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Conferences.
Local Government.
On 21st January, 1896, the Vestry had before them a letter from the Clerk to the
London County Council, stating, that by direction of the Council, the Local Government
and Taxation Committee of the Council had arranged for a Conference to take place at the
County Hall at 3 p.m., on Friday, the 31st January, between the Representatives of the
Council and the Vestries and District Boards of the Metropolis to consider and report what
powers then possessed by the Council, should be transferred to the Local Authorities and
requesting that this Vestry would nominate two Representatives and the Clerk to attend,
and asking to be informed of the names and addresses of such Representatives.
Resolved—That Messrs. F. J. Bisley (Vice-Chairman), and F. T. Talbot, and the
Clerk attend the Conference on behalf of the Vestry.
Several meetings were held", but the Minutes of the Conference are too voluminous to
reproduce here.
Local Taxation.
A letter having been received from the Vestry of St. Margaret's and St. John,
Westminster, stating that they had convened a Conference of Rating Authorities in the
Metropolis, to be held at the Westminster Town Hall on May 27th, at 5 o'clock, relative to
Exchequer Grants being made in aid of Local Rates, and asking this Vestry to appoint two
Delegates together with the Clerk to attend such Conference on their behalf,
It was Resolved—That Messrs. Beasley and Aldridge attend such Conference on behalf
of this Vestry.
The following is a copy of the resolutions, etc., passed thereat:—
"That this Conference of Rating Authorities of London, representing a population
of 3,595,030 and a rateable annual value of £29,658,351, do request the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to receive a deputation to pray that he will take into
his serious consideration the incidence of Local Taxation in London as compared
with that of the rest of England, and the possibility of relieving the increasing
burthens of the ratepayers in the Metropolis.