View report page

14
The following comparative statement shews the annual
amount in the £ to which the Vestry's Precepts would have
amounted during these last eight years, if the Vestry had had
only to call for the amounts required by itself.
In 1874 the expenditure 1s.8din the £
was equal to
1876 ,, 1. 8d. ,,
1877 „ 1. 8d. „
1878 ,, 1. 8½. ,,
1879 „ 1. 8d.
1880 ,, 1 9. ,,
1881 ,, 1. 8d. ,,
1882 ,, 1. 7½. ,,
School
Board
Precepts.
The Precepts of the School Board still form a very important
item in reference to the taxation in the Hamlet.
It is true that the Precept for 1882 shews a slight decrease
over the total of those of last year, but it still amounts to the
enormous sum of £8280 15s., which is equal to a rate of 6½d. in
the £.
Remonstrances have been, from time to time, addressed to
the School Board, against the excessive expenditure, but they
have not produced any satisfactory result. For convenience of
reference, the Vestry have, at the end of this Report, given a
statement showing the amounts paid to the School Board on
its Precepts since its formation.
Consolidated
Rate.
The Precept of the Metropolitan Board of Works again shews
a considerable increase, being £8858 2s. 3d. this year, as against
£8323 2s. 3d. last year.
The Vestry have, at the end of this Report, also set forth a
statement shewing the amounts paid out of the Rates to the
Metropolitan Board of Works on their Precepts since the
formation of that Board.
The Vestry invite a careful perusal of the statement, as, when
compared with the aforegoing statements as to the Vestry's own
expenditure, it clearly accounts for a greater part of the increased
taxation of late years.
Equalization
of
Rates.
The experiment of making the Vestry's calls half-yearly, as
mentioned in the last report, was found to be of considerable
service for the purpose intended, and the Vestry have therefore
determined to continue the practice.