68 
Report of the Judges on the 
As no valuation was made at the end of the year, the valuation 
made on the 29th September has been included in the account of 
income and expenditure (p. 67). This valuation, amounting to 
5003/. 9s. 6f/., is divided into two items, viz. 3185/. 8s. 6f/. for live 
and dead stock, and 1818/. Is. 6^7. for tillages, tScc. With reference 
to this valuation, however, it should be said that a valuation 
made at Michaelmas would naturally be more than one made on 
the following Lady Day, which is the end of the financial year 
at Croydon. This is shown to be the case by actual experience 
at Croydon, for a valuation of this farm on the 29th September, 
1876, amounted to 5928/. 4s. 9r/., and at the following Lady Day 
it amounted to 5151/. 8s. 6f/. It will be seen, therefore, that the 
loss on working during the past year amounted to the large sum of 
6496/. 13s. 8r/., being at the rate of not less than 14/. 5s. 2(1. per 
acre, or a sum greatly in excess of the very large rent which is paid 
for this farm. It should be observed, in reference to the accounts 
of the Croydon sewage farm, that, with the exception of the 
last year, the losses in which have been increased by reason of 
the excessive volume of cold spring-water passed on to the farm, 
the apparent loss is not so great when compared with other 
farms, provided the same amount of rent and taxes were paid as 
at Croydon. This is apparent when the account for the year 
ending the 25th of March, 1878, is compared with the Leaming- 
ton Farm account of 1877, which shows a balance of profit in 
the year of 567/. 3s. 4|f/. ; but the sewage farm at Leamington 
only pays 2/. 4s. per acre rent, and Croydon 10/. per acre rent, 
and the rates and taxes are proportionately higher at Croydon, so 
that if Leamington had to pay the same rent, &c., the loss would 
have been greater per acre at Leamington than at Croydon. 
The cost of preparing the farm at Beddington for sewage 
purposes has been comparatively small. By an arrangement 
entered into with Mr. John Marriage, the first tenant, the Local 
Board had a portion of the farm laid out at a cost of 3/. per 
acre, which was the amount they allowed to Mr. Marriage for 
the work. The cost of the sewage extractors and buildings, 
laying out additional lands (about 120 acres), including culverts 
for conveying the sewage on to the lands, makes the total 
7722/. 6s., made up as follows : — £ s d 
Mr. Hayward's contract for culverts, erection of buildings, and) 22I7 9 9 
extractors on fai-m .. ,, ) 
Messrs. Burton and Waller, sewage extractors at Brimstone Barn 1406 9 3 
Messrs. Peskett and Taylor, building for sewage extractors at) -^^^ 2 
Brimstone Barn J 
Laying down additional land, construction of culverts, &c.„ in-j 
eluding superintendence, about 120 acres laid out £3040 7s. > 2840 7 11 
lid., les's fine deducted from contractor, £200 j 
Amount paid Mr. Marriage, 240 acres laid out, at £3 per acre 720 0 0 
Total cost of works 
£7722 6 0 
