The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-01 00:00:00

LOCAL RATES.

Sewers rate v £19,526 2 6
Paving, lighting, and cleansing , 60,263 8 0
Police rate, 44,2981. 2s. ; one-fourth from
City estate, 11,0741. 108.6 d.
Trophy tax for militia, &c. (the last rate
of 2d. should produce 8,0001.), say 2,000 0 0
Poor rate (gross rectipts)—
City Union, 51,6471. Bs. ; East Loudon
Union, 20,9631. 19s. ; West London
ditto, 15,816/ 88,47.' 7 0
Ward rate (Id.) estimate 4,000 0 0
Church rates, tithes, and Easter offerings—
St. Dunstan's Church rates for 1852, 18.
10d. in the pound, estimate for 110
parishes, containing 80 churches 70,000 0 0
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Total of local rates £277,488 9 0

TRUSTS ESTATES FOR PUBLIC AND CHARITABLE OBJECTS.
Real estate of the London Corporation,
including fines for losses £99,112 4 7
nridge•house estate
47,021 18 4
As reported Parochial charities 38,703 S 6
by charity Charities administered by
commis- chartered companies 85,685 18 5
sinners in Five royal hospitals
1836. Sundry charity estates
Estimate for increased value since 1833 of
the property represented by the last
four items, 10 per cent 25,000 0 e

Total of trust estates £427,585 14 10
PORT OF LONDON.
River tolls collected by the corporation,
8,3771. 17s. 2d.; tonnage (estimate),
15,000/.. ; pilot licences, ballastage
charges, lighthouse dues, Sc., collected
by the Trinity House Corporation ; es-
timate for the river, 45,0001 £G8,377 17 2

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Mr. Hickson—l include them for this reason, that they
are embraced in the accounts of the neighbouring parish of
St. Marylebone ; and in other municipalities they are com-
monly included in the municipal accounts.
Mr. C. Lewis—Is it the practice in other municipalities
for parochial charities to be included n the municipal
accounts ?,
Mr. Hickson—l believe it is the practice in many bo-
roughs ; and it would be a great improvement if it were
general.
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of

- Mr. C. Lewis—Your object in making out your estimate
is to collect all the local revenues raised within the precincts
of the city of London, whether they can be said properly
to be the revenues of the corporation or of other bodies ?
Mr. Hickson—Exactly so, with the view of illustrating
propositions of my own respecting municipal government,
and the extent of the municipal jurisdiction which ought
to be given to a new body. 'With regard to the applica-
tion of the receipts of the coal duty misapprehension ap-
pears to prevail. It has been said that the proceeds of the
Bd. duty has been spent in metropolitan improvements at
the West-end, and other parts of the metropolis beyond
the City. Now, the facts of the case are these. Sere is
a statement of the loans secured on the Bd. coal tax be-
tween the years 1831 and 1853 :
Remaining part of 95,000/. for debtors' prison £l,OOO
1,000
Ditto of 5,000/. for Moorfields .....................
68,100
Ditto of 80,000/. for site of New Post-office...
London-bridge approaches ........................... 1,000,000
250,000
Removal of Fleet-market ...........................
Improving the site of Royal Exchange ......... 150,000
Ditt0....................................................... 40,000
New Farringdon-street ............................... 25,000

£1,535,600
The whole of these improvements were made in the city of
London exclusively, and,
with the exception of the Post-
office were administered by the officers of the corporation.
And 'the whole of the loans obtained for the execution of
them have not been fully paid off yet. The interest and
repayment of the principal have absorbed very nearly the
whole of the revenue created by the Bd. tax.
Mr. C. Lewis—Take the year 1852 ; how much of the
produce of the Bd. coal tax in that year was absorbed by
the city improvements.
Mr. Hickson—The question lam not prepared to answer
without taking time.
Mr. C. Lewis—But that is the real question, is it not?
Mr. Hickson—l apprehend it is not the questiona at
Mr. C. Lewis—The tax produces 138,0001. year, and
you do not know how much of that goes to the Board of
Works ?

Mr. Hickson—l do not. I believe, however, that an in-
creasing payment is made to the Government, 1,500,0001.
has been expended on the City, and secured an the W. coal