Page

Ledger.

16.

George Thompson & Son

Pumps

£49

10

0

20.

G. Barnes

Smiths’ Work

10

15

4

46.

W. Druce

Coals and Coke

39

3

5

77.

E. Holland

Wheelwright

45

2

6

90.

W. Davis

Scavengers’ Brooms

2

12

3

92.

D. Kink

Compensation for loss of office

4

11

4

96.

C. Rawlings

Rent of Depôt, Alpha Place

10

0

0

104.

H. Morrison

Oilman’s Goods

0

5

0

116.

Nicholls Brothers

Repairs to Pumps

25

15

11

124.

P. Hance

Stationery

1

16

1

152.

T. Smith

Smiths’ Work

0

15

1

153.

J. S. Eisdell

Compensation for loss of office

32

13

8

154.

J. Bennett

Oilman’s Goods

4

7

11

154.

T. Cross

Removal of Dust

7

0

0

154.

W. S. Johnson

Printing

4

15

0

156.

Dr. A. W. Barclay

Salary

35

1

0

157.

C. Chapman

Furniture for Vestry Hall

68

16

6

162.

Buckley & Beach

Lighting the Vestry Hall

0

5

0

163.

W. H. Thomas

Smiths’ Work

7

17

0

169.

T. Baldock

Road Flints

34

13

5

175.

Western Gas Light Company

Gas supplied

31

3

2

191.

E. Corbett

Use of Watch Box

1

13

0

192.

W. W. Pocock

Architect, Vestry Hall

219

8

3

197.

J. Pattisson

Salary

58

8

0

203.

Parsons Brothers

Cleaning Windows

2

8

0

212.

H. Curnock

Gravel, and Horse Hire

54

2

0

220.

King & Howe

Contractors

24

10

1

221.

C. Lahee

Salary

58

8

0

223.

Sundries

Deposits for House Drains, &c.

192

16

9

224.

E. Alder

Salary

10

0

0

225.

W. Maddy

Ditto

7

8

0

226.

J. E. Salway

Ditto

6

0

0

227.

J. Nicol

Ditto

6

0

0

230.

W. Holland

Ditto

2

0

0

234.

T. Barton

Advertisements

18

4

4

235.

Executors of J. Davis

Lacing Screen for Gravel

0

6

0

237.

C. Lahee

Petty Cash Disbursements

54

7

3

238.

Vestry of Kensington

Composition for Repairs

5

0

8

Carried forward

£1138

19

11

Broughtforward

£1138

19

11

238.

Metropolitan Board of Works

Proportion of Man’s Wages attending toOutlets of Sewers

33

3

8

239.

B. Watts

Cleansing Urinal

0

9

3

242.

J. Kealy

Attendance at Stoneyard

2

10

0

243.

Nowell & Robson

Contractors

436

14

0

244.

Thomas Edmonds

Ditto

6

15

0

245.

Piper & Sons

Builders

175

1

10

247.

Lee & Pemberton

Law Charges

177

1

6

248.

H. Loxdale

Advertisements, &c.

4

14

0

254.

L. Levy

Sewermen’s Clothes

2

9

0

255.

The London Gas Company

Gas supplied

1495

18

8

256.

A. Berry

Rent, Symons Street

3

15

0

256.

J. Fraser

Ditto ditto

4

12

3

257.

G. Allen

Lime, &c.

2

12

9

258.

Z. D. Berry

Engineer

14

17

7

261.

A. Emmerson

Contractor

86

4

11

266.

Waterlow & Sons

Law Stationers

4

16

2

268.

W. Butcher

Advertisements, &c.

5

0

6

268.

J. Crockford

“Law Times”

1

10

0

268.

H. J. Bradshaw

Stationery

11

16

7

268.

E. Thompson

8-day Dial for Board Room

6

6

0

268.

Smith & Baber

Matting

34

11

7

268.

Kennard & Co.

Fenders, &c.

17

13

0

273.

H. D. Pite

Printing

6

18

6

277.

G. Axton

Contractor

43

9

0

278.

C. Hornsby

Ditto

41

13

5

308.

The Estate of the late Sir B. Smith

Rent of Symons Street Premises

10

0

0

310.

