The sun., 1901-09-27
AUDITORS FILE REPORT.
Continued from Page Ono

taxpayers uf the county that the extreme.
is primitive methods now prevailing,
which places Il premium on dishonesty, |
should be replaced rs soon as possible
even III IN increased cost, by some SNs
tCmatiG comprehensive method that
would h. uniform throughout the county
We deem ii proper to state that the
hooks Of New Castle, ChriStiaua and Min
creek hundreds are exceptions in Solnc
Jiagrtc To the above general remarks, as
tltry arc intcllgihlc and fairly well kept.
rlt liabilities Of the several hundreds
rs stated in the report are based largely
upon lhc estimates given us by the colh-
mi<~uHrl> i'll each hundred. They cannot
hc verified from the books rs they are
now kept
In The statements of the accounts II
Bluckhrl and Brandywinc hundreds
large disbursements are designated aS
.sundry payments" These payments
We're HI most eases made by checks whicn
lid not show the purposes for which they
We're drawn, or the items We're so inter
minglad w to make il impossible to scpai-
ate them. In the case of BlacibirA INN
| lred. many Of these checks We're drawn
10 thr order of individual road commits
| iiuncrS.
| Provision was made by acts Of tile last
tirnrrhl Assembly lur funding the in
lrhtcdnc>S Of Appoquinimink and ST.
Georges hundreds by IN issue Of bonds
These bonds have been issued since luly
1T. 1901. and consequently do not appear
III the period covered hy this report
Caleb NJ. Steward
William ii. Gibbons.
Committee.
Following are figures from each or
thr hundreds.
Npptguinimiuk Receipts. haianrc
luly lst 1900, S3l 66 II. q E1ttw
axes, $29S3.67; total, $3.Ol5.93; jlishurso.
m.nt~, including labor $l.4252 %; paid ii,
notes. $762.O7. total, $2,90S. -: balance.
sligo: liabilities, notes and Hills, $3.Gli.-
~: ta,r~ due, s657.43.
Bacbird- Receipts, $lG55.27 III.
II JmrSemnnts $l,SG3,57, balance. S91 10
ial,lIiurS. hills. $6l759: taxes due. $G55.22
hAywine-Rcccipts. taxes, $lSa7 e.
Nrrlratt, $l.794.97; total $685., ais
2 inrScrlcrts. $6.e52; liabilities, oyerlrart
# $l.794.a7: note $4,000 amounts due r,l
i tabor ANA material, $7O9 ,6S; total $6,SO4. .G5
I taxes due. $l.727.69: the hundred owns 6,
shares ~, stock Of the Wilmington al,
irrat Valley Turnpike Co., valued, vii.
accrued dividend, nj S1.OO5.
Clnistiana Receipts. $7,2l3,12; lis
q hmsrlNcnt, $6,SS1 AZ: balance, 1861 .G5: liz
: tilitics notes, $3,O5O: taxes due. s75.29.
|. Neil C.eck Receipts. SGGi0.7S: llls
!, ursemcnts. SG.2SS.l9: balancr. 1852 80
/. liabilities. notes and bills. $41lO: taNu
/ 'Iu". S7S2.gS.
New Castle Receipts. $3.25l.34: lis
! hurSrmrrts, s3,242.SG; balance. SIT .46.
'llcek dawn October 18Th. tS9S. S,ia
: ontsttnding liabilities, $5.7l9.73, taxo
y tlur. $4,000.
q Receipts. $3,;57.3l: dis
nrs"nrnts. $2,929.96: balance. s227 NJ
0 liabilities, $l.150 taxes due. $685.. II.
It Red Lion Receipts. $2.O6S 10: dis
q mrsc'nrnts. s1.S10.93; balance. $257 A
,t liabilities. $500: taxes due. $S15i.
e St. Georges Receipts, S4.4551O. lis
hursemrntS. S.f551O; liabilities. estate i
J. i, Cochran. bond. $4,000. Sundry No
!, "onuts. $500: total, $1O.SOO: taxes AZ,
u S1.056.l9.
e White Clay Creek-RecciptS. S.. Ass. .5s
d disbursements. s2,45S.5S; balance. sst
II liabilities, bond of Wesley VI. +. ChurcI
lie s4OO; notes. $3.50: bills. s604 40: totn
lS,654.i9; taxes due, $3,749.65.