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The following is a statement of the funds paid to Metropolitan
and County Authorities from the rates of this
Parish during each of the three preceding years
1890-91.
1891-92.
1892-93.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Metropolitan Asylums District
7,245
13
0
7,803
18
1
11,586
14
0
Central London Sick Asylum
2,960
0
0
3,117
0
0
3,342
0
0
Metropolitan Common Poor
Fund
12,404
0
4
10,260
5
9
11,700
0
0
Police
14,915
15
10
15,480
8
4
15,651
2
10
London County Council
Rates
39,526
16
10
36,393
1
6
39,127
17
2
School Board Rate
31,6
14
10
33,472
9
8
31,824
5
6
£108,671
0
10
£106,533
3
4 J
£113,231
19
6
The payments to Central Authorities last year amounted
to £9,880 6s. 4d. more than for the previous year, and
to £16,079 2s. 6d. more than for the year 1891-92. It will
be seen that of the total sum raised under the name of
local rates, a very small proportion is applicable to strictly
local expenditure, no less than £122,612 5s. 10d. of the
total of £175,779 18s. 11d. having been paid over during
the year to various authorities over whose expenditure the
Vestry and other Parochial Boards have no control. In
other words, out of every shilling raised as local rates in
St. James's, less than fourpence is spent by the Parochial
Authorities.
INCREASING RATES.
The Vestry received an invitation from the Vestry of St.
Anne, Limehouse, in January last, to appoint t wo Delegates
to attend a Conference proposed to be held at the Town
Hall, Limehouse, with a view to determining upon some