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r PRICE SD.

his salary is also omitted from the account. Take another
branch. The City district surveyors, whose fees are con-
siderable, are omitted ; and with regard to the office of
the me! ers, the charges generally are omitted. In fact,
from the return of salaries and fees of officers, a total of no
less a sum than 50,0001. is entirely omitted. Here is au
estimate based also upon the returns of the officers them-
selves in the year 1833 :
PATRONAGE OF THE LONDON CORPORATION.
A statement of the cost to the public, in the year 1833,
of the officers and clerks of the London corporation, in sa-
laries, fees, and office allowances, from returns signed by
the officers themselves, and presented by them to the reve-
nue committee of the Court of Common Council in 1835:
Legal staff, consisting of appointments held
by solicitors, barristers, proctors, and at-
£38,067 19 6
torneys' clerks
State officers :—the Lord Mayor, chamber-
' lain, sheriffs, yeomen, trumpeters, &c.... 24,187 2 9
Officers of customs and market dues 29,338 12 8
Officers of city gaols 4,330 7 2
Officers of public works 5,403 12 5
Miscellaneous officers, including hall-
keepers, beadles, Irish Society, port of
London, &c 9,653 5 3

£110,980 19 10
This return even was incomplete at the time it was made.
It has been generally supposed that things have been much
improved in this respect since 1835 ;
but this impression is
erroneous. Since that time some offices have been abo-
lished, and some new ones created, and in some instances
compensation salaries have been paid in lieu of fees which
did not pass through the City accounts. In 1835 the fees
of officers amounted to 70,0001. a year, which did not at all
pass through the City accounts.
The Chairman—Do you include metage dues ?
Mr. Hickson—l mean fees as distinct from dues. Now
those fees are considerably reduced, and there have been
some attempts made at consolidation, but altogether the
amount of salaries and fees, as far as I can satisfy myself on
The subject, is at present not less, but in fact considerably
more than it was in 1835. I cannot undertake to state the
exact amount, but my belief is, that 120,0001. is much
within the mark for the present salaries and emoluments
of the officers of the corporation. These sums sometimes
pass into the hands of the chamberlain and appear in the
City accounts, but that is not the general rule. The ques-
tion of compensation to officers is one of the firstlwhich the
commissioners will be called on to decide, because it is very
hard to call on the members and officers of any body to
make a case against themselves. In procuring returns,
the amount of each officer's salary and emoluments does
not represent the whole case ; it is necessary to obtain also
the amount of the expenses of each office • because the
salary of the chamberlain, for instance, is 2,5001., but there
is a further sum paid of 2,1001. a-year for the chief clerk
and the under clerks, who practically do the real work of
the office. So, again, with the case of the town clerk,
whose salary and fees amount to 1,8921., but thereis a fur-
ther charge for office expenses of 2,7801., showing the total
expense of the town clerk's office to be really 4,6791. The
same rule applies more or less to all the other officers of the
corporation. There is generally a salary to each officer,
then certain fees, and over and above all that there is as
much more for the expenses of the officesandfor stationary
as would bo considered sufficient in any other municipality
in the kingdom for salaries and all extras. I think it de-
sirable to put in an abstract of the accounts of the munl
cipality of Leeds by way of comparison. The population
of Leeds amounts to 172,270, and the inhabited houses to
12,805. The total municipal expenses for the year ending
Sept. 1, 1853, for the boroughof Leeds were 17,603/. 65.3 d.,
including 8,7371.195. 3d. for police, and 1,2591. 17s. 4d. for
salaries and allowances. The Leeds account does not include
paving, cleansin lighting , and poor-rates ; but the accounts
which also hand in of the parish of St. Marylebone em-
brace each of those charges. The accounts of St. Maryle-
bone are remarkably comprehensive, as the vestry has
greater powers than the city of London, and possesses the
management of seven different churches and chapels,
receives the pews-rents, pay the ministers and lecturer,
their stipends and visitation fees out of the general fund,
also administers the poor-rates of that extensive parish.
The population of the parish of St. Marylebone is 157,696,
the inhabited houses 15,826, and the area 1,490 acres (which
is twice the area of the city of London, which is divided
into 110 different parishes). The total expenditure of St.
Marylebone is 148,530/. The expense of police (although
the area watched is double that of the city) is less by one-
half than it is in the city. I will now lay before the com-
missioners an account of the city revenues. It is as
follows :