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their duty in fairly assessing the rateable hereditaments within
their own boundaries. It will be remembered that the County
Council convened a conference of the various Assessment Committees
of the Metropolis upon the subject, and that the Committee's Clerk
(Mr. Dewey) then put forward such strong reasons for interference on
the part of the Council, that the latter resolved to take action. This
action resulted in appeals being lodged by the County Council against the
totals of various parishes, which were alleged to be under assessed, to
the extent of £400,000, a matter of no little moment to Islington in
these days of high rating.
The result of these appeals upon the part of the Council is not yet
fully known—some have been decided in its favor, but still more have
been compromised, while a few important ones yet remain to be decided.
Under any circumstances, a considerable addition will have been made
to the total rateable value of the metropolis elsewhere than in
Islington, which must result in lightening metropolitan burdens so far
as that parish is concerned, but what is of more importance is the
effect which this action upon the part of the County Council will
have in the future upon the Valuation Lists of the Metropolis.
A Supplemental Report will be presented when the outstanding
appeals are decided, stating the results, and submitting an account of
the total costs incurred by the Committee.
(Signed) WM. ADAMS,
Chairman.
Settled by the Assessment Committee and
ordered to be printed and circulated.
WM. F. DEWEY,
Clerk.
June 19th, 1891.