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named to attend the conference at Kensington instead. The
conference took place in the latter part of April, and the
following is a copy of the resolutions which were agreed to
by the assembled delegates:—
"(a) That, in the opinion of this Conference of Delegates,
representing thirty-three of the Rating Authorities
of the Metropolis, the Rate levied for the administration
of the Elementary Education Act, 1870,' and Acts
amending the same, has greatly exceeded the amount contemplated
at the time of passing the original Act, and
has gradually increased until it has become a very heavy
and oppressive burden upon the Ratepayers of London.
"(b) That, as it is feared the amount of the. present
Rate may be greatly exceeded in the future, it is deemed
by this Conference to be urgently necessary in the
interests of the Ratepayers that the various charitable
educational endowments throughout the Metropolis should
be applied in aid of the required amounts hitherto levied
in the shape of Rates, and that a limit should be fixed
by a statutory enactment to the Rate to be hereafter
leived to meet the expenditure of the School Board for
London.
" (c) That it is expedient that a portion of the Rate
required to be raised for School Board purposes should
be levied on the value of all lands within the area of
the Electoral Divisions of the School Board for London.
" (d) That this Conference is of opinion that the
School Board for London has exceeded the intention of
the Elementary Education Acts in recently sanctioning
the supply of Pianofortes to certain of their Schools to
be paid for out of the Rates.
"(e) That the Rating Authorities of the Metropolis be
urged to present Petitions to Her Majesty's Government
on the lines of the resolutions passed at this Conference,
and to communicate with the Parliamentary Representatives
of their respective districts, urging them to bring
pressure to bear upon the Government with a view to
action being taken in the matter."
This Board, however, did not take any further action in the
matter.
London
CountyCounoil
Chamber.
On receipt of a circular-letter from the Vestry of St. Martinin-the-Fields
protesting against the proposed building of a
council chamber and offices by the London County Council ;