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General Rate, viz:—
£
s.
d.
Loans
4,438
4
3
Works Department
7,494
4
3
Cartage do.
5,227
10
0
Establishment
1,650
0
0
School Board
12,402
11
2
J«.
Total Precepts issued for
31,212
9
8
Previous years Precepts
27,415
0
7
Lighting Rate, viz.:—
Public Lighting and Incidental Works .
3,995
15
11
Previous year
3,503
0
7
Local Sewer Rate, viz:—
Loans
1,851
2
5
Sanitary work
200
0
0
Works, wages, materials, &c.
1,595
6
7
Establishment
825
0
0
Precepts
4,471
9
0
Previous year
4,675
1
6
Metropolitan Consolidated Rate, viz:—
Amount of precept
9,626
1
4
Previous year
8,180
17
0
The actual rates made by the Overseers for the two years are
as follows, viz.:—
1886-7.
1885-6.
s.
d.
s.
d.
General Rate
2
4
2
1 in £
Lighting „
3
3 „
Sewers „
3½
4½ „
Metropolitan Consolidated
Rate
6½
7¼ „
3
5
3
4
The increase on the General Rate must be attributed to the
School Board Rate, and to the fact that this being the first year
of the Vestry's incorporate existence, it had to provide and furnish
offices, employ a staff of officials, and keep a somewhat larger