The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-07 00:00:00

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Tl,eou'inary monthly meeting of the Council was held,
in the Town Hall, at eleven o'clock, yesterday, the Mayor,
Francis Shand; Es 4:; regal"
When the,procee4ings of the Finance Committee were
about to be read,

Mr. Alderman Dover stoted that it was usual when
the rates under the Health Committee were about to be
laid, to allow them to take precedence of all other busi-
ness,l=st an adjournment intervening might inconvenience
the committee by delaying them. _ .

_The Mayor thought there could be no objection to Wang
the rates in the first instance.

The Council accordingly agreed to proceed with the lay-
ing of the rates,
The report of the Health Committee upon the rating
otthe year, which has been already published, was then
read.
The Town Clerk stated that £5,000 and £375 were
directed by the Sanitary Act to be paid out of the borough
fund. According to the recommendation of the report
just read,, it was proposed to the Co'iucii that £375,
applicable exclusively to the sewerage, should be paid in
aid of the sewerage rate, and that of the £5,000, £4,900
should he applied to the paving rate, and £lOO towards
the sewerage rate.
Resolutions to that effect were accordingly proposed and
agreed
Mr. Alderman Dover then moved that a rate of 21 in
the peeled be laid as the sewerage rate of the parish
of Liverpool.
Mr. Johnson a'conded the motion.
Mr. Alderman Parker remarked, that he recollected when
there used to be some little excitement about the passing
of the rates. Now, that interest bad all died away. At
the time to which he referred the amount of money which
was absolutely required for civic purposes, used to be col-
lected in that manger, but at present the Chairman of the
committee moved the adoption of rates, which appeared
very moderate, and the inhabitants only found out Fubse-
quent'y that t'ee committee were going for loans_of
£12,000 in one place, and £15,000 in another.
Mr. Woodruff said he had no doubt that the estimates
for the various districts bad been prepared with great care,
by the gentlemen who undertook the duty, but he had felt
certainly rather inclined to expect a reduc.ion of the rates,
considering the large sums levied annua'ly by the Health
Committee for some years back, and the btd state of the
town at that time. With—regard to the remark of Mr.
Parker, he did not think it mattered much to the p.Nic
whether they paid a little extra in interest, or in positive
rates, so Long as no. more money wa.a.col:mated from them
than was necessary, and it was properly etWiraded.
Mr. Fernihough asked if these rates included money to
be expended in reference to the removal of the public
offices in paying the interest of money for it.
Mr. Dover replied in the negative. In reply to Mr.
Parker, he said there had been no new principle adopted.
In reference to Mr. Woodruff's remark, he said the rates
were less on Liverpool than at this time last year. List
year the rates were Is 3J, while this year they were but
Is 2d.

The rate was then passed.
Mr. Dover moved a rate of 7d as the Liverpool paving
rate, which was carricd.
Mr. Dover moved a water rate of id.
Mr. Woodruff: Is that for public purposes ?
Mr. Dover : Yes.
The rate was passed.
The Town Clerk said it wal necessary for the Council
to pass a resolution under the previous act relating to the
Green-lane works. setting apart £1,963 as a sinking fund
to pay off £64,000 under the Liverpool Corporation act of
1850. ,
A resefetien was paved accordingly.
Mr. Dover moved a general rate of 4d upon the parish
of Liverpool, which was passed.