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the Quinquennial List by £5,878 gross, £4,905 rateable.
While the Justices correct the individual assessments
in the List, they have no power to alter the totals of the List
without an appeal being made to them against such totals
as provided by the Act, the result being that unless the
totals are altered on appeal the contributions for County
purposes would be levied on a total value which is greater
than that which actually exists. The Vestry, therefore,
appealed to the Court of Quarter Sessions against the
totals of the Valuation List which came into force on the
6th April, 1890, when the Court ordered the totals of the
Lists to be altered in accordance with the reductions made
on appeal to Special and Quarter Sessions, thereby effecting
an appreciable reduction in the Vestry's contribution
during the Quinquennial period towards the rates levied
for County purposes. The amounts paid under precept to
other authorities for the half-year to Michaelmas, 1896, had
of course been levied on the total as stated in the List and
on the alteration therefore made by the Court application
was made to the proper authorities for a return of the
respective amounts overpaid in accordance with the provisions
contained in section 44 of the Metropolis Valuation
Act, 1869. The amounts paid in excess were in due course
refunded to the Vestry.
The assessment of new buildings and alterations caused
by variations in the value of old buildings during the
year 189G-7 has increased the total assessment of the
Parish to the following amounts:—
Value at Lady Day, 1897.
Gross value £979,259
Rateable value £814,204
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