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The amounts required by the Guardians of the
Holborn Union were £25,093 in the first, and £22,805
in the second half-year, towards which the Parish of
Clerkenwell received from the Common Poor Fund
£3,643 9s. 3d. and £5,689 19s. 9d. in the first and
second half-years respectively.
The precept of the Metropolitan Board of Works for
the year was for the sum of £8,630 0s. 5d. and that
of the School Board of £8,007 10s. 5d.
The Police precepts for the year amounted to
£6,667 4s. Od.
It will thus be seen that of the £82,390 raised
during the year, the sum of £61,989 6s. 4d. was required
by bodies beyond the control of the Vestry.
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Valuation Lists.—A Supplemental, and four Provisional
Valuation Lists have been made out and
deposited during the year. They affected some 230
assessments, and produced a net increase in the rateable
value of £1,995.
Old Toll House Premises, Pentonville Road.—
After an unsuccessful attempt to come to terms with
the trustees of the Congregational Church adjoining
the premises 245 and 247 Pentonville Road, as to
their ancient lights, tenders were invited for the premises
on building lease for eighty years, and they
were let for that period to Mr. George Ell, of Bridge
Wharf, bishop's Road, at a rental of £100 per annum
for No. 247, from Christmas 1883, and of £22 per
annum for No. 245, from Christmas 1882. Mr. Ell is
now erecting warehouses and shops upon the site.
Gates and Bars across Streets.—In March, 1882,
a letter was received from the Secretary of State for