Weeks & Company

Heating the Vestry Hall

219

0

0

310.

Guardians of the Poor

Granite

1034

13

3

47.

J. Bunting

“Times” Newspaper

3

18

0

261.

H. J. Hallett

Carpenter

28

13

9

£5054

19

1

The MetropolitanBoard of Works.

299.

Precept dated 11th May, 1860, “Counters Creek”Portion

518

19

1

299.

Precept dated 28th September, 1860, re “MainDrainage,” Amount thereof

2928

2

0

299.

Precept dated 18th February, 1861, Amount thereof

2580

1

4

6027

2

5

£11082

1

6

Examined and Audited,

G. E. Mead,
W. Rhind,
James Crisp.
Auditors.

APPENDIX No. 39.
BALANCE SHEET.

March 25th, 1861.

LIABILITIES.

£

s.

d.

To Loan Creditors

31075

5

0

General Creditors

5054

19

1

The late Hans Town Commission

248

19

3

The Metropolitan Board of Works, amount ofPrecepts

6027

2

5

Do. do. Rates raised by the Guardians ofthe Poor in excess of sums named in various former Precepts

876

19

10

£48,283

5

7

ASSETS.

£

s.

d.

By the late Chelsea Improvement Commission

17117

11

4

General Debtors

1306

9

11

Guardians of the Poor:—

Arrears of Orders (Local)

4882

15

11

do. (Metropolitan Board of Works)

4676

18

1

9559

14

0

Vestry Hall

11893

19

9

Leasehold Property

393

15

0

Furniture and Effects

52

6

0

Rolling Stock

106

3

2

Cash in Treasurer’s hands

790

17

5

Sums included in £6027 2s. 5d. percontra, for the raising of which the Vestry have not issuedorders to the Overseers

518

19

1

ditto.

628

2

0

ditto.

479

11

11

1626

13

0

Balance

435

16

0

£43,283

5

7

APPENDIX No. 40.

A Statement of the amount of all Contracts entered into by the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, during the year ending on the 25th day of March, 1861, pursuant to the 192nd and 196th Sections of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 18th and 19th Vic., cap. 120.

1860.

£

s.

d.

April 10. (31.)

A Contract or Agreement with James A. Forbes for theoccupation of Manor House by the Vestry from Midsummer, 1860, toMichaelmas, 1860, at a Rent for the Quarter of

18

15

0

April 13.

A Contract or Agreement with the Parish of Willesden, bywhich this Vestry agrees to Repair so much of Kilburn Lane aslies in that Parish, for an annual payment of

30

0

0

April 24. (28.)

A Contract or Agreement with Theodore Guerin and another,for the former to erect, protect, and keep in repair anilluminated public indicator, or ornamental column, in SloaneSquare, at his own expense.

June 19. (21.)

A Contract or Agreement with the Union Assurance Officefor an Insurance of the Vestry Hall Building to the amount of£4000, at an annual payment of

11

0

0

July 3. (18.)

A Contract or Agreement with F. King for the supply ofScavengers’ Brooms, at fixed prices, on demand.

Expired Christmas, 1860.

July 10. (36.)

A Contract or Agreement with Messrs. Eastham and Parsonsto execute the Plumber’s Work of the Vestry, at fixedprices, on demand.—Expired Christmas, 1860.

July 31. (14.)

A Contract with C. and F. Bell for General Printing, atfixed prices, on demand.—Expired Christmas, 1860.

September 25. (10.)

A Contract with George Axton and his Sureties for theremoval of the Dust, Ashes, &c. from the whole Parish, forthe sum of

Expires 29th September, 1861.

200

0

0

September 14. (C. of W., M.B. vol. 3, folio 51.)

A Contract with John Buckley and Charles Edward Beach tolay on Gas, supply and fix Pendant and Bracket Lights, &c.&c., to the whole of the Vestry Hall Building, for the sumof

138

0

0

September 25. (11.)

A. and F. Manuelle for the supply of 500 tons of BrokenNew Blue Guernsey Granite, to be delivered before the 25thOctober, 1860, at per ton, 12s. 11d.

September 25. (12.)

A Contract with Thomas Baldock and his Sureties for thesupply of Road Flints, at a fixed price, on demand.

