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Rates have hitherto been made only in respect of the sums
required under the first Metropolitan precept, viz., a 4d. rate in the
Greenwich District, and an 8d. rate in the Ravensbourne District.
The former was made on the 29th December, 1857, when the rateable
value of the property chargeable was
Houses, £33,461, producing at 4d. in the pound £557 13 8
Land 503, producing at Id. (one-fourth) 2 1 11
£33,964 £559 15 7
The rate on the Ravensbourne District was made in January,
1858, when the rateable value was
Houses, £90,169, producing at 8d. in the pound £3,005 12 8
Land 7,771, producing at 2d. (one-fourth) 64 15 2
£97,940 £3,070 7 10
No rate has been made in respect of the precept for £501 15s. 7d.,
it is, therefore, assumed that the necessity for making a separate
rate for this sum has been avoided by comprising it in the two rates
made, which, it will be seen, far exceed the amount of the first
precepts issued on the two districts.
No rate has been made in Penge for these purposes, the sums
having been advanced out of other monies in the hands of the
Overseers applicable to the purpose.