LICENSING REDUCTION.
£327,763 PAID IN LONDON IN ONE YEAR. According to the report of the County of London Licensing Committee, it would appear that a Bum of £327,763 was paid in 1908 as compensation for the extinction of licenses which were in 1907. The original claims totalled £407,590. The average >suin paid per license was £2850. The following shows the awards in the different divisions :— No. of Licenses Compensation Division. referred. paid. Blackhoath 13 j>6.002 Finsnury 14 43,100 Hanover Square ... 2 1,528 Holborn 1 3,460 Ncn-ington 33 111,249 Paddington 1 1,732 St. Margaret's ... 3 13,128 St. Pancras ...' ... 11 43,104 Stoke Nowington ... 2 4 GD7 Tower 20 43,748 Wandsworth ... ... 9 25,955 115 Total £327,763 It is estimated that the. maximum levy for 1908 will produce £206,000.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 455, 13 March 1909, Page 12
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