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The amount borrowed by the Board up to the
end of 1886 (exclusive of the sum raised for
consolidation of loans) was £163,535
The amount outstanding at Lady-day, 1886, was 56,222
Showing a total payment off The Loan Debt to
that date of £107,313
The foregoing statements with regard to the previous
Loan transactions of the Board were included in last year's
report. The Board again submit the information, believing
it to be of considerable interest to the ratepayers of the
District.
The sum outstanding at Lady-day, 1889, under each
rate of interest was as follows:—
4¾
4½
4¼
3⅞
3¾
3½
Total.
£
1050
£
525
£
7799
£
8G30
£
14,100
£
21,779
£
53,883
These amounts have since been proportionately reduced.
RATEABLE VALUE.
The Rateable Value of the District, at March, 1890,
was—
Lewisham £474,150
Penge 151,720
£625,870
The value as regards the Parish of Lewisham was obtained
from the printed Valuation List which came into force
on the 6th April, 1889, prepared under the Valuation Metropolis
Act, 1869; and that as regards Penge was the last
County Rate basis (see letter from the Comptroller of the
London County Council, 2 April, 1890).
THE BOARD'S HOSPITAL.
There have been but few patients admitted to the Board's
Hospital during the year. The establishment has been