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That the disbursements of the said year,
-includingthe sum of 23,5531. 15s. 11d.
paid to the Chamberlain of London,
under the Acts 4th Geo. 4th,: c. 50,
and 4th Win. 4th, c. 118, in respect
of re-building London-bridge and
repairing Blackfriars- bridge, were 33,888 15 10
" Leaving a balance in hand on the 31st Dec., 1842, of
1,0861. 12s. 4:71d. In addition to the said balance of cash
in hand, we found that there were other assets belonging
to the trust, on 31st Dee., 1842, exclusive of the value
of the Bridge-house estates ; viz., rents due at Christmas
1842, 14,2811. 15s. 81d., and 9,0031 16s. 6d. Consols in
the hands of the Accountant-General of the Court of
Chancery.
" The auditors in concluding this their report beg to
express their most unqualified approval of the system of
accounts adopted by the Corporation, enabling them to
ascerta;n (w;th as little labour as is possible in transac-
tions of magnitude), the correctness of the accounts,
as m ell as the exact position of the Corporation.
" Aml they cannot but record their satisfaction at the
beautiful anil accurate way in which the accounts are
kept, and their I,pprobation of the attention and assi-
duity of the official gentlemen whose duty it is to pre-
pare, explain, and lay the same befhre them.
(Signed) " J. MARTIN DERMER.
RICIIARD WALTER.
JAMES JARDINE.
W. "SHEPHERD.
May 17, 1844."
APPENDIX A.
A brief statement of the Corporation receipt and ex-
penditure fur the year ending 31st Dec., 1842 :
RECEIPT.
Balance on the last account £21,556 :2 241
Rents and quit rents
Renewing fines
Markets
Tolls, duties, and offices
Bequests
Brokers' rents and fines. ................... 3,833 0 0
Freedoms, &c . 3,560 3 2
Interest on Government securities 2.100 9 1
Casual sundry and incidental receipts ... 2,837 11 1
Sale of Securities 6,500 0 0

£182,547 11 a

EXPENDITURE.
Charges on the Contra Bents, &c., viz.—
Charges in aid of public improvernents£ll,soo 0
Charges on the Corporation rental 7,546 1 1
Charges on the markets 8,879 4 I
. Charges on tolls, duties, &c 92,070 2 11
Charges on brokererents 303 13 0
Payments in relief of a County Rate on
the Inhabitants, viz.—
Magistracy expenses 7,850 8 5
Police exponses
.......... House of
Newgate Prison
Correction ..... . .
Debtors' Prison....
.........
General prison expenses ....... . ...
6561
...... 19 15 11
4 a
.......
Administration of criminal justice
Office of coroner
s Civil government of the City 28,596 924 2 6 9
Conservancy of Thames and Medway 4,612 17 5
Magistracy of Southwark and Borough
Compter
Charitable donations, &c.
Payment in respect of extinguishing the
right of alienation of offices .
Bequests
337 4 8
Sundry and miscellaneous expenses 10484 18 4.
Interest and annuities
Purchase of securities
Purchase of property

Balance On the account, 31st Dec. 1842 166,096 2
16,451 9 41

APPENDIX B. .E 182,547 11 Si
The Balance Statement of the Arrears of Rents, Duties,
Government Securities, &v., due and belonging to the
Corporitt'.on of the City of London, on the 31st or
December, 1842, and of the Claims and other engage-
ments chargeable on the Corporation at the same
period.

LIABILITIES.
To amount remaining of
150,0001. borrowed
under the authority of
the Act for the re-
moval of Fleet-market £lO,OOO 0 0
To amount now owing
of the sum raised
under the Act for
making a street at
Holborn-bridge

For half a year's pay-
ment due to the Lon-
don-bridge Approaches
Fund
For annuities on lives
remaining unpaid 568 8 9
For interest on 10,0001.
remaining of the sum
borrowed for the re-
-moval of Fleet-market 17.5 0 0
For ditto on the sum
borrowed limier the
Act formaking a new
street from Holborn-
bridge
Forcompensation allow-
ances payable to late
Deputy Sea-coal Me-
ters, and others...

5,750 0 0

849 11 7

2,969 19

55,900 o o

Cash balance in favour of the Corpora-
tion, 31st December, 184° 22,532 19 7i

66,212 19 4

.£88,745 18 111

ASSETS.
Balance of cash in hand on 31st of De-
cember, 1842 £16,451 9
By arrears of rents, City
of London and Liber-
ties • £19,294 17 4+
By arrears of counties of
Middlesex and Surrey 4,797 6 11
By arrears of Irish quit
rents
By arrears of tenancies-
at-will .................
By arrears of City's pro-
portion of the
'ins-
bury estate
By arrears of markets,
tolls, duties, &c.
By arrears of brokers'
rents 4,892 0 0
By arrears of casual re-
ceipts 0
By arrears of freedoms
voted to be sold for
City's use
By arrears of fees on
the admission of free-
men
By arrears of interest on
G overn men t :,eeurities 561 13 4
Debt-- 32,304 14

96 1 11

351 4 Oi

53G 0 0

107 2 G

/et', _rom the fund for
lighting Iliad:friars-
bridge
Debt from the fund for
improving the navi-
gation of the river
Thames 15,000 0 0
Debt from the City's
moiety of the Gres-
ham estate

39,989 15

£88,745 18 11i
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES ALSO BELONGING TO THE
CORPORATION.
A capital of Consolidated Three per
Cent. Annuities £30,350 9 2
A capital of Reduced Three per Cent
Annuities B,lBO 15 2
A capital of Reduced Three-and-a-Half
per Cent. Annuities 21,073 5 10
Note.—The above is exclusive of the value of the:
Corporatton estates.

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