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RATEABLE VALUE.
Agreeably to the provisions of the Valuation of Property
(Metropolis) Act, 1869, a general revaluation of the parish for
the purposes of assessment was made during the year. The
Valuation List was prepared under the direction of a small
Special Committee appointed by the Vestry, and as revised
by the Assessment Committee for the Westminster Union,
and after the hearing of a few appeals by the Special Sessions,
yielded a total as follows :—
Gross Value £831,835
Rateable Value £694,201
The following figures show the amount at which the parish
was assessed in the previous year and also at the last general
revaluation.
1885 1881
Gross Value £824,295 £799,116
Rateable Value £687,949 £666,813
The new Valuation List comes into operation on the 6th
April, 1886, and remains unaltered for a period of five years,
except in cases where the annual value of the property
assessed is increased or diminished.
It may be stated that the total cost of preparing the Valuation
List, up to the time of transmitting it to the Assessment
Committee, only amounted to £130 15s. 8d., viz.:—Printing,
£14 16s. 6d.; Clerical Assistance and Delivery of Notices,
£107 14s. 6d.; and other expenses, £8 4s. 8d.
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 11