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Under the Education Act of 1870 the Borough in which
Shorcditch is included returns five Members to the London School
Board.
Under the Local Act (1858), six Overseers are appointed
yearly, viz.:—
One for the Liberty of Holywell Street.
One for the Liberty of Moorfields.
Two for the Liberty of Church End.
Two for the Liberty of Hoxton.
These Liberties are obsolete for all purposes excepting only the
above, and for certain Charities.
The Rates are made and collected quarterly.
The Public Lighting of the Parish is carried out by the Vestry's
own staff. The gas consumed is supplied by the Gas Light and
Coke Company—the system adopted is that of metering one lamp in
twenty—and paying upon the average consumption as indicated
by the metered lamps.
The Parish is supplied with water by the New River and East
London "Water Companies : about five sixths of the Parish is within
the area supplied by the first-named Company.
The lines of the North Metropolitan Tramways Company are
laid in the main thoroughfares.
The North London Railway Company and the Great Eastern
Railway Company run through the Parish; while the London and
North Western Railway Company have extensive goods yards and
other appurtenances therein.
The Regent's Canal Company intersects the Parish from west
to east.
The Population as shown by the last census was 126,560; the
number of Assessments is 16,721, of which 15,624 are inhabited
houses.