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PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS. 



[Dec. 1S96. 



held, occupied, and cultivated." This portion is divided into 

 four parts : (1) " General Conditions and Circumstances " (geo- 

 graphical, geological, climatic, biological, racial, ecclesiastical, 

 educational, legal, historical) ; (2) " Ownership and Land- 

 owners " ; (3) " Occupation and Occupiers " ; (4) " Cultivation 

 iind Farming." 



" Book II." consists of the " Conclusions and Recommenda- 

 tions as to Legislative and Administrative Action," signed by 

 the majority of the Commissioners ; and a separate Report 

 signed by the minority ; together with a Summary of Recom- 

 mendations. 



The Annual Local Taxation Returns (England) for the Year 

 1894-95. Part I. [H.C.— 309.] Price ll\d. 



This volume consists of two parts. The first part is the Poor 

 Rate Return for the year ended Lady Day 1895, while the 

 second part consists of a return relating to the valuation of 

 property for the poor rate in 1893 and 1894. 



Part I. of the Poor Rate Return gives a summary, as regards 

 each union-county and division, of the amount of the poor rates 

 levied during the year, and the amounts received by boards of 

 guardians from county and borough councils under the provisions 

 of the Local Government Act, 1888, and from other sources 

 (except from loans) in aid of such rates ; and also the amounts 

 expended therefrom for the relief of the poor and purposes 

 connected, or partly connected, therewith, and for other pur- 

 poses. It also gives separately the amounts received, expended, 

 and outstanding in respect of loans raised by boards of 

 guardians. 



Part II. is a Comparative Statement of the Expenditure on 

 Relief to the Poor in the years ended Lady Day 1894 and 

 1895. 



Part III. gives details of all the receipts and expenditure 

 shown in Part I., exclusive of loans, with regard to each of the 

 648 unions and parishes under separate boards of guardians in 

 England and Wales, and eight contributory (out-relief) unions, 

 .and the Scilly Isles. 



Part IV. of the return is devoted to the loan transactions of 

 boards of guardians, the amount raised by means of loans, and 

 the expenditure defrayed out of loans, during the year, together 

 with the amounts of the loans owing by the guardians at the 

 €nd of the year. 



It appears from the return that the total amount of poor rates 

 raised during the year for all purposes, including the sums 

 contributed by Government in lieu of poor rates, w T as 19,063,893?. 

 This amount was greater than the amount raised during the 

 preceding year by 1,320,229?. 



A statement has also been prepared with the view of 

 showing what was the rate per head, on the estimated 



