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Management Act, which requires that the Vestry
shall raise the sum by an addition to the General
rate. An application for £26 was received, to be
raised by a rate on the rateable value of the houses in
Holford Square, the annual payment of 10s. hitherto
made by each occupier ceasing, and the Vestry
decided that a rate of 3d. in the pound be made for
the purpose.
As this was the first occasion such a rate had
been made, notice of the proposed rate was given
to each occupier, with an intimation that the
Vestry would be prepared to hear any objector
before the rate was agreed to, but no opposition was
made to it.
Rates of the Metropolis.—In August, 1894, the
Vestry had before them a letter from the County
Council, forwarding copy of Return of Rates raised
in the County of London for the year ending 31st
March, 1894, distinguishing the rates raised for
county and parish purposes, and of rates raised in
the principal boroughs and parishes in the immediate
neighbourhood of London.
The Return shows that the Rates in 1892-3 in
the various London parishes were on an average
6s. 1¼d. in the pound, of which the central rates
amounted to 3s. 3½d. (though 3s. 6½d. would more
correctly represent the central rates, as it is found
in practice that lossses from empties, allowances,
&c., necessitate a rate of 13d. to raise a sum representing
a rate of 1s. on the total rateable value).
The rates for Clerkenwell were 5s. 10d., the parish
standing 27th on a list comprising seventy-six
parishes—a favourable position when the character
of the parish is taken into consideration.
London (Equalization of Rates) Act.—Reference
was made in the last report to the introduction