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It was also agreed to bring the following points to the notice of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer:—
"The application of the existing law to the assessment of Government property,
including the whole of the palace of Westminster.
"An equalisation of the cost of the Police in London between the Government and the
ratepayers."
"To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to sanction the transfer to the London
County Council of the receipts on account of hackney and stage carriages and
other licences."
"A11 increase of the Exchequer contributions to London on account of main roads
and sanitary administrations."
That the deputation consist of twelve members of the conference.
Twenty-one gentlemen were nominated, and the following were declared elected:—
The Earl of Onslow, G.C.M.G.
Mr. L. H. Hayter (Westminster)
Mr. Dethridge (Paddington)
Mr. Cutter (Woolwich)
Mr. Dellow (St. George-in-the-East)
Colonel Gordon (Commissioners of Sewers)
Mr. Bonthron (St. James's)
Mr. Hudson (St. George, Hanover Square)
Mr. Brass (Chelsea)
Mr. Crooks (Poplar)
Mr. Campbell (Kensington)
Mr. Johnson (Clerkenwell).
It was further agreed that Mr. R. G. Webster, M.P., Mr. Williams Benn, M.P.,
Mr. Pickersgill, M.P., and Mr. Burdett-Coutts, M.P., be asked to accompany the
deputation, and to arrange among themselves who should undertake to introduce
them.