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continuous and enormous increase in the amount of the
Precepts of the School Board for London.
That the rate required for the purposes of the London School
Board in the present financial year from this District is at
the rate of iod. in the £.
That the annually increasing burden imposed upon the Ratepayers
is injurious to the welfare of the District and the
Metropolis at large.
That in the opinion of your Petitioners one important source
of the extravagant expenditure by the School Board is that
Sites for Schools are acquired in positions and neighbourhoods
where such accommodation is not required, and that
enormously extravagant prices are paid for such sites.
That at the present moment the School Board are seeking to
obtain a site for the erection of a School at Brook Green,
Hammersmith, where, by reason of the valuable nature of
the adjacent property, the purchase money must of necessity
be very high, and where there is but a very small population
of the class of persons that would require the advantage of a
Board School.
That an alternative site at Alexandra Road, Hammersmith,
within a short distance of Brook Green, situate in the midst
of a teeming population that does require such Schools, has
been pointed out to the School Board by your Petitioners,
and your Petitioners are credibly informed and believe that
such site could be obtained at much less expense than the
site at Brcok Green.
Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray your Honourable
House to appoint a Select Committee for the purpose of
enquiring into the Administration and Expenditure of the
School Board for London, with a view to ascertaining in
what respects (if any) the Administration of the Board is
defective and their Expenditure is excessive, and suggesting
such remedial legislation as may appear necessary or expedient
to prevent an unduly lavish expenditure in future.
And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.
Sealed by Order,
THOMAS EDWARD JONES,
Clerk to the Board.
Up to the time of issuing this Report nothing has
been done by Parliament in the matter.