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and that he subjoin the Amount of the poor Rates
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for the two preceding Years ending at Michaelmas
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last whereupon the Vestry Clerk wrote the following
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Letter to Mr. Alderman Shaw which was approved
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and ordered to be fair copied and delivered to him
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forthwith by the Beadle vizt.
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Sir
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The Answers to the Questions sent to me by
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Order of the Committee of the
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appointed to consider of the present high Price of
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Provisions were
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That that part of the Parish of Saint Botolph
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without Aldgate which lies in the
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raises
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the necessary Monies for the relief of its poor and
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maintains and employs them and acts in every other
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Matter respecting them entirely independent of and
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as distinct from that part of the said Parish which
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lies in the
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as if they were seperate
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Parishes - That the Poor Rates in the said London part
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of the said Parish are discretionary being assessed on
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the several Persons rated according to their abilities
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to pay as near a can be ascertained by the Vestry
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regard being had at the same time to the Extant and
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Situation of the Premises in their respective occupations
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That the said Rates have of late very much
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increased and are still rapidly increasing - That
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for the half year ending the 10th. October last they
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amounted to £2865-19-5 That they are not
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made at any particular Sum in the pound but upon
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a Calculation appear on an Average to amount
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to about 6s/3d.
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George Street
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9th. Decr. 1800
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I am Sir Yr. very hble Serv
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Jas. Fisher
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Mr. Alderman Shaw
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