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School Board Rate and Divisions.
On 1st October, 1895, the Vestry had before them a letter from the Board of Works for
the Wandsworth District, protesting against the ever-increasing expenditure of the School
Board for London, and resolved to concur in the views set forth by the Board.
On 3rd December, 1895, the Vestry had before them a letter from the Vestry Clerk of
Hammersmith with copy resolution passed by that Vestry as under:—
[Copy of Resolution.]
"That in view of the alarming increase which has taken place in the precepts of the
London School Board, this Vestry is of opinion that the time has arrived when amounts
raised under the provisions of the Elementary Education Act should be made an
Imperial charge, and equalised throughout the kingdom."
Resolved-That this Vestry agree with the resolution passed by the Vestry of
Hammersmith.
The following is a copy of the resolutions passed at a Conference of rating authorities
of the Metropolis, held at the Town Hall, Kensington, upon the same subject:—
[Copy Resolutions.]
1. (a) That this Conference of Delegates, representing twenty-four of the Rating
Authorities of the Metropolis, as defined by the Elementary Education Act,
1870, whilst recognising the valuable work performed by the School Board
for London and the benefits it confers upon the community, is nevertheless of
opinion that the expenditure of the Board has been unduly excessive and has
become a very heavy and oppressive burden upon the Ratepayers, and that
action is urgently called for with a view to the curtailment of such
expenditure.
(b) That, in the opinion of this Conference, it is desirable that a limit should
fixed by Statute to the School Board Rate.
(c) That, in the opinion of this Conference, the time has arrived when an enquiry
should be instituted, either by a Royal Commission or a Select Committee
of one of the Houses of the Legislature, into the expenditure of the School