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In accordance with the decision of the Conference that
each local authority should be asked to circulate information
among the ratepayers in regard to the legal charges of the
Lambeth Water Company, the Vestry requested the Overseers
to send out through the Rate Collectors the following table
of charges, to every consumer in the Parish of water supplied
by the Lambeth Water Company.
The Lonfcrcnce of South London Vestries and District Boards,
viz., Battersea, Bcrmondsey, Camberwell, Lambeth, Lewisham,
Newwgton, Rotherhithe, St. Gcorge-the-Martyr, St. Saviours
(Southwark), Wandsworth and Clapham, and Woolwich, gives the
following notice to all persons supplied with Water by the Lambeth
Waterworks Company.
The table of Lambeth water rates given below will
enable any one to find out the maximum amount which can
be legally demanded from him for supply for domestic
purposes. Let him see whether his yearly water rate is in
excess of this or not, and if it is not in excess let him pay
the demand.
If it is in excess, then, in order to ascertain the reason,
he should write to the Secretary of the Lambeth Company
and ask for particulars of the water rate on the premises.
If the excess is caused by a bath-charge, he should refuse to
pay the charge; but he should also, in order to be able to
compel supply of Avater for his domestic purposes, tender at
the place or office where he usually pays his water rate the
amount due for domestic supply, i.e., the percentage on the
rateable value of his premises and the statutory watercloset
charge.