Page Ledger. £ s. d. 199. To Balance 18531 8 6 92. Compensation to late Officer 20 0 0 241. Interest on the above Balance at 4¼ per cent. 696 7 6 271. Establishment for share of Expenses under that 35 16 0 head, being 5 per cent. on £716 7s. 6d. £19,288 12 0 By Precepts, viz.: 293. Dated Mar. 15, 1859, 4 6 6 Surplus 295. ,, Sept. 13, 1859, ditto 5 14 6 294. ,, Sept. 28, 1858, ditto 37 9 9 294. ,, Dec. 18, 1857, ditto 24 5 9 298. ,, Mar. 13, 1860, ditto 1150 0 0 306. ,, Oct. 23, 1860, ditto 920 0 0 2162 10 8 Cash on account of Rate due Oct., 1854, and 3 10 0 April, 1855, on 2, Durham-place Balance, viz., Debt due to the Vestry 17117 11 4 £19,283 12 0 APPENDIX No. 18. THE VESTRY HALL. REPORT OF THE DINNER COMMITTEE. Vestry Hall, January 15th, 1861. _To the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea_. Gentlemen,—We, the subscribers hereto, members of your committee appointed to carry out the arrangements for giving proper effect to your resolution of the 23rd October last, to inaugurate the opening of this hall with a public dinner, have the pleasure to present the following brief account of our stewardship. As so many of you were present upon the occasion, it is almost superfluous to say more than that it was attended by one hundred and twenty persons, many of them the most influential in the parish, and that it passed off, we hope and believe, to the general satisfaction of the guests. We annex a financial statement for your information, from which it appears that the receipts from the sale of tickets were £113 8s., and the cost of the dinner and wines £113 12s., the two amounts as nearly as possible balancing each other. The incidental expenses, for music, printing, toastmaster, a supper for the workmen, &c., amounted to £26 10s. 9d., which by the kind feeling of Mr. Pitt, of Cheyne-walk, has been reduced to the balance of £21 14s. 9d., a sum which we now ask at your hands. Respectfully submitted,