Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-03 00:00:00

WALLASEY LOCA L BOARD OF HEALTH.

The first meeting of the members of this B )ard of
Health since the annual election, was held last evening, at
the public offices, Church street, Egremont. In the absence
of the chairman, Mr. N. Caine, Mr. Hughes was requested
to take the ch&r. The Commis,ioners present were—
Messrs. E. W. Conlborn, Wilson, Si ngleh n rst, Roberts, Hill
Fishwick, Ball, Holmes, Hughes, W. NL'Cnnlborn, and H.
Littledale. The business of the meeting com-
menced by the Clerk reading the return of the late
annual election, which was as follows :—" Election of
Local guard of Health.—Wallasey Dist rict.—l do hereby
certify, that the election of the illerMen of the Local
Board of Health for the district of Wallasey, has beets
conducted in eon Formity with the provisions of the Public
Health Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Victoria, c. 63), and that the
entries contained in the Schedule hereunder written are
true. Poulton-cum-Seacombe : Edward Roberts. Sea-
combe, clerk in orders, 74 votes, for three years ; Charles
Hesketh Hill, L;scard, solicitor, 53 vet s, for two years;
George Holmes, Brougham-road, Seacorube, merchant,
72 votes, for three years. Liscard : Edward Warburton
Coulborn, New Brighton, gentleman, three years ;
Na.haniel Caine, Egremont, meretant, three years;
Alfred Parr, New Brighton, doctor of medicine, oue year.
Wallasey : Henry Fish wick, Wallasey, gentleman, three
years —Given under my baud, this twenty-third day of
June, 1857. NATHANIEL CADIE, Chairman of the Board."

THE LATE AUDIT.
The following abstract of the report from Mr. Thomas
K. Roberts, the district auditor for this district wag
.obmitted o thf. n•--o, ......saary of
and expenditure for the year ending Lady-day, 1857, of
the Wallas F-y lineal Board of Health :
TO THE LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE DISTRICT OF
WALLASEY.

" GENTLEMEN,-I have the honour to report to you that,
n accordance with the Public Health Act, 1848, I have
audited and examined the several accounts of the Wallasey
Lecal Board of Health for the year ended at Lady-day,
1857. lam gratified to observe that constant supervision
and general adoption of the rules and regulations have
placed these accoun's in a more satisfactory state than
heretofore; but I mast add, that besides the irrequitab'e
evil which the delay that takes place in the closing of the
rates entails on a portion of the ratepayers, precision in
the accounts is rendered unattainable. Ido not find, by
the minutes of the proceedings of your board, that state-
ments of sums applicable to the district fund account,
with claims against owners of property in respect to the
formation of roads. or sums otherwise payable to the board,
are placed from time to time in the hands of the collector,
so as to insure the same being duly collected and punctua'ly
accounted for. I deem it important that this matter
shou'd in future be attended to. It is satisfactory to find
that the hoard are setting apart as a sinking fund a sum
to commence a provision for the payment of their mortgage
liabilities, in conformity with the directions of the statute
in that respect. With these remarks, I have on!v to a pend
hereto a summary of the receipts and expenditure of the
year, with the balances at the close thereof; and I have
the honour to be, gentle-nen, your most obe lient servant.t,
RECEIPTS.-To balance in treasurer's hands, Lady-der,
1855, £573 18s. 10c1. General district rates, £3.499 03.7 d. ;
Special district rates: Seacembe division, £238 23. sd. ;
New Brighton division, £2 540183. 2d. District fund :
Dividend of 3s. in the p Jund from the estate of Messrs.
and W. Parry, and penalties inflicted by magistrates,
£2B 18s. 6d. Formation of Roads : Amount received from
owners of property on account of the expenses incurred in
respect of the formation of Brighton-street, King-street,
and Trafalgar-road, £1,870 4s. 41. Total, £8 751 2s. 10d.
EXPENDITURE -General district Rate : By election
expenses, £7 12s. 61. ; loan accounts-interest on bond
debt, £295 ; police account. £633 14s. 2d. ; sanitary ex-
penses-removing eightioil,&c., £192 103.; Mans, £lO 10s.;
hackney carriages, &c., account -painting stands, printing,
and sundries, £3 4s. 2d. ; highway expenses, £645 123.7 d. ;
law and parliamentary charges and disbursements, expenses
before magistrates, &c., £135 163. 7d.; establishment
expenses, £931 155.: total £2,855 15s. 7d. Special dis-
trict rates: Seacombo division-Main sewer in the upper
end of Trafalgar-road, Man-holes, interest on mortgage, law
charges, printing, stationery, and adverti=ing, commission
for collection of rates, house drainage, and first instalment
of the loan of £2,000, totol, £4ll 1 ls. 6a 1.: New Brighton
division-Main sewer in and along main road from New
Brighton Ferry, law charges, stationery, printing, and
advertising, and house drainage, total, £1,331 10s. 10d.
Formation of roads : Construction oF King-street and
Trafalgar-road (balance), ditto of Brighton-street, law
charges, interest to 25th March, 1857, on loan advanced
by treasurer, total, £2,879 19s. 51. By balances-Tn the
hands of the treasurer, £1.312 19s. Id, ; less formation of
roads loan account £l5l 2s. 9d , total, £1,161 163. 4.1. ; in the
hands of Mr. James Lee, £1 7s. 3d.; in the hands of Mr.
Hassell, £2 B'. 81 ; stock in store, £lO6 133. 21d. ; total,
£1272 ss. 5,11: grand total, £8751 2s. 10J.
The CLERK requested to kno,v what was the expanses
incurred by the late elections?
The DEPUTY-CLERK : £8 13s.
Mr. BALL : LTas it to be paid out of the general fund ?
The CLERK : It has.

