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In connection with the Quinquennial Valuation, an
important question has been decided, affecting not only
this Parish, but every Parish in the country, viz., that of
the assessment of the Board Schools.
Notices of objection were given by the School Board,
claiming reductions in the value of all their schools in the
Parish, as follows:—
Ann Street from £1264 to £300 gross.
Bowling Green Lane „ £500 to £200 „
Penton Grove „ £512 to £150 „
Risinghill Street „ £796 to £300 „
Eagle Court „ £450 to £200 „
Winchester Street „ £785 to £350 „
Compton Street „ £1200 to £350 „
£5507 £1850
and that the several rateable values be reduced accordingly.
When these Appeals came on before the Union Assessment
Committee, it appeared that the School Board
contemplated carrying a case to the Court of Queen's
Bench to settle the question as to the principle upon which
these schools should be assessed.
The present assessments were therefore confirmed, subject
to the decision of the Court.
The School Board therefore took a case in Shoreditch as a
test case, and in the Queen's Bench Division, on the 22nd
December, their appeal against a decision of the Assessment
Sessions was heard, as to the principle to be adopted in
assessing Board Schools. The Assessment Committee of
Shoreditch had assessed the Schools in St. John's Road,
Hoxton, upon the usual principle of 4 per cent. on the value
of the land, and 5 per cent. on the cost of the buildings,
a principle which was upheld by the Assessment Sessions.
A case for the decision of the Queen's Bench Division was
thereupon stated, the School Board contending that in