Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-05 00:00:00

THE TOWN COUNCIL.

A monthly and special meeting of the Town Couneil
was held yesterday, in the Council-chamber, at the
Town-hall, the Mayor, T. D. Anderson, Esq., presiding.
The minutes of the two previous meetings were read
and confirmed.

The proceedings, resolltions, and reports of the Finance
Committee were read, comprising :--Recommendation to
p trrchase from Miss Smoult her leasehold interest :in a
public-house, Park-lane, for the sum of £BOO, and also
Mr. FitzgerahPs leasehold interest in a shop and dwell-
ing-house in the same street( for the sum of £400;
report of the. Town-clerk of all leases containing cove-
nants for the erection or demolition of buildings, and
which covenants have not been performed; recommen-
dation to adviince £lO,OOO for seven years, at four per
cent. per annum,. payable half-yearly, for the purposes
of "The Liverpool Improvement Act, 1858';" the report
on the probable income and expenditure of the Corpo-
ration, for the. year- commencing Ist September last, and
ending 31St August next, and consideration of the pro-
priety of voting gratuities to the public charities, Which
grants, as "passed by the Council last year; were as
follows : The Dispensaries £157 10s., Northern Hospital
£lOO, Southern Hospital £lOO, Roval Infirmary £lO5,
Ophthalmic Institution £lOO, Refuge for the Destitute
£25, Ladies' Charity £3O, Lying-in Hospital £3O, and
District Provident Society £100; recommendation to
increase the salary of Mr. Henry Walter, clerk in the
Town-clerk's establishment, from £3OO to £5OO per
annum ; and a recommenclatiim that the discretion given
by, and contained:in; the Act of 7 William IV., and 1
Vic., cap. 19, as to the appointment of an assistant,. or
deputy-recorder, should, at the-next sessions, be exercised
*by the recorder. -
The following is the financial report above referred to :

At a meeting of the Finance Committee, hoEcn on Friday,
the 30th day of Dee_mber, 1859 e present, John Stewart, tsq.,
.chairman, &c., &c., &e; Read : . The following report:of the
:Financial Sub-Committee' on the probable #come and expen-
diture of the current yeal'„ Resolved : That the same be printed,
and a copy sent to eachmember of the Council

"The Financial Sub-Committee report that,they have consi-
dered the probable income and expenditure•of the Corporation
daring tire present financial year (coinmencing on the lst
September, 1859, and ending on the 31st of August, 18604'
"'That they have investigated the a:mounts of the Corpora-
tion, and considered the state of the income and expenditure.
"That they are of opinion that the income of - •
the Corporate Estate' from all sources, cannot
be estimated for the warrent year at more than £107,074 0 0
" That the amount of Obligatory Expenditure
cannot be estimated at
.less, for the current
year, than

91,062 0 0

• ,Leaving a gross surplus of
"And that the, continuance of Discrc-

£16,012 0 0

tionary Expenditnre (the Sella)ls,ile
Public Charities,' Fee.l for the public
benefit of the Inhabrtants, _ hitherto

sanctioned annually- by the Councl,
may be stated at #:7,402 0 0
4' And also Sundry Improl-c-
-ments already sanctioned •
by the Council 7,890 0 0

15,202 0 0

• Leaving as available Surplus - £720 0 0
.A .SA 7.11JE 110134 E; Chairman of the Sub-Coremittee.
The Summary of the;Eeiroate is appencled hereto.