Mr. BALL: I am sorry for it—for it is my determination
to du all I can to opp.)se the expenditure of public money
unnecessarily.

Mr. R. W. COULBORN thought that the sum paid was
so insignificant that it was not worth observing upon.
At this juncture Mr. CAINE entered the room, and took
the chair, after which, the Clerk proceeded to read the
minutes ►►f the last meeting, which were confirmed with-
out comment.

APPOINTMENT OF C.)MMITTEES,

Mr. W. R. COULBORN then moved the appoin'ment
of the following gentlemen, as the members of the Works
and Health Committee.; :—Messrs. Little !ale, Pooley,
Hughes, Wilson, Ball, Parr, and W. R. Coulborn,
and for the Finance Committee : Messrs. E. W. Coulboro,
Chambers, Roberts, Singlehurst, Holmes, Fishwick, and
Hill.

Mr. ROBERT" s conded the motion, which was unani-
mously adopted.
Mr. E. W. COULBORN then moved that Messrs. Pooley,
W. R. Coulborn, and Mr. Hughes. be the Parliamentary
Committee, arid that Mesess, Littledale, Fishnick, Pooley,
Wilson, Chambers, Roberts, and Hughes, be the Special
Ferry Committee. This was seconded by Mr. Hughes, and
unanimously adopted.
On the motion of Mr, E. W. CouLBORN, certain sums

were voted for the payment of the officials connected with
the district.

In reference to the late election, the CHAIRMAN stated
that one-fifth of the ratepayers had been disqualified from
voting from the fact, that they had not paid their local
rates, although they had paid their poor-rates.
The Board expressed a hope that such a mistalca
would not be made in future, for, from the state-
ment that was made, it appeared that there were
117 ratepayers qualified to vote, and that they had
159 votes; that 169 had been disqualified from voting for
non-payment of fixes, making 204 votes—thus making 286
ratepayers, and 363 votes. At the last election 58 rate-
payers voted, and recorded 90 votes ; 2 papers were not
properly filled up. 3d were not filled up, 27 papers were
not filled up when called for. One was disqualified for
nonpayment of poor rate, six for poor rate and local rate,
and 162 for the non-payment of the local rate alone.
Mr. BALL then moved that the rate should in future be
collected at as early a period as possible after the rate was
lilt!, with a view of giving the ratepayers a full opp'rto-
nity of paying thir rates in proper time to record their
votes.

0 i this motion some conversation ensued, from which
it appeared that the Finance o.)mmittee were most anxious
to carry out that principle, and would do so as speedily as
possible, and with this understanding the motion was
withdrawn.

THE SEWERAGE OF CHURCH-STREET.
On the stwgestion of the Chairman, the !hard ordered
tenders to be immediately sought for the sewerage of
this street, a stzcj ;et which had been long under contem-
plation.
The CHAIRMAN then announced that there was no fur-
ther business before the Board, and, consAuently, the
Commissioners separa'ed.