MILLIONS TO IMPROVE LONDON.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12259, 9 June 1914, Page 7

MILLIONS TO IMPROVE LONDON.

A volume of figures issued by the London Couritv Council dates back to 1856, and tells "of the millions that have since then been spent in the making of modern London. Apart from the cash raised for annual revenue the capital expenditure on the town since 1856 has been £96,000.000. Of this sum, £24,000,000 have gone to improve the streets, but many more millions will have to be spent before the thoroughfares are big enough for present refinirements.

" The drains of London have swallowed up £12,000,000, and £3.000,000 has been spent on bridges. Another £3,000,000 was expended; in driviug tunnels under 1 the Thames, . and £2.000,000 has been spent in providing parks ami open spaces. The clearance of unhealthy areas has cost £2,500.000, while new dwellings for the poor have cost over £2.000,000. Education absorbed £18,000.000. and the lunatic asylums have taken £3,000,000. The capital expenditure on the tramways has exceeded £12.000.000. To keen things going the London County Council draws ahout £7.000,000 out of the pockets of the ratepayers. As there are 4,500,000 inhabitants, however, the cost of things is after all only about 30s a head.