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on the 8th of December, at which representatives o
the London County Council and several Municipal
Corporations and Vestries and District Boards were
present. The Board were represented by Messrs.
Wellborne and Gridley, and the following resolutions
were passed, viz. :—
1.—"That the present system of Urban Rating is unjust in
principle and constitutes a hindrance to municipal progress and social
reform; and that in order to give relief to occupiers, and to provide
new sources of municipal revenue, it is urgently necessary that ground
landlords should contribute to local taxation in proportion to the capital
value of their land."
2.—"That it is necessary for this purpose that a separate quinquennial
valuation be made of sites, as distinct from buildings, and a
rate made and levied so as to fall on the owners of land thus assessed."
3.—"That building land held vacant should bear a fair proportion
of rates, having regard to the preservation of open spaces in the
interests of public health."
The Association requested the Board, if they
agreed with the foregoing resolutions, to seal a petition
in the form suggested by them. The Board, however,
disagreed with the first of the resolutions, and took no
further action in the matter.
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Trade A. Conference of representatives of Vestries
°bsstuction and andDistrict Boards and Metropolitan
costermongers. Members of Parliament, convened by
the Hackney Vestry, met at the Guildhall on the 8th
December, to consider the subject of trade obstructions
and costermongers' stalls on highways. This Board
was represented by Messrs. Hare and Simpson, and
Mr. P. M. Thornton, M.P. for Clapham, was also
present. The following resolutions were passed by the
Conference, viz. :—
"That in the opinion of this Conference, the various Acts of Parliament
having reference to trade obstructions on highways in the
Metropolis should be amended and consolidated under one Act."