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The rates for each of the two previous years were
4s. 6½d. and 4s. 1d. in the pound respectively.
The following statement shows the amount of the rates
and the collection thereof:—
Poor Rate :—
£
s.
d.
Amount of Rate as levied
123,567
18
6
Arrears of former rates
2,446
10
4½
Rates on property assessed during the year
565
10
2
£126,579
19
0½
Collected
120,261
15
44
Loss from empty houses, &c.
5,594
14
10½
Arrears at close of year
723
8
9½
£126,579
19
0½
Other Parochial Rates
Amount of rates levied.
57,031
7
0
Arrears of former rates
1,280
11
2
Rates on property assessed during the year
261
15
9
£5S, 573
13
11
Collected
55,500
3
3½
Loss from empty houses, &c.
2,697
1
6
Arrears at close of year
376
9
1½
£58,573
13
11
Under the provisions of the Local Acts of Parliaments
relating to the Parish of St. James, the rates are made
annually, but are recoverable by four quarterly instalments.
For the convenience of Parishioners, however, it has become
the practice to collect the rates in two half-yearly sums.
In view of the increasing demands by Central Authorities
over whose expenditure the Vestry does not possess
any control, although for economy in collection the funds