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The value of property having considerably increased,
and very large sums having to be collected for payment
of the School Board and Metropolitan Board Precepts,
rendered it proper, in the opinion of the Vestry, that
the remuneration of the Collectors should be gone into,
and the subject was therefore referred to a Committee.
The whole matter was most carefully considered, and
in the result, a fresh arrangement was made, limiting
the remuneration which the Collectors will be entitled
to receive for the future.
The Vestry are sorry to have to report that they, nofwithstanding
every effort, have nof been able to effect
any reduction in the rates, although they can again
satisfactorily show that this is nof owing to any fault of
theirs.
The Poor Rate shews some reduction, having been
equal to 2s. 3d. in the £, as against 2s, 5d. in 1878,
and 2s. 2d. in 1877.
The aggregate amount of the General, Lighting, and
Sewers Kates, has been exactly the same as last year,
viz., 2s. 2d., that is to say—
General Rate 1s. 9d. in the £.
Lighting do. 0 3½ do.
Sewers do. 0 1 do.
2s. 2d. in the £.
As pointed out in previous Reports, the amount
required by the School Board has to be collected in the
General Rate, and therefore, in considering what the
Yestry itself spends, the amount required by the School
Board must be considered.
The Yestry has again to lament a great increase in
the School Board expenses, and thinking that it is very
important that the ratepayers should be able, without