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and a Parliamentary subvention to replace the loss
sustained through the exemption of Volunteer
headquarters from rates. Mr. Johnson, who was
appointed on the deputation, subsequently reported
that the deputation waited on the Chancellor of
the Exchequer on the 17th June, and urged the
resolutions above referred to, Mr. Johnson pressing
upon the Chancellor the point that the property of
such a profitable department as the Post Office
should be assessed to its full rateable value, a view
in which Sir William Harcourt concurred. Mr.
Johnson was thanked by the Vestry for his action
in the matter.
On the 26th of April, Sir Albert Rollit carried in
the House of Commons the following motion:—
" That the exemption of Government property from
rating is wrong in principle and unjust in its
operation to the local authorities and to the general
body of ratepayers, and ought to be terminated by
legislation placing such property on an equality for
rating purposes with that of other ratepayers."
The results of the foregoing proceedings, so far
as Clerkenwell is concerned, will be seen on page
30.
Approved by the Vestry July 2nd, 1896.
R. E. PAGET,
Vestry Cleric.