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"Your Petitioners therefore humbly yray your Honorable House to
appoint a Select Committee for the purpose of inquiring into the
administration and expenditure of the School Board for London with
a view to ascertaining in what respects (if any) the administration of
the Board is defective and their expenditure is excessive, and suggesting
such remedial legislation as may appear necessary or expedient to
prevent an unduly lavish expenditure in future.
"And your Petitioners will ever pray,
L. S.
The above Petition was forwarded to Mr. Arthur Cohen, M.P.
for presentation, and the Right Honorable W. H. Smith, M.P.
having given notice of his intention to move, on the reassembling
of Parliament after the Whitsuntide recess, for the appointment of
a Select Committee to inquire into the expenditure of the School
Board, Mr. Cohen was requested to give the same his support.
The following is a statement of the sums contributed by this
Board to the School Board for London from the date of its
establishment to the present time, including the amount of the
Precept now in course of collection:—
£
s.
d.
Amount of Precept for the year ending 25th March, 1872
489
17
6
„ „ „ „ 1873
920
7
10
„ „ „ „ 1874
760
17
2
„ „ „ „ 1875
1,823
18
8
„ „ „ „ 1876
3,216
6
4
„ „ „ „ 1877
4,837
19
1
„ „ „ „ 1878
5,949
19
9
„ „ „ „ 1879
5,958
0
8
„ „ „ „ 1880
6,442
4
6
„ „ „ „ 1881
7,458
13
4
„ „ „ „ 1882
7,631
14
9
„ „ „ „ 1883
7,526
3
4
„ „ „ „ 1884
8,745
7
4
„ „ „ „ 1885
10,261
16
0
„ „ „ „ 1886
11,160
5
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