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bates and rateable value.
The rates levied for the year amounted to 4s. 9d. in the
£ on a rateable value of £778,600. The purposes for which
these rates were laid were as follows:—
s. d. s. d.
For the strictly local purposes of the
Vestry—maintenance, lighting and
cleansing of the roadways, footways,
etc., and construction and maintenance
of sewers 1 3
For salaries, printing and other expenses
incidental to the collection of moneys
for other boards (proportion of Poor
Rate) 0 1¼
For the expenses of the Free Public
Libraries (now included in the Poor
Rate) 0 0¾
For the expenses of the Baths Commissioners
(also included in the Poor
Rate) 0 0½
Total under Vestry's control 1 5½
For the relief of the poor, including expenses
of the London County Council,
Police, and Metropolitan Asylums
Board 2 4
For the purposes of the School Board for
London 0 11½
Total for central purposes 3 3½
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The Vestry have no manner of control over the expenditure
for the two last named purposes. They are merely
the agents for levying and collecting the sums named in
the orders or precepts of other bodies.