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93½ is actually collected, 6½ per cent. being irrecoverable
from allowances to owners who compound,
empty houses, runs, and excusals on the ground of
poverty. It follows therefore that when the Parish
is called upon to satisfy the precept of some
central body, such as the County Council or the
School Board, which is stated to be at the rate of
say 1s. in the pound, an actual rate of nearly 13d.
must be made to produce the amount required.
Rates Raised in 1894-5.—The Vestry have been
furnished with a return by the London County
Council, showing the amount in the pound of all
rates raised in the County of London for the year
ending 31st March, 1895, distinguishing the rates
raised for county and for parish purposes, and of
rates raised in the principal boroughs and parishes
in the immediate neighbourhood of London, The
return shows the central rates at 3s. 8d. in the
pound, and the total rates of the various parishes
ranged from 4s. 6½d. in St. James, Westminster,
to 8s. 2d. at Bow; Clerkenwell with rates amounting
to 5s. 7½d. in the pound, standing very favourably
on the list, 61 parishes having rates higher,
and only 13 rates lower.
Elementary Schools—Exemption from Rating.
—In February a letter was received from the
Vestry of Bethnal Green, forwarding resolutions
passed at a Conference of Eating Authorities
against the proposed exemption of Elementary
Schools from rating, as follows :—
1. That cost of Public Elementary Education borne out of
Rates in the London School Board Area ought to include
the rates on each Board School, because parish boundaries
have not been regarded in providing the necessary building
accommodation in the School Board area, and rateable
property has been destroyed in one parish to accommodate
in a large measure the wants of adjoining parishes.
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