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Shoreditch 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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The following figures will show the result of the Company's Appeal as to their M ains:—
| PARTICULARS. | Value. | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross. | Rateable. | |
| For the past ten years the Valuation Liat for the Company's mains was agreed by both parties at | £ 15,541 | |
| The Assessment Committee proposed to retain the same figures in the present list, but the Company by their Valuer attended the Committee and contended that they should only pay on | 6,108 | 5,090 |
| The Committee could not accept that large reduction, and the Company thereupon appealed, and stated in their case that the figures should be those contended for by them before the Committee | ||
| The Company afterwards delivered an amended case, further reducing the figures to | 4,744 | 4,107 |
| They also stated that the Rateable Value of the whole of the directly productive mains was £113,667. | ||
| The Court held that the Rateable Value of the whole of the productive mains, plus proportion of rates was £463,205, which being worked out by the valuers brought the figures in respect of this Parish to | ... | 12,518 |
| Which is a reduction on the old Assessment of | ... | 3,023 |
It is a rule that where an Appellant gets a material reduction from the
Valuation List the costs are paid by the Respondents, and in this case the Court
directed this Parish with certain other Parishes, to pay the Appellants such a
proportion of their general costs as may be determined to be properly chargeable
to this Parish, but Messrs. Mills, Lockyer & Mills point out that the Parish has
benefitted by the appeal to the extent of increasing the rateable value of the
Mains by £8,411, that being the difference between the figures as found by the
Court, and the figures demanded by the Appellants in their amended case.
On the first day of the Appeal, the Coupany obtainad leave to abandon the
figures for the year 1889 on which they had founded their case, and substitute as
the basis of their Apeal the figures of 1890, which had only been ascertained since
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