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The increase, it will be noted, is principally in the General Rate
(Is. 9½0d. in the £, as against Is. 7d. for the preceding year) and this
is mainly due to the precepts of the London School Board, which
necessitated the raising of £8,845 15s. Id. (equivalent to a rate of
nearly l½d. in the £) in excess of the sum raised for the same purpose
in the parish in the year 1888-89.
The poor rate also shows an increase, but on the other hand the
consolidated rate shows a decrease. With regard to these two rates
it is to be borne in mind that by the provisions of the Local Government
Act, 1888, the expenditure of the London County Council is
levied as a part of the poor rate instead of by a consolidated rate as
was that of the Metropolitan Board of Works. It is therefore somewhat
difficult during the first year of the transition to compare the expenditure
of the County Council with that of the late Metropolitan Board of
Works.
The estimates upon which the above rates were based will be
found appended.
From the following table, it will be seen that the rates collected
during the year amounted to £363,076 2s. Id., leaving £22,600 19s. 6£d.
of the total debit uncollected. The latter amount is accounted for as
follows:—£20,546 15s. 7½d., due to "empties," "half-quarters," reduced
assessments, and commission allowed to owners; £1,798 9s. ll¾d. to
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