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A statement has been prepared with the view of showing 

 what was the rate per head on the estimated population of the 

 metropohs and of each union-county, of the receipts from poor 

 rates, and of the gross expenditure on relief to the poor^ and 

 the rate in the £ on rateable value of the receipts from poor 

 rates. The union-counties have been arranged according to the 

 amount of the rate per head on estimated population which the 

 gross expenditure on relief represented. It is shown that the 

 relative rates per head on the total receipts from poor rates, 

 and on the gross expenditure for relief, varied greatly in 

 different union-counties, and that in some cases the rate per 

 head for relief was considerably less than half the rate per 

 head of the rates raised, while in Suffolk and Berks the rate 

 per head of relief represented about three-fourths of the rate 

 per head of the rates raised. The highest rate per head of the 

 poor rates raised was in London, where it amounted to 236\ 2|d 

 per head ; the lowest was in Northumberland, where it amounted 

 to only 6s. 6|c?. per head. The highest rate per head for ex- 

 penditure on poor relief was 13s. Sfd in London, and the 

 lowest 4s. in the West RidiDg of Yorkshire. The rate in the 

 £ on rateable value of the poor rates raised also varied con- 

 siderably in different union-counties. In the metropolis and 

 20 other union-counties it was 2s. or more than 2s. in the £, 

 while in Westmorland it was only lOfd in the £. There were 

 considerable differences in the several uuion-counties between 

 the proportions which the rate per head on the estimated popu- 

 lation bore to the rate in the £ on the rateable value of the 

 amounts raised from poor rates. 



The section of these returns relating to the valuation for the 

 poor rate is divided into two parts, of which Part I. gives the 

 amount of the gross estimated rental and rateable value of the 

 property assessed to the poor rate iu each of the union-counties 

 of England and Wales, according to the valuation lists in force 

 in the metropolis on the 6th of April, and in other parts of the 

 country on the 25th of March 1893, and on the corresponding 

 days in 1892, together with the population in 1891 of each 

 county. I'art II. gives the same information in detail with 

 respect to each union and each parish under a separate board of 

 guardians. 



The total gross estimated rental of the propert}^ liable to 

 contribute to the poor rate rose during the year 1892-93 from 

 188,397,661?. to 190,770,928^., whilst the rateable value increased 

 during the same year from 157,722,913?. to 159,469,468?., or 

 1*1 per cent. 



The Annual Local Taxation Returns (England) for the Finan- 

 cial Year 1893-94. Pcort II. [H.C.— 330.] Price Q\d. 



This publication of the Local Government Board contains an 

 abstract of the accounts of County Councils (other than the 



