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BAKEHOUSES.
These premises are periodically inspected by the Board's
Officers, pursuant to the provisions of the Factory and Work-
shops Act, 1883, under which authority for such inspection is
given.
RATEABLE VALUE.
The Rateable Value of the District, as given by the
Metropolitan Board of Works in their apportionment of the
sums required to be raised by that Board in the several
Parishes and Districts in the Metropolis, for the year ending
31st December, 1887, was—
Lewisham £456,956
Penge157,659
Total £614,615
Showing an increase, as regards Lewisham, on the
previous return, of £13,454; and a decrease, as regards
Penge, of £4,911.
EXPENDITURE.
It is highly satisfactory to note that the ever-increasing
responsibilities of the Board entail no corresponding increase
in their Expenditure. Notwithstanding the considerable
increase in the mileage of the roads repaired, lighted, and
watered by the Board before referred to, the amount required
by the Board for its own local purposes from the Parish of
Lewisham, was only £35,500, being equivalent to a rate
on the Rateable Value in force at the commencement of the
year, of 1s. 6½d. in the pound. From the Hamlet of Penge
£8,994 was required, being equivalent to a rate of 1s. l½d.
in the pound. On the other hand, the amount raised
in the District on the Precept of the Metropolitan Board of
Works again showed an increase on the past year. The
School Board for London Precept showed a decrease.
The following comparative Table of the amount so required
for the last 10 years will be found instructive at the
present time: —