Expires 29th September, 1861.

September 25.

A Contract with Horace King and Henry Howe and theirSureties to Execute certain specified Works connected withSewerage and Drainage, at fixed prices, on demand.

Expires 29th September, 1861.

September 25. (14.)

A Contract with Joseph Nowell and Francis Robson and theirSureties for the execution of Masons’ and Paviors’Work to the Foot and Carriage Ways (to supply Materials andLabor), at fixed prices, on demand.

Expires 25th October, 1861.

October 5. (C. of W. M.B., vol. 3, folio 76.)

A Contract or Agreement with Messrs. Fuller, Brothers, forthe supply, fixing, &c., of Venetian Blinds to the window ofthe Vestry Hall Building, according to specification, for the sumof

36

10

0

October 5. (C. of W. M.B. vol. 3, folio 75.)

A Contract or Agreement with A. D. Bosson for the supplyof 500 Chairs, at per Chair 1s. 6d.

October 9. (11.)

A Contract with C. and F. Bell to print 500 copies of theAnnual Report of 1859–60, for the sum of

18

15

0

October 25. (C. of W. M.B., vol. 3, folio 94.)

A Contract with Samuel Dawes for the supply of a MahoganyTable for the Board Room, for the sum of

57

9

6

And of a Chairman’s Table for ditto, for the sumof

7

12

6

October 25. (C. of W. M.B., vol. 3, folio 94.)

A Contract with C. Chapman for the supply of 40 Seats forlarge Hall, for the sum of

120

0

0

And of four dozen Chairs for Board Room use, for the sumof

76

16

0

November 20. (8.)

A Contract or Agreement with William Druce and Son for thesupply from time to time of the best Wall’s End Coal, atper ton 24s.

And of the best Gas Coke, at per chaldron 13s.

Expires Midsummer, 1861.

December 18. (3.)

A Contract or Agreement with the Manchester Fife AssuranceOffice for an Insurance of the Fixtures, Fittings, and Furniturein this Building, to the amount of £700, at an annualpayment at Christmas of

1

15

0

December 18. (4.)

A Contract or Agreement with the Union Assurance Officefor an Insurance of the Vestry Hall Building to the amount of£6000 (superseding that of June, 1860), at an annualpayment of

16

10

0

December 18. (12.)

A Contract or Agreement with the Council of the ChelseaLiterary and Scientific Institution for the use of a portion ofthe Vestry Hall Building, lighted, warmed, &c., &c., at ayearly Rent of

Terminable at six months’notice on either side.

50

0

0

1861.

January 1. (6.)

A Contract or Agreement with Parsons, Brothers, to executePlumbers’ Work at fixed prices, on demand.

Expires Midsummer, 1861.

January 1. (10.)

A Contract with H. D. Pite and Son for General Printing,at fixed prices, on demand.

Expires 30th June, 1861.

January 1. (11.)

A Contract or Agreement with W. Davis for the supply ofScavengers’ Brooms, at a fixed price, on demand.

Expires Midsummer, 1861.

February 12. (10.)

A Contract with Ann Emmerson for watering (for the season)the Streets of, and for the removal of the Slop, &c., from,that portion of the Parish North of the King’s Road(exclusive of Kensal New Town), for the sum of

Expires March 1, 1862.

740

0

0

February 12. (12.)

A Contract with Charles Hornsby for watering (for theseason) the Streets of, and for the removal of the Slop, &c.,from, that portion of the Parish South of, and including, theKing’s Road, for the sum of

Expires 1st March, 1862.

625

0

0

February 12. (12.)

A Contract with Ann Emmerson for the supply of Horses,Carts, and Drivers, as may be required in any part of the Parish,at fixed prices, on demand.

Expires 1st March, 1862.

February 12. (14.)

A Contract or Agreement with Messrs. Nicholls, Brothers,for Repairing, and keeping in Repair, the Public Pumps, for thesum of

Expires 1st March, 1862.

26

10

0

February 26. (9.)

A Contract with Thomas Edmonds for watering the Roads ofKensal New Town (for the season), and for the removal of Slop,&c., from the same throughout the year, for the sum of

Expires 1st March, 1862.

90

0

0

APPENDIX No. 41.
BYE LAWS.