“Sewer, Whitehall Yard, &c.
“Under the order of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &c., of yesterday’s date, endorsed on a letter from Mr. Tonna, I have inspected the United Service Institution in Whitehall Yard, and find most of the cracks have moved.
“The movement, though slight, and not showing immediate danger, is more than I had anticipated would occur within so short a period when I reported on the 10th instant. It tends to confirm the opinion therein given, and shows the necessity for immediate precaution, and for a thorough repair.
(Signed) “James Pennethorne.
“16th May, 1851.
| “Seymour, “Charles Gore, | {Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings. |
“Office of Woods, &c.
“5th August, 1851.”
Of the Sewers Rate.
Having shown the expenditure of the Commission of Sewers, we now come to consider its income.
The funds available for the sewerage and drainage of the several towns throughout the kingdom, are raised by means of a particular property tax, termed the Sewers Rate. This forms part of what are designated the Local Taxes of England and Wales.