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REPORT OF THE ASSESSMENT
COMMITTEE.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Valuation (Metropolis)
Act, 1869, the Assessment Committee beg to
submit their report for the year ended 6th April,
1906:—
Appointment of Committee.
1. The Committee was appointed at a meeting of the
Borough Council, held on 19th April, 1905.
The first meeting was held on the 8th June, 1905, when
Alderman Chamberlen, J.P., was elected Chairman, and Alderman
Glasier Vice-Chairman.
In consequence of the resignation of Alderman Glasier, the
Council, on the 4th October, 1905, appointed Councillor Hooper,
a member of the Committee, to fill the vacancy so created.

* Did not serve the full period.
Quinquennial Valuation List, 1905.
3. This year being the quinquennial period for revising the
Valuation List for the whole of the Borough, the Committee have
had to devote a very considerable amount of time to the work.
The new Valuation List was deposited by the Borough
Council, acting as the Overseers, on the 17th June, 1905, and
transmitted to the Committee on the 3rd July, 1905.
The List contained upwards of 22,000 assessments, and
owing to the large number of increases made therein, the
objections received by the Committee were more numerous than
usual. The total number of assessments objected to was 3,159,
and the number reduced by the Committee on objection or otherwise
was 1,397. The number of assessments increased by the