who was at that time Lord Mayor.

The City's Cash was used to supplement the Police Rate, which had been authorised in the City of London Police Acts 1839 and 1919 to cover the costs of the City of London Police. However owing to problems in the management of the funds, the City of London had to ask the government to contribute a grant for the upkeep of their police force.In the year ending 31 March 1938, the City's Cash balance sheet totalled