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As before frequently pointed out the sum required by the School
Board has to be collected in the General Rate, and therefore if
the 7d. in the £ for that purpose be deducted from the total of
1s. 10d. in the £ collected for the General Rate, it would leave
1s. 3d. in the £ as the amount required by the Vestry for its own
purposes.
The Vestry's own expenditure would therefore be equal to
1s. 8d. in the £ only, which is a decrease of a 1d. in the £ over
that of last year.
The following statement gives the Vestry's expenditure for its
own purposes of the past seven years :—
In 1875 the expenditure was equal to 1s. 8d. in the £.
1876 „ „ 1s. 8d.
1877 „ „ 1s. 8d. „
1878 ,, „ 1s. 8½d.
1879 „ „ 1s. 8d.
1880 „ ,, 1s. 9d. ,,
1881 ,, ,, 1s. 8d. ,,
With this sum the Vestry have met every claim on them for
repayment of loans as well as current expenses, and the Vestry
feel assured that the Ratepayers will admit that their attempts to
reduce their expenditure have been to some extent successful.
The Vestry have again to report a small increase in the precept
from the Metropolitan Board of Works, as will be seen by the
accompanying statement which, for convenience of reference, give
the precepts of that Board since 1876 : —
1876
£6091
1
9
1877
5986
1
8
1878
6166
9
0
1879
7509
1
4
1880
8303
9
6
1881
8323
2
3
Consolidated
Rate.
Whilst such largely increased Calls are made by such Boards as
the School Board, the Metropolitan Board and the Asylums Board,
and other bodies outside the Hamlet, the Vestry cannot hold out
any hopes to the Ratepayers of any diminution in the rates.
Expenditure
generally.
The Vestry and the Parochial Officers have for some time felt
that if they could not reduce the amount of the rates, they might
perhaps, give the Ratepayers some relief by making the rates of
a more equal nature; and, with a view of doing this, the Vestry
Equalization
of
Rates.