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For the Half-year to Michaelmas, 1897.
A Poor Rate of 1s. 10d. in the £, estimated to realize nett £35,530
A Sewer Rate of 1d. ,, ,, ,, 1,615
A General Rate 1s. 1d. ,, ,, ,, 20,995
3s. 0d. 58,140
For the Half year to Lady-day, 1898.
A Poor Rate of 1s. 9d. including a Library Rate of 1d.
in the £, estimated to realize nett £34,440
A Lighting Rate 2d. ,, ,, „ 3,280
A General Rate 1s. 2d. ,, ,, ,, 22,960
3s. 1d. 60,680
The Rates made in April, for the half-year to
Michaelmas, were based upon a rateable value of
£112,075, and those made in October, for the halfyear
to Lady-day, upon a rateable value of
£422,216.
The amounts required by the Guardians of the
Holborn Union were £34,455 in the first, and
£31,070 in the second half-year, total £65,525.
The Parish of Clerkenwell received from the
Common Poor Fund £3,523 8s. 10d. and
£3,410 11s. 5d. in the first and second half-years
respectively.
The amounts above stated as being required by
the Guardians of the Holborn Union included the
Precepts of the London County Council, whose
rate is now collected in the Poor rate, whereas the
requirements of the Metropolitan Board of Works
were raised by a separate rate called the Metropolitan
Consolidated Rate. The Council's precepts
in respect of the Parish of Clerkenwell amounted