SERVICES.

Loan Charges: (a)

(i) For repayment of Principal.(ƒ) (ii) For Interest.

Education (including Industrial Schools
and Reformatories).

Electric Lighting (other than Public
Lighting).

Gasworks (other than Public Lighting).
Harbours, Docks, Piers, Canals, and
Quays.

Highways and Bridges (excluding
Lighting).

Hospitals (other than Poor Law).(c)

Housing of the Working Classes.(e)
Libraries (Public).

Lighting (Public Streets, Roads, &c.).

Lunacy (so far as not included under
Poor Relief).(g)

Markets.

Parks, Public.

Police and Police Statious.

Poor Relief.(d)(g)

Particulars not available.

Particulars not available.

24,021,239, 28,066,744 41,091,060

(f) Including payments into Sinking Funds.

(g) Prior to 1914-15 the cost of maintenance of Pauper Lunatics is included under Poor Relief. Thereafter, under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913, half cost of such maintenance was borne by the Lunacy Authority (District Boards of Control), and it therefore appears as Lunacy, the other half being shown as Poor Relief. (h) In addition 2,328,8901. of Contingent, &c., Fund, was applied in reduction of Debt. (The sum of 2,328,8901.-part of the accumulated amount of the Glasgow Tramways Depreciation Fund-which had been expended in past years on extension of the Tramways, and hitherto treated in the accounts as an Investment of the Fund and part of the Capital Debt of the Tramways Undertaking, was, in this year, written off the Debt).

LOCAL AUTHORITIES-PAYMENTS.

No. 112.-AMOUNTS EXPENDED by the LOCAL AUTHORITIES in each DIVISION of th [Compiled from the Annual Local Taxation Returns (Ireland) am

SERVICES.

IRELAND.

1909-10. 1910-1. 1911-2. 1912-3. 1913-4. 1914-5. 1915-6. 1916-7.

Other Works and Purposes

Total Expenditure of Local Authorities defrayed out of Loans

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

1,284,720 1,164,079 771,080 649,607

1.753,822 1,695,817 1,390,659 1,493,775 1,126,756 1,231,573 959,756 546,816 8,598,435 8,647,392 8,525,148 8,868,075 8,565,229 8,954,792 8,834,651 8,879,228

(a) The amounts expended on account of "loan charges" are not allocated to the various Services as such allocation can only be made in respect of a few Services.

(b) Exclusive of expenses under Medical Charities Vaccination and Dispensary Houses Acts, which are included under "Hospitals.'

LOCAL AUTHORITIES-PAYMENTS.

NITED KINGDOM, in each of the YEARS 1909-10 to 1923-4-Continued.
From information supplied by the Government of Northern Ireland).]

(d) Northern Ireland only.

Particulars not available.

Particulars not available.

£

£

156,165

316,113

227,295

251,326

366,033

449,769

32,999

29.366

82.865

85,087

2,046

2,269

278,055

174,181

Particulars not available.

Harbours, Docks, Piers, Canals, and Quays.
Highways, Bridges, and Ferries (excluding
Lighting).

Hospitals (other than Poor Law Infirmaries),
but including expenditure under the Medical
Charities, Vaccination, and Dispensary
Houses Acts.

Housing of the Working Classes, &c.
Lighting (Public).

Lunatics and Lunatic Asylums.

Police and Police Stations.

Poor Relief (excluding cost of maintenance of pauper lunatics in County and Borough Asylums). (b)

Improvement of towns by building, demo'ition
of houses, or general repairs.

Sewerage and Sewage Disposal.
Tramways and Light Railways.
Waterworks.

Other Works and Purposes.

Total Expenditure of Local Authorities defrayed out of Loans.

TOTAL EXPENDITURE.

Inclusive of Loans in respect of Criminal Injury Decrees and Unemployment Relief Works.

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LOCAL TAXATION.

No. 113.-TABLE showing for ENGLAND and WALES, (I.) the TOTAL each of the Years 1909-10 to 1923-4, and (II.) the GROSS ESTIMATED at the commencement of each of those years, of hereditaments assessed

Gross estimated rental of rateable 266,944,896 269,942,255 272,249,125 275,495,953 279,337,914 283,691,626 286,990,867 hereditaments.

(a) Exclusive (for the year 1918-19 and earlier years) of rates (included under "Burial Boards &c.") raised by Councils acting as Burial Boards.

(b) Exclusive (for the year 1918-19 and earlier years) of rates (included under "Burial Boards, &c.") raised for the purposes of the Burial Acts.

(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 dock authorities.

(d) Exclusive of rates (included under " Other local authorities ") raised for the purposes of the Unemployed Workmen Act, 1905.

LOCAL TAXATION.

AMOUNT RECEIVED from PUBLIC RATES by LOCAL AUTHORITIES iu RENTAL, RATEABLE (i.e., net Annual) VALUE, and ASSESSABLE VALUE, to the poor rate and other rates levied in the same manner as the poor rate.

Taration Returns (England and Wales).]

1916-7. 1917-8. 1918-9. 1919-20. I 1920-1. 1921-2. 1922-3.

1923-4.

£ £ £ £ £ £ £ 13,942,791 14,603,258 15,313,028 19,622,316 29,318,542 38,045,416 39,848,805 34,361,495

23,127,439 24,212,337 28,276,615 35,110,885

6,760,047 7,016,028, 7,787,061 9,875,782

I.

Rates received for purposes of the undermentioned Local Authorities.

Boards of Guardians.

49,754,364 53,908,704 48,885,736 45,088,395 Town Councils.(a)(c) (d)

13,955,647 14,618,299 12,660,170 12,095,087 Urban District Councils-other than Town Councils. (a)(c) (d) Rural District Councils.

3,200,415 3,191,193 3,396,500 4,818,009 7,484,431 8,258,313 7,587,228 7,015,464 10,932,882 11,715,035 13,003,404 17,892,237 24,882,137 26,310,294 23,839,795 21,303,633

County Councils other than the
London County Council. (c)
Burial Boards, & Burial Joint
Committees.

Town & other Councils adminis-
tering the Burial Acts.

Parish Councils & Parish Meetings. (b)

Lighting Inspectors, &c. (rural parishes).

417,801 Commissioners of Sewers, and Drainage & Embankment Commissioners.

Town Councils & other Councils

acting as Harbour, Pier, Dock,

&c. Authorities.

72,585,306 75,376,698 84,703,181 105,633,359 151,809,139 170,871,876 157,273,530 143,275,459

TOTAL.

II.

288,063,006 291,535,480 293,189,733 295,347,900 301,727,787 321,904,985 330,176,410 341,838,678 Gross estimated rental of rateable

229214,282 230,746,781 231,805,804 232,934,285 236,024,438 246,683,748 252,048,893 255,931,120 217,122,197 218,633,420 219.649,623 220,713,868 223,656,107 234,020,501 239,141,241 236,464,696

hereditaments.

Rateable value.(h)

Assessable value under the Agricultural Rates Acts, 1896.(h)(i)

(e) Sums received to meet expenses of the Councils of Metropolitan Boroughs and the Common Council of the City

of Lendon as Overseers are included once only, viz., against Councils of Metropolitan Boroughs' and 'Corporation of the City of London' respectively.

Included under Town Councils,""Urban District Councils," &c.

(g) Approximate.

Including the annual value of non-rateable property in respect of which contributions in lieu of rates are paid by the Government.

The amounts shown for years prior to 1923-24 represent the assessable value under the Agricultural Rates Act, 1596. The amount for 1923-24 represents the assessable value under the Agricultural Rates Act, 1923.