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Valuation of Property (Metropolis) Act, 1869.
Report of the Assessment Committee of the Parish
of St. Mary, Islington.
The Assessment Committee of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington,
appointed on the 18th day of April, 1890, pursuant to the "Valuation
of Property (Metropolis) Act, 1869," submits its Quinquennial report
as follows:—
The fifth Quinquennial Valuation List for the Parish was deposited
by the Overseers on the 30th May, 1890, and contained 43,016 rateable
hereditaments of a gross value of £2,038,614, and of a rateable value of
£1,693,199.
The last day for lodging objections to the List was the 26th June,
1890, and on the 30th June the Committee was informed by the Clerk
that up to that date he had received the following notices of objection:—
Ordinary Ratepayers 2,633
Surveyors of Taxes 650
Owners or Occupiers of Public-houses in the Parish 83
Public Companies 7
It will be seen, however, by the Schedule attached, that a considerable
number of notices of objection were received subsequently, and dealt
with by the Committee as though they had been in time. There were
also a number of objections to the alterations made by the Committee
which of course could only be dealt with after the re-deposit of the List.
Arrangements were made for the hearing of the objections
according to the collecting Districts of the Parish, and notices of the
day and hour on which the Committee would sit to hear and determine
objections, were served by hand at the houses of Ratepayers who had
given notice, in addition to the statutory notices of the Committee's
sittings which were published by posting on the doors of the Churches
and Chapels in the Parish.
On the 14th July, 1890, the Committee commenced its sittings, and
from that date to the 29th October, 1890, when the List was finally
approved, it held 28 meetings, commencing at 10 a.m. and continuing
many of them, until a late hour in the evening.
The number of objections heard amounted to 2,884, the number
of properties viewed to 286, the number of assessments reduced to
1,692, and the number increased on objections lodged by the Surveyors
of Taxes to 527. With regard to the latter class of cases, the
Committee would repeat that it has no option under the
Valuation Act, but to increase such assessments as may be objected to
Surveyors'
Objections