands 2542 8 7
Rates—
Order of the Vestry to the 5 3 0
Guardians of the Poor, dated March
18th, 1856, surplus
Do. dated 17th March, 1857, 31 8 7
surplus
Do. do. 17th March, 1857, surplus 5 18 10
Do. do. December 18th, 1857, 42 5 7
surplus
Do. do. March 30th, 1858, surplus 76 13 6
Do. do. September 28th, 1858, 251 12 5
surplus
Do. do. January 11th, 1859, 337 19 2
surplus
Do. do. February 1st, 1859, 85 5 6
surplus
Do. do. March 15th, 1859 321 9 9
Do. do. September 13th, 1859, 180 16 0
surplus
Do. do. September 13th, 1859, 241 10 7
surplus
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 3 10 0
Improvement Commission arrear,
1854, 1855, on No. 2, Durham Place
12599 6 3
Incidentals, General:—
Lighting 14 10 3
Works executed for Public 617 2 11
Companies and others
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 2928 2 0
Drainage, amount thereof
Ditto dated 2nd July, 1860, for £1720 1444 3 0
11s. 8d. on account thereof
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 2928 2 0
Drainage, amount thereof
Precept dated 31st December, 1858, and payable March 25th, 1859, amount of 447 4 2
Counter’s Creek portion thereof
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.
APPENDIX No. 32.
CHARGES UNDER THE HEAD OF ESTABLISHMENT.
_March_ 25_th_, 1860, _to March_ 25_th_, 1861.
Folio Ledger
271. Salaries £1011 14 0
Rent, Taxes, Insurance, &c. 89 18 0
Office Expenses, Furniture, Cleaning, &c. 32 4 6
Books, Stationery, Printing, &c. 246 6 3
Sundries 98 16 9
Stamps for Contract 11 2 0
Law Charges 195 17 10
Expenses of—
Committees and 88 4 11
Officers
Coffee Room 32 12 5
120 17 4
£1806 16 8
* * * * *
271. By Hire of the Hall: Balance after £78 8 1
Payment of Expenses
Stamps for 12 15 0
Contracts
repaid
Inspector’s 1 8 4
Costs recovered
14 3 4
“General Works” 1242 13 11
“Sewers Works” 428 11 4
“Chelsea 35 16 0
Improvement
Commission”
“Hans Town 7 4 0
Commission”
1714 5 3
£1806 16 8
APPENDIX No. 33.
REPORT OF THE AUDITORS, 1860.
We, the undersigned Auditors of Accounts of the Vestry of Chelsea for the
year ending March 25, 1860, present the following report thereon:—
We feel that the accounts submitted to us are not only clear and correct
in themselves, but that they also appear to be presented in a much
simpler and more convenient form than in previous years, although there
still appears to be room for improvement in those departments which
relate to the expenditure incurred under the direction of the Surveyor.
We especially feel that some plan should be adopted for obtaining a
receipt or signature periodically from the labourers employed by him, so
as to assimilate the vouchers in the labour department, as nearly as
circumstances will allow, to those for other departments of expenditure.
We feel it to be especially important that a fuller and more intelligible
system be introduced in reference to deposits paid to the Vestry on
account of Drainage Works and Surveyor’s Licenses, in order that the
amounts actually expended in respect of such deposits may be brought to
account so soon as the works are completed, instead of, as at present,
being brought to account only when the depositor claims the return of the
balance of his deposit; thus leaving it possible that the mere neglect or
ignorance of the depositor may occasion deposit accounts to be left open
and unchecked for years, and that even where sums may be expended in
excess of such deposits, the fact may never come to the knowledge of the
Vestry Clerk, and that consequently no claim may be made on account of
such additional expenditure.
We think, further, that the book which contains a record of such deposits
might, by additional columns of reference, be brought into most useful
connexion with the accounts of the Vestry for payment of the contractors
or others by whom the works are actually executed; thus increasing the
facilities for testing the integrity and propriety of such accounts, and
affording more ready access to any information which depositors may
require in respect of expenditure incurred on their behalf.
May 22, 1860.
WM. LAWRANCE.
G. W. S. IAGO.
J. T. STANESBY.
GEO. PURDOM.