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five per cent, of those summoned attend the hearing,
the bulk of the remainder paying without
further proceedings being necessary.
An average of 14 committal warrants per quarter
were granted in respect of non-payment of rates,
the majority of the cases being those of persons who
set the Vestry at defiance, and have no goods on
the premises on which distress can be levied, and
it may be taken that practically the same persons
form the cases each quarter. In the large majority
of these cases also, when proceedings have reached
this extreme, the money is forthcoming.
An average of 14 cases per quarter were excused
by the Justices on account of poverty.
Valuation Lists.— One Supplemental and four
Provisional Valuation Lists have been made out
during the year, dealing with 186 Assessments and
raising the rateable value by £2,511.
Assessment of Government Property.— In October,
1894, a further addition of £2,874 was made to
the rateable value on which the contributions of
the Treasury to the Kates of the Parish in respect
of the Parcels Post Depot are made, the values of
this property now standing as follows:—
GKOSS. EATEABLE.
Telegraph Factory and Telegraph Office £3,125
and Stores of the Metropolitan District £2,500
Parcels Post Depot and other Post Office 3,600
buildings 3,000
£6,725 £5,500
These values are temporary and provisional only,
and are subject to further alterations as the buildings
proceed.
In November, a letter Was received from the
Vestry of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,
on the subject of the valuation of Government