The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-08 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

The usual monthly meeting of the Town Council was
held on Wednesday.

FINANCE COMMITTEE

The proceedings of this committee comprised the annual
report of the probable income and expenditure of the
year, between the let September last, and the 31st August
next. The estimated income for the year was £156,850,
and the expenditure 129,820, leaving a:gross surplus of
£27,030, from which, after deducting £1972 for schools,
charities, and other contingent expenses, there was left a
nett surplus of £25,058 on the estimated incomeand ex pen-
diture ; and after deducting from this sum £3200 for
paving the north road, £l5OO for the pediment at St.
George's Hall, and £7OO for the Observatory, there was
left an available surplus of £19,680. From this surplus
it was proposed to take the sum of £11,691 14s. 10d. as
the gross sum in lieu of the payment of the poor rates
assessed upon the corporate property in the parish, and
in the different townships, which would leave a balance
of £7,216 ss. 2d. at the disposal of the Council, for the
year, in public improvements, and for the general benefit
of the inhabitants. The proceedings of the committee
also contained a recommendation for the payment of the
following subscriptions and gratuities :—'l he Dispensaries,
£157 10s. ; the Northern Hospital, £lOO ; the Southern
Hospital, £lOO ; the Opthalmic Institution, £3O ; the
Refuge for the Destitute, £25 ; the Royal Institution,
£100; the Ladies' Charity, £3O; the Lying-in Hospital,
£3O; and that the sum of £lOO be subscribed for the
present year to the District Provident Society ; recom-
mendation, subject to the approval of the Lords of the
Treasury, to grant to Mr. and Mrs. Bolshaw a lease, for
75 years, of property in Collingwood-street, escheated to
the Corporation at the nominal fine of 40s. ; recommenda-
tion, subject to the approval of the Lords of the Trea-
sury, to grant the reversion of land in Hardman-street,
the site of the chapel in connexion with the School for
the indigent Blind, on payment of the sum of £147,
and to grant the reversion of other land, in Hard-
man-street, the site of the School for the Indigent Blind,
on payment of the sum of £lO5, such grants respectively
being made on condition that the buildings erected on
the land granted shall be used solely for those purposes.
Mr. HORNBY moved the confirmation of the proceed-
ings, taking them seriatim, and commencing with the
annual report of the committee on the estimated income
and expenditure. With respect to the sum of £11,691
14s. 10d., he said the committee recommended that it
be voted in the following proportions :—The parish of
Liverpool, £8,527 12s. ld. ; township of Toxteth-park,
£1,558 3s. 7d. ; of Everton, £732 Bs. 11d. ; of West
Derby, £613 12s. 11d. ; Kirkdale, £258 17s. 4d. Now
these were the exact amounts which the Council was al-
lowed to levy in the different townships by the Act of
Parliament, and it was understood that in awarding these
sums they were to be fully in lieu of any claim which
either the parish or any of the other townships might have
or thought they might have. The committee did not
suppose that any objection would be urged to the recom-
mendation of the committee, inasmuch as last year the
Council agreed with the various parochial authorities, and
in lieu of any rate upon the property of the Corporation
to vote out of the surplus income an amount equal to
that payable by the several townships within the borough,
in respect of watch rate. He was not aware that he could
say more upon the matter. It would be seen that a net
surplus of £7,916 would remain, which the Council would
have the opportunity of applying in improvements. He
thought the statement afforded a very favourable view of
the present position of the corporate estate. It certainly
exceeded the estimate which he (Mr. H.) entertained of
it. But, at the same time, he thought it ought not to
influence the Council in departing from that principle of
economy which they had hitherto observed. (Hear.)
Mr. Alderman PROCTER seconded the motion, and this
part of the proceedings was passed unanimously.
Mr. HORNBY then moved, seriatim, the payment of
the various subscriptions to the charities.
Considerable discussion took place on the proposed
subscription to the Royal Institution and the District
Provident Society ; but, ultimately, the various subscrip-
tions and the rest of the proceedings were confirmed.