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sterling, the Appeals have been so few, and that such Appeals
will in the end cost the Parish so small a sum of money in
proportion to the large rateable amount of the Parish.
The costs of the several Appeals have not yet been taxed by
the Court, the Committee arc unable, therefore, to report on the
amount of the costs which the Committee may be called upon to
bear, but will supply the Account in a Supplemental Report. In
the meantime, however, it is proposed, that the sum of £50
already paid by the Vestry, should be retained in hand towards
the Costs of the Appeals, which must in any case considerably
exceed that amount.
The value of property in the Parish assessed for the Relief of
the Poor has been as follows:—
Grots Rateable
On the 8th April, 1870, prior to the first
Valuation List being made out £1,044,810 ,£848,230
As settled by the Committee by the first
Valuation List in 1870 1,121,475 919,015
As settled by the Committee by the first
Quinquennial Valuation List in 1875 1,263,046 1,034,710
As settled by the Committee by the second
Quinquennial Valuation List, 1880,
after the Appeals to the Assessment
Sessions 1.574,513 1,284,862½
As settled by the Quinquennial List, 1885,
after the Appeals to the Assessment
Sessions 1,801,014 1,461,540
As settled by the Supplemental List, 1889 1,838,826 1,490,716
As settled by the Committee by the Quinquennial
List, 1890 1,868,224 1,517,810
The increase of the New List over the last Quinquennial and
Supplemental Lists is as follows:—
Gross
Rateable
Over Quinquennial List of 1885
£67,210
£56,270
Over last Supplemental List
£29,398
£27,094
From a Statement supplied by the Overseers, it appears that
there is in the New List an increase of ,£9,027 in the Assessment