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VESTRY OF
SAINT MARY, ISLINGTON.
Estimates for Rates.
POOR HATE.
The amount required to be raised for the half-year ending 30th September
next is £112,220, equivalent to a rate of 1s. 5d. in the £. Compared with the
Rate for the corresponding period of last year, this is a reduction of ½d. in the £,
but is an advance on the current Rate, made in August last, of ¾d. in the £,—accounted
for by an increase of £6,640 in the amount of the Board of Guardians'
Contribution Order.
. No estimate has been obtained of the requirements of the London County
Council. The amount actually contributed to that body for the corresponding
period of last year, has accordingly been taken as the basis of this half-year's
estimate.
LIGHTING RATE.
The amount necessary to provide the expenses of Public Lighting for the
forthcoming half-year is £5,922, a reduction of £1,348 on the amount to be raised
by the current Rate. In making a Rate of l¼d. in the £ in August last, it was
estimated that there would be a surplus at the end of the half-year, and upon
reference to the account of the Lighting Rate on Page 6, it will be seen that a
balance of £1,195 has been carried forward to the credit of the next Rate. It
will now be necessary to make a Rate of 1d. in the £, or ¼d. in the £ less than
the current Rate.
GENERAL RATE.
The sum required for the purposes of the General Rate for the half-year
ending Michaelmas next is £78,520. Of this amount, £38,200, or very nearly
one-half, is required to meet the demands of the School Board for London. A
Rate of ll¾d. in the £ (which was also the Rate levied for the corresponding
period of last year) is estimated to produce £77,608, and will leave a deficiency
of about £900 at the end of the half-year.
SEWERS RATE.
It is estimated that a sum of £2,206 will be required to defray the expenses
connected with the Sewerage of the Parish during the next half-year. To mr-et
this a rate of ¼d. in the £ will be required, which will necessitate the carrying
forward of a Dr. Balance of about £550.
It will be seen from the foregoing, that the total amount required to be raised
during the half-year ending Michaelmas next, for all purposes is £198,768 to
meet which it will be necessary to levy Rates amounting altogether to 2s. 6d. in
1he £, namely :—
Poor Rate 1s. 5d.
Lighting Rate 1d.
General Rate ll¾d.
Sewers Rate 0¼d.
2s. 6d.