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The General Rate has been 1s. 9d. in the £
„ Lighting „ 0 3 „ £
„ Sewers' „ 0 2 „ £
Making a total of 2 2 „ £
As the Vestry has before pointed out, on more than
one occasion, the School Board Rate has, under the
Act of Parliament, to be collected in the general rate.
Now the policy of the School Board, at all events, as
regards expenditure, has not undergone any change, as
the following statement shows:—
The Precepts of the School Board, since its institution,
received by this Vestry, have been as under.
Year 1871
Amount <£536
17s.
3d.
„ 1872
„ 1001
8
10
„ 1873
„ 827
17
2
„ 1874
„ 1989
3
10
„ 1875
„ 3496
6
11
„ 1876
„ 5335
17
3
„ 1877
„ 6468
17
10
„ 1878
„ 6486
12
2
Shewing (except in the year 1873) a continually increasing
tendency.