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43

READING OFFICIAL DIRECTOBT.

In th e C orporation F in a n c ia l Y e a r Book th e Poor R a te is e stim a ted ,
a t I s 3d. b e in g th e sam e as th e p revio u s yea r.
T he E x p e n d itu r e (or th e y e a r w as £38,824, b e in g an in c re a s e on
v e a r of £2 124. T h e e x p e n d itu re on in -m ain tenance w as £G,00o , on
th e S c a tte re d Homes £1,293 ; on outd oor r e lie f £5,862, w h ich in clu d es
£660 fo r ch ild ren bo ard ed beyo n d th e Union.
£2,4/3 w as sp en t
on th e loan a cco u n t d u rin g th e year- S a la rie s and w a ge s of o p e ra tiv e
mn, i , raPn cost, £6 672 and lu n a tic s £6,062.
Th e b a lan ce in hand on th e G e n e ra l A cco u n t, a t th e end o f th e y e a r,
in clu d in g s to c k £27 (ca p ita l from D is tr ic t School), w a s £3,581.
TH E

P U B L IC

DEBT

OF

TH E

TOW N.

T he N e t D e b t o f th e to w n to L a d y D ay, 1915, w a s as
T he R e a d in g C o rpo ratio n ...
•••
E d u catio n Com m ittee
.....................................................
Board o f G uard ian s ...

£989 304
186*287
32*738
*

T o ta l N e tt D e b t ........................................ £1,209,389
TH E A N N U A L C H A R G E S
To the town for the re-payment of principal & interest were as
P rin c ip a l. In te re s t.
t o t a l.
C o rporation
*19.180
£ « ,« 5 4
«
E d u catio n C o m m ittee
0,010
7,122
13,13G uard ian s
^
h lS 5
3’001
T o ta ls

...

£26,971

£49,961

£76,926

P U B L IC C O M P A N IE S .

H e a d in g G as Company.— C e n tr a l Offices and S h ow Room s, 159
F ria r S tre e t. W orks :- K i n g 's R o ad . D ire c to rs — M essrs. J. O k e y
T a ylo r, J .P . (chairm an), 11. B. B lan d y, J.P . (d epu ty chairm an) A . S.
Cooper, H ugh H aw kins, M .A ., S. H ayw ard , T. E. H e w ett, D r. J. B .
H u rry M A ., J .P ., Geo. P h ilb ric k , J.P ., and G. W. W ebb, J.P A u d i t o r s B. P. A U n att, A.O.A., and A. G. W est, E.O .A., J.P . E n g in eer and M a n a g e r—
D. H. H elps, A .M X O .E .
S e c r e ta r y and A cco u n ta n t— A. B. bted m an .
A u th orised C a p ita l-£ 3 6 3 ,5 3 6 s to c k and sh are ca p ita l, £96,844
deben ture sto ck .
C a p ital c a lle d up — £307,756 s to c k and sh a re
ca p ita l, £65,873 d eb en tu re s to ck . A cco u n ts m ade up y e a r ly to 3 1st
D ecem ber, and su bm itted in F e b ru a ry , th e d iv id en d s b e in g p aid on
1 st Septem ber and 1 s t M a rch . R e s e r v e fu n d 3 1 s t D ecem ber, 1915,
£27,000 (maximum). Num ber of consum ers, 19,3oJ.

T he B o ro u g h o f R e a d in g S te a m L a u n d ry C o m p a n y, L im ite d .

A u th orised sh are ca p ita l, £8,000. S u b scrib e d ca p ita l, £/,28o. D ire c to rs, M essrs. D rvlan d Haslam , jun., F.S.I., M em . San. In st,, (chairm an),
James H iggs, E d w ard Jackson, R ic h a rd Jam es \ e n n e r ; B an kers,
B a rc la y and Com pany, L im ited , R e a d in g ; S o lic ito rs , B rain and
Brain, F ria r S tr e e t Cham bers, R e a d in g ; A u d ito r, B la k e P. A lln a tt,
ch a rtered acco u n tan t, 2, F o rb u ry R ea d in g ; S e c re ta ry , A. 1 .H i g g s ,
R e g is te re d Office, 280 L iverp o o l R oad. R e c e iv in g O ffices— W h itle y
Laundry, 1 W h itle y S t r e e t ; T ud o r L au n d ry, 24 T ud o r R o a d ; Belm on t