GENERAL RATES.

The orders issued by the vestry, and the rates made by the overseers (the board of guardians) thereunder during the year, have been as follows:—

Date and Amount of Order issuedby the Vestry.

Date and Amount of Rate issuedby the Guardians.

Rateable Value ofProperty charged.

Gross Amount ofRate.

1860, Mar. 13, £4800

Mar. 28, 6d. in £

£213,443

10

0

£5336

1

9

,, Oct. 23, 5600

Oct. 31, 7d. in £

219,477

10

0

6401

8

6½

SEWERAGE WORKS.

Again no general sewers rate for local purposes having been made during the year, there is a deficit upon this account, of one hundred and fifty-five pounds nineteen shillings and one penny.

In the Appendix No. 14 (page 62), and No. 15 (page 63), will be found statements giving particulars of a similar kind to those given under the head of General Works.

The orders issued by the vestry for special sewers rates during the year, and the rates made by the board of guardians in consequence, have been as follows:—

Date and Amount ofOrder issued by the Vestry.

Date and Amount ofRate made by the Guardians.

Rateable Value ofProperty charged.

Gross Amount ofRate.

Sept. 25

£24

11

10

Nov. 21

4d. in £

£1772

0

0

£29

10

8

,,

4

4

6

,,

9d. in £

120

0

0

4

10

0

,,

4

19

2

,,

7d. in £

168

10

0

4

18

3½

,,

4

16

6

,,

3½d. in £

412

0

0

6

0

2

,,

1

13

9

,,

2d. in £

325

0

0

2

14

2

APPLICATIONS.

During the period between the 26th March, 1860, and the 25th March, 1861, the vestry have adjudicated upon forty-six applications for directions upon the subject of house drainage, twenty-three of which had reference to the drainage of twenty-five houses already built, and twenty-three to forty-three intended houses and the new barracks at Pimlico; they have also brought under the cognisance of the Commissioners of Police, the dangerous condition of forty-five buildings, and have decided upon seventeen miscellaneous applications. Of the applications so made, fifty-nine have been granted, and four negatived.