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D IR E C T O R Y .

I n t h e C o r p o r a t io n F i n a n c i a l Y e a r B o o k t h e P o o r R a t e is e s t i m a t e d ,
a t I s . 3 d . b e in g t h e s a m e a s t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r .
f o r t h e y e a r w a s £ 3 2 ,7 9 5 , b e i n g a n i n c r e a s e 011 t h e
year of £ 7 8 0 .
T h e e x p e n d i t u r e o n i n -m a i n t e n a n c e w a s £ 6 ,3 4 6 ; on
t h e S c a t t e r e d H o m e s £ 1 ,3 2 6 ; o n o u t d o o r r e l i e f £ 5 ,2 4 9 , w h i c h i n c l u d e s
£ 6 9 5 f o r c h i l d r e n ^ b o a r d e d b e y o n d t h e U n io n .
£ 1 6 w as sp en t
o n t h e lo a n a c c o u n t d u r i n g t h e y e a r . S a l a r ie s a n d w a g e s o f o p e r a t i v e

The E x p e n d itu r e

w o r k m e n c o s t £ 5 ,5 0 7 a n d l u n a t i c s £ 5 ,0 0 5 .
T h e b a la n c e in h a n d o n t h e G e n e r a l A c c o u n t , a t t h e e n d o f t h e y e a r ,
in c lu d in g s t o c k £ 2 7 ( c a p it a l f r o m D i s t r i c t S c h o o l), w a s £ 4 ,0 5 8 .

THE

PUBLIC

DEBT

OF TH E

TOWN.

T h e N et D e b t o f th e to w n to L a d y D a y , 1914, w a s as fo llo w s :—
T o ta ls .
T h e R e a d i n g C o r p o r a t i o n ...................
E d u c a t i o n C o m m it t e e
.. .
B o a r d o f G u a r d i a n s ...................

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£ 9 0 3 ,0 4 5
1 9 1 ,2 7 3
3 2 ,0 0 0

T o t a l N e t t D e b t .......................................................£ 1 ,1 8 0 ,3 7 8
THE

ANNUAL

C o r p o r a t io n
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E d u c a tio n C o m m itte e
G u a r d ia n s

CHARGES

P r in c ip a l.
£ 1 8 ,6 1 5
6 ,3 5 7
1 ,6 1 1
£ 2 6 ,5 8 3

T o ta ls

In te re st.
£ 4 1 ,1 9 9
7 ,5 5 4
1 ,1 4 2

T o ta l.
£ 5 9 ,8 1 4
1 3 ,9 1 1
2 ,7 5 3

£ 4 9 ,8 9 5

£ 7 6 ,4 7 8

PUBLIC COMPANIES.

R ea d in g Oas C om pany. — C e n t r a l

O ffic e s a n d S h o w R o o m s , 1 5 9
F r ia r S t r e e t .
W ork s
K i n g ’s R o a d .
D i r e c t o r s — M e s s r s . J. O k e y
T a y lo r , J.p. ( c h a ir m a n ), H . B . B la n d y , J.P. ( d e p u t y c h a ir m a n ) , A . S .
C o o p e r , H u g h H a w k i n s , M .A ., S . H a y w a r d , T . E . H e w e t t , D r . J . B .
H u r r y , M .A ., J.P., G e o . P h i l b r i c k , j .p ., a n d G . W . W e b b , J.P. A u d i t o r s —
B . P .A l l n a t t , a .c .a ., a n d A . G . W e s t , F.C.A. E n g i n e e r a n d M a n a g e r — D .
B . H e l p s , A .M .I.C .E .
S e c r e ta r y and A c c o u n ta n t— A . B . S te d m a n ,
A u t h o r i s e d C a p i t a l — £ 3 6 3 ,5 3 6
sto c k an d
sh are
c a p i t a l , £ 9 6 ,8 4 4
d e b e n tu re sto c k .
C a p i t a l c a l l e d u p — £ 2 8 6 ,9 3 3 s t o c k a n d s h a r e
c a p i t a l , £ 6 5 ,8 7 3 d e b e n t u r e s t o c k . A c c o u n t s m a d e u p y e a r l y t o 3 1 s t
D e c e m b e r , a n d s u b m i t t e d in F e b r u a r y , t h e d i v i d e n d s b e i n g p a id o n
1st S e p te m b e r a n d 1 s t M a r c h .
R e s e r v e f u n d 3 1 s t D e c e m b e r , 1 91 4 ,
£ 2 7 ,0 0 0 (m a x im u m ). N u m b e r o f c o n s u m e r s , 1 9 ,1 2 6 .
.—
A u t h o r i s e d s h a r e c a p i t a l , £ 8 ,0 0 0 .
S u b s c r i b e d c a p i t a l , £ 7 ,2 8 5 . D i r e c ­
t o r s , M e s s r s . D r y l a n d H a s la m , ju n ., F.S.I., M e m . S a n . I n s t ,, ( c h a ir m a n ),
Jam es H ig g s , E d w a rd J a ck so n , R ic h a r d J a m es V e n n e r ; B a n k e rs,
B a r c la y a n d C o m p a n y , L im ite d , R e a d i n g ; S o lic it o r s , B r a in a n d
B r a in , F r ia r S t r e e t C h a m b e r s , R e a d i n g ; A u d i t o r , B l a k e P . A l l n a t t ,
c h a r t e r e d a c c o u n t a n t , 2, F o r b u r y R e a d i n g ; S e c r e t a r y , A . T . H i g g s ;
R e g i s t e r e d O ffice , 2 8 0 L i v e r p o o l R o a d .
R e c e i v i n g O f fic e s — W h i t l e y
L a u n d r y , 1 W h i t le y S t r e e t T u d o r L a u n d r y , 24 T u d o r R o a d ; B e lm o n t

The B orough of R ea d in g S te a m L a u n d r y C om pany, L i m ite d

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