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made in October for the half-year to Lady-clay, upon a
ateable value of £353,664.
The amounts required by the Guardians of the Holborn
Union were £24,879 in the first, and £24,523 in the second
half-year, total £49,402, the average for 14 years previous
to the amalgamation of Clerkenwell with the Holborn
Union, when Clerkenwell managed its own Poor under the
Local Act, being £23,093, the highest year being £34,534.
The Parish of Clerkenwell received from the Common Poor
Fund £3,937 9s. 6d. and £5,227 6s. 6d. in the first and
second half-years respectively.
The precept of the Metropolitan Board of Works for the
year was for the sum of £10,102 4s. 9d. and that of the
School Board of £12,907 9s. 5d.
The Police precepts for the year amounted to
£7,362 19s. 2d.
It will thus be seen that of the £87,750 raised during
the year, the sum of £70,659 was required by bodies
beyond the control of the Vestry.
6,338 Summonses have been issued for the recovery of
the rates for the four quarters of the year, representing an
average of 1,584 per quarter. This appears a large
number, but it is quite evident that a very large proportion
of the persons summoned are content to wait for the
summons, treating it as the "final demand " for payment,
preferring to pay the small fee of 1s. charged for the summons
and hearing, and to hold their money as long as
possible. That this is so is patent from the fact of a very
small proportion, not more than a tenth of those summoned,
attending the hearing, the bulk of the remainder paying
without further proceedings being necessary.
113 Committal Warrants were granted in respect of
non-payment of rates, averaging 28 per quarter, the