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Supplementing the foregoing Report, the following
statement of the sums levied in rates by the School Board
for London each year since its creation, shows the rapid
growth in the demands of the Board. In addition to rates,
the Board derives an income from Government Grants and
the School Fees of Scholars:—
Year.
Annual Rateable
Value.
Rate in the
£
Amount
Levied.
£
d.
£
1871-2
19,970,989
.48
40,000
1872-3'
20,296,601
.89
75,000
1873-4
20,296,601
.74
62,000
1874-5
20,565,446
1.75
149,866
1875-6
20,903,377
3.00
263,713
1876-7
21,308,984
4.50
398,867
1877-8
23,251,702
5.23
506,353
1878-9
23,584,728
5.15
506,306
1879-80
24,065,174
5.50
551,247
1880-1
24,605,926
6.28
643,791
1881-2
26,380,342
6.15
676,579
1882-3
27,521,473
5.93
679,595
1883-4
28,012,248
6.86
801,210
1884-5
28,541,916
8.00
950,804
1885-6
29,025,534
8.64
1,045,365
1886-7
30,621,411
8.86
1,128,046
1887-8
30,692,418
8.36
1,070,325
1888-9
30,981,825
7.97
1,028,883
1889-90
31,251,704
8.90
1,158,554
1890-1
31,485,120
10.70
1,403,280
In comparing the expenditure of the School Board in its
earlier days with its present expenditure, it must be remembered
that for some years the Board was engaged in