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declined to entertain the point itself, but refused to let it be
decided by a superior Court. The line and stations in Islington Parish
which had been previously assessed at £3,100 gross, and £1,504
rateable value, were increased by the Overseers at this valuation to
£5,400 gross, and £'4,500 rateable value; which values the Committee
has affirmed with the view of again raising the question of the
Overseers right to assess the hereditament upon the rent actually paid.
147, Highbury
New
Park.
In the case of Mr. Allt, of 147, Highbury New Park, the Overseers
had inserted the house in the List at £100 gross value. The Surveyor
of Taxes increased it to £110, and subsequently upon evidence produced
to the Committee, it was further increased to £120. Mr. Allt's
contention before the Court was that other similar houses in the vicinity
were letting at reduced rents, and that when the long lease under which
he held the property expired the house would be let at a much lower
figure.
The Court reduced the assessment to £105 gross and £88 rateable
value.
Appeals
settled out
of Court.
As regards the other cases, viz., the premises of Jones Bros.,
Crisp & Co., Flatau Bros., London & South Western Bank, and Trays
Hill, Hornsey Lane, the Committee entered into correspondence with
the Appellants with the result that compromises were agreed to in each
instance, and the several appeals settled out of Court.
Total gross
and rateable
value.
The total gross and rateable values of the several collecting districts,
subject to the result of the cases to be decided, are shown on the
schedule marked "A," while, for the sake of comparison with
former years, a second schedule (B) is attached, showing the number
of assessments and the gross and rateable value for the past five
quinquennial periods.
Costs and
Expenses.
Owing to the fact that the appeals of the Gas Light and Coke
Company, Midland Railway Company, and the Agricultural Hall Company,
are still undecided, the Committee is unable to do more than state
that the costs and expenses incurred up to the present time amount
to £688 16s. 8d., and as the Vestry has already raised £1,000 upon
the Poor Rate to meet these expenses, the Committee thinks it
desirable that this amount should be paid over to it as provided by
the Valuation Act.
Action of
London
County
Council.
The Committee does not feel that it can conclude this report
without calling attention to the large measure of success which has
attended its action, and that of the Vestry, in urging upon the County
Council to exercise its powers under and pursuant to Section 32 of the
Valuation Act, by enforcing upon the various Parishes of the Metropolis