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POOR RATE.
It is satisfactory to note that there is a reduction in the amount
required for the Poor Rate for the ensuing half-year to 31st March next.
This is occasioned mainly by the fact that the sum included in this
estimate for the requirements of the London County Council, namely,
£41,281 is less by £4,422 than that for the last half-year. It must
not be overlooked, however, that this is, after all, only an estimate. No
particulars have yet been furnished by the Council, and the only basis
that can be taken is the amount actually required by that Board during
the current half-year. There is, in addition to the above, a sum of
£1,000 which has been contributed by the Burial Board, and £2,009
received for Rates in excess of the amount originally estimated. It should
also be here noted that there has been a saving of £4,422 on the estimate
for the County Council's requirements in the present half-year, but this is
absorbed in additional expenditure by the Board of Guardians which was
not contemplated at the time the last estimates were framed. The total
amount now proposed to be raised for the half-year to 31st March next
is £101,846, which will necessitate a rate of Is. 3^d. in the £. This is
a reduction upon the current rate of l½d. in the £.
LIGHTING RATE.
£6,141 is required to meet the expenses of Public Lighting for the
forthcoming half-year. This is equivalent to a Rate of 1d. in the £.
GENERAL RATE.
It will be seen on reference to page 21 that the next rate is charged
with a probable deficit at the end of this half-year of £3,305, equivalent
to a rate of ½d. in the £. It was anticipated at the time of making the
last Rate that there would be a deficit at the 30th Saptembar next of