Turnpike tolls £1,348,085
Borough tolls and dues £172,911
City of London 205,100
-------- 378,011
Light dues 257,776
Port dues 554,645
Church dues and fees }
Marriage fees } unknown
Registration fees }
Justiciary fees--
Clerks of the Peace £11,057
Justices’ clerks 57,668
------- 68,725
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Total tolls, dues, and fees of
England and Wales £2,607,241
The subjoined, then adds the same work, founded on the preceding
details, may be regarded as exhibiting an approximate estimate of
the present amount of the local taxes in England and Wales, _being,
however, obviously below the actual total_.
Rates £8,801,838
Tolls, dues, and fees 2,607,241
---------- £11,409,079
“The annual amount of the local taxation of England and Wales may
at the present time be stated, in round numbers, at not less than
£12,000,000;” or we may say that the local taxation of the country is
one-fourth of the amount of the general taxation.
RETURN OF THE COST OF MANAGEMENT PER ANNUM ON THE TOTAL RATEABLE ANNUAL
VALUE OF THE DISTRICTS.
--------+------------------+----------------+-----------------------------
| Total | | Rate per Cent.
|Rateable Annual | Cost of | per Annum of Cost of
YEARS. | Value of the | Management | Management on the
| Districts. | per Annum. | Rateable Annual
| | | Value of the Districts.
--------+------------------+----------------+-------------------------+
| £ _s._ _d._| £ _s._ _d._| £ _s._ _d._
1845 | 6,320,331 0 0 | 18,591 4 3 | 0 5 10-1/2
1846 | 6,423,909 0 0 | 18,097 5 1 | 0 5 7-1/2
1847 | 6,683,896 0 0 | 24,371 16 9 | 0 7 3-1/2
1848 | 6,783,111 0 0 | 20,008 7 10 | 0 5 10-3/4
1849 | 8,077,591 0 0 | 20,005 7 6 | 0 4 11-1/4
1850 | 8,791,967 0 0 | 23,465 18 7 | 0 5 4
--------+------------------+----------------+-------------------------+