No. 24.-TABLE showing for ENGLAND and WALES, (I.) the TOTAL AMOUNT RECEIVED from PUBLIC RATES by LOCAL AUTHORITIES [Compiled from the Annual Local Taxation Returns (England and Wales).] I. 1908-9 1909-10. 1910-1. 1911-2. 1912-3. 1913-4. 1914-5. 1915-6. 1916-7. 1917-8. 1918-9. 1919-20. 1920-1. 1921-2. 1922-3. £ 12,326,068 365,838 6,570,842 Councils of Metropolitan 3,566,151 Boroughs.(b)(d) 486,481 | Committees. 181,259 Town & other Councils adminis 181,168 180,358 184,703 174,526 178,801 (g)166,567 158,511 146,478 161,338 290,306 279,047 241,878 (g)226,236 197,519 206,595 212,900 216,648 Other local authorities 20,780 25,627 20,479 29,966 TOTAL 61,273,458 63,260,940 65,152,299 66,368,704 68,212,608 71,276,158 73,733,826 75,850,831 72,885,306 75,376,698 84,703,181 105,633,359 151,809,139 170,871,876 157,273,530 II. Gross estimated rental of rateable 263,037,367 266,944,896 269,942,255 272,249,125 275,495,953 279,337.914 283,691,626 286,990,867 288,063,006 291,535,480 293,189,733 295,347,900 301,727,787 321,904,985 330,176,410 hereditaments. 212,757,450 215,309,542 217,180,184 218,588,250 221,011,832 223,559,349 226,290,903 228,405,432 229,214,282 230,746,781 231,805,804 232,934.285 236,024,438 246,683,748 252,048,895 200,930,797 203,453,436 205,314,046 206,691,676 209,068,688 211,563,049 214,258,172 216.349,924 217,122,197 218,633,420 219,649.623 220,713,868 223,656,107 234,020,501 239,141,241 Rateable value(h) Assessable value under the Agricultural Rates Act. 1896.6) (a) Exclusive (for the year 1918-19 and earlier years) of rates (included under “Burial Boards &c. ') raised by Councils acting as Burial Boards. (c) Exclusive (for the year 1919-20 and earlier years) of rates (included under "Town Councils, &c., as Harbour Authorities ") raised by Councils in their capacity as harbour, pier, canal, or (e) Sums received to meet expenses of the Councils of Metropolitan Boroughs and the Common Council of the City of London as Overseers are included once only, viz., against 'Councils of (a) Approximate. (h) Including the annual value of non-rateable property in respect of which contributions in lieu of rates are paid by the Government. No. 25.-AMOUNTS RECEIVED and EXPENDED by VARIOUS AUTHORITIES ON POOR LAW RELIEF in each DIVISION of the UNITED KINGDOM. (Compiled from the Annual Local Taxation Returns (England and Wales), from the Annual Reports of the Scottish Board of Health, from the Returns and Reports of the Local Government Board (Ireland) and from Returns furnished by the Government of Northern Ireland.) Sources from which Expenditure Expenditure from Revenue on Relief of the Poor and matters in Column 2 was met, and Amount Estimated to have been met from each source. connected Balance Receipts from falling to be Govern met out of ment Other (i) Govern Rates. (c) Property, &c. the Local Grants. ment Grants. Other Joint Committees. (a) Including expenditure of Boards of Guardians, of the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylum District and Poor Law School and Sick Asylum Districts, and of certain Poor Law Sums expended out of overdrafts and temporary loans on revenue account are included. (b) Including the grant made under s. 43 (1) (b) of the Local Government Act, 1888, to Boards of Guardians. The grant was met out of rates. (c) Including grants charged on the Exchequer contribution accounts of counties and county boroughs. (d) Includes election expenses paid to County and Burgh Authorities under Poor Law Acts. The figures are also inclusive of loans repaid and interest. (e) Decrease mainly due to the operation of the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913, under which one-half of the maintenance of Mental Defective and Lunatic Paupers is borne by District Boards of Control. (f) The figures in italics relate to relief of destitute able-bodied unemployed, assessments for which may be spread over a period of years. The assessment collected for Poor Relief (including unemployed) was £2,974,455, £3,362,427, £3,607,377, in 1922, 1923 and 1924 respectively. (a) Excludes portion of contributions from relatives applicable to District Boards of Control. h) Excludes portion of Pauper Lunacy Grants applicable to District Boards of Control and includes Parish Councils' share of Mental Deficiency Grant. (1) Includes expenses under the Medical Charities Act, Vaccination Act, Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Acts, Superannuation Acts, and National School Teachers Act, &c. (j) Northern Ireland only. EXCISE. 62 No. 26. QUANTITIES of the SEVERAL EXCISABLE ARTICLES, distinguishing for HOME CONSUMPTION (e); also (IV) QUANTITY of (Compiled from the Monthly Accounts relating to (a) Frior to 1913 the quantity shown as made was the quantity on which the gross amount of duty was paid in the year while the quantity retained for consumption was based on the gross receipt of duty less drawbacks on beer exported, &c.; since then the "quantity made" represents the number of barrels charged with duty, and the consumption represents this quantity less the quantity on which drawback, &c., has been paid. (b) Includes about 1.030,000 gallons duty paid for use in munitions. 63 (I) MADE in the UNITED KINGDOM, (II) EXPORTED and (III) RETAINED (I) EXPORTED. EXCISE. (e) Includes the quantities exported as Merchandise as well as those taken for Ships' Stores, etc. (d) Quantities calculated at a standard gravity of 1,055 degrees. (e) ie., Quantities on which duty was paid, less quantities on which drawback was allowed on the goods being exported, or warehoused for exportation, either as merchandise or as Ships' Stores. (f) Duty repealed 4th August, 1921. (9) Duty on Sugar and Molasses made from home-grown beet repealed 20th July, 1922. Reimposed 1st October, 1824. (h) Duty repealed 1st May, 1923. (1) Duty on Sweetened Table Waters and Herb Beer repealed 1st August, 1924. 6) Excluding the Irish Free State from 1st April, 1923. EXCISE. No. 27.--QUANTITY of MALT, GRAIN, and other materials used in BREWING, and in DISTILLING, in the UNITED KINGDOM. (Compiled from the Reports of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.) (a) The quantities are inclusive of those used by private brewers chargeable with Beer Duty. (b) Includes a small quantity of "preparations of hops." (c) Great Britain and Northern Ireland only. |