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2. That the exemption from rating of School Board Schools in
London would considerably increase the large inequality of
rates levied in the Metropolitan Parishes, and would therefore
be contrary to the principle adopted by the legislature
that rates should be equalized.
3. That the benefit proposed to be conferred upon Voluntary
Schools by relief from rating is not sufficient in the opinion
of this Conference to justify the sacrifice involved in the
exemption of all Elementary Schools from Rates.
4. That copies of these Resolutions be sent to the Prime
Minister, the President of the Council on Education, the
President of the Local Government Board, to the Vestries
and Authorities invited to the Conference, and to the
Members of Parliament representing the Parliamentary
Divisions in which the same local authorities have jurisdiction.
The Vestry concurred with the views expressed
in such resolutions.
Parliamentary Representation.—The Parish of
Clerkenwell forms the Central Division of the Parliamentary
Borough of Finsbury, and was represented
in the Parliament of 1892 (which was dissolved in
1895), by the Hon. Dadabhai Naoroji. In July
1895, the Genera] Election took place, the election
for Finsbury being held on the 16th of that month.
The result of the poll was follows :—
Hon. W. F. B. Massey-Mainwaring (C.) 3,588
Hon. Dadabhai Naoroji (L.) 2,783
Majority 805
The Vestry feel that it is desirable and necessary
that the representative of Clerkenwell should
become acquainted with the local requirements, and
be in close communication with the local authority,
and therefore the Member for the Division is invited
to be present at the meetings of the Vestry