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,£687,949. The increase each year since 1885 has been as
follows:—
Supplemental List, 6th April, 1882 £2,086
„ „ „ 21883 1,359
„ „ „ 1884 10,054
„ „ „ 1885 7,637
£21,136
RATES
were made by the Vestry during the year as follows:—
Amount in
the Pound.
s. d.
Poor Rate (including, in addition to charges for the
Relief of the Poor, Police, County, and Lunatic
Rates, contributions to the Metropolitan Common
Poor Fund, and other general charges) 1 8
General Rate for the lighting, maintenance, repairing
and cleansing of streets, watering carriageways,
administration expenses, precepts of the School
Board for London, and proportion of the Bridge
Expenses of the Metropolitan Board of Works 1 3½
Sewers Rate, for the maintenance, repairing, and
cleansing of sewers vested in the Vestry 0 1
Metropolitan Consolidated Rate, for meeting the
precept of the Metropolitan Board of Works, so far
as relates to the Fire Brigade, Main Drainage,
Metropolitan Improvements, and general expenses
of the Board 0 6½
Total 3 7
This amount compares favourably with the two previous
years, the rates having been 3s. 10d. in the pound for 1883-4,
and 3s. 9d. for 1882-3. It will thus be seen that the rates
were actually lower last year than for two years previously,