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at the Town Hall, Kensington, in the previous month. Mr.
Burgess, Mr. Cox, and Mr. Venn represented this Vestry at the
Conference.
The Memorials set forth the continually increasing burden of
local charges raised solely from the occupiers of houses and lands
for what it is thought may fairly be regarded as national purposes,
and prayed the Government to take the matter into consideration
with a view to adopting some measures for the relief of the ratepayers.
The Vestry approved the Memorials, affixed their common
seal thereto, and presented the same, as suggested by the
Conference. Some measures had been projected by the Ministry
for dealing with the question of local taxation, but the time of
Parliament being occupied with matters of more pressing importance,
the subject was not brought forward during the past Session
beyond a grant of £250,000 being asked for and made by Parliament
towards the cost of repairing main and disturnpiked roads.
This grant afforded no relief to the Parish of St. James.
RATEABLE VALUE.
The rateable value, according to the last quinquennial re-valuation
of the whole Parish in 1880, amounted to £666,813. A supplemental
valuation list, prepared in 1881, increased this amount by
£2,086, and a further supplemental valuation list, prepared in the
following year, gave a further increase of £1,359, thus making a
total rateable value of £670,258 on the 6th April, 1883.
RATES
Were made bv the Vestrv during' the vear as follows:—
Amount in
the Pound.
s.
d.
Poor Rate (including, in addition to charges
for the relief of the Poor, Police, County,
and Luuatic Asylums Rates, contributions
to the Metropolitan Common Poor Fund,
and other general charges)
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