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9
RATEABLE VALUE.
The Rateable Value of the District at the end of the
year 1884, was—
Lewisham £417,367
Penge 161,864
Total £579,231
The usual valuation at the end of the year 1885 was not
made known to this Board, as the new Quinquennial Valuation
would come into force early in the ensuing year.
This valuation is as follows:—
Lewisham £443,502
Penge 165,375
£608,877
Since the passing of the Valuation (Metropolis) Act,
1869, which provides for a Quinquennial Valuation of the
Metropolis, the Rateable Value of this District, as stated
each five years, has been as follows:—
1871. Lewisham 266,936
Penge 128,430
395,366
1876. Lewisham 324,009
Penge 128,430
452,439
1881. Lewisham 376,087
Penge 152,220
528,307
1886. Lewisham 443,502
Penge 165,375
608,877
EXPENDITURE.
As this Board has to collect and pay over to the different
Metropolitan Boards very considerable sums in the course
of the year, it may be well to note that the actual amount
required by this Board during the year under review for its
own purposes, from the Local Guardians of the Poor of the