9th December 1773
That it appears to the Committee Mr Weaver has four Shillings in the
Pound for Collecting the Toll of the Haymarket
under the 8th & 9th of William
the third and that he has also the advantages of the Toll under the 31st of
George the 2d both which Tolls are collected at the same Time
The Committee further Report That upon the Examination
of Mr Davis the Executor of the late Cont [..] for paving and repairing
the Haymarket
he acknowledges a Ballance remaining in his hands in
favor of the County arrising from the overplus of the Receipt of the Toll
of £154..16s..6d which Sum he confesses himself ready to pay to the order of the
Justices
That The Committee having thus examin'd the several
Orders and Accounts relative to the Toll of the Haymarket
thought it their
Duty as part of the Business referred to them to Examine the present
State and condition of the Haymarket
, which they viewed accordingly
and found the same in tolerable repair excepting where the Pipes
conveying the Water
under the Street broken Wherefore Mr Davis
(who was then present) was desir'd to apply to the Water Companies, to
whom the said Pipes belong to repair the same immediately, which he
undertook to do as also to Repair such other Defects in the Pavement
of the said Street as were pointed out to him by the Committee.
The Committee at the same Time Examin'd the Extent
of the Haymarket
and find proper Marks affixed to the Walls Determining
the same (as follows) vizt. one at the North East corner of the Haymarket
on the House adjoining to Coventry Street
bearing this Inscription "This
is the begining of the Haymarket
" and another on the West
Side of the Haymarket
against the Lower Side of the Stage Door way or
Private Passage leading to the Opera House
bearing this Inscription,
"Here ends the Haymarket
".