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R E A D IN G

O F F IC IA L

TRAM

D IR E C T O R Y .

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S E R V IC E S .

Corporation Electric Tram Service .— T h e re a r e s ix ro u tes, an d th e
tra m s run on w e e k -d a y s a t fre q u e n t in t e r v a ls v a r y in g from fiv e to
ten m in u tes d u rin g th e d a y up t i l l 11 p.m. or v e r y s h o r tly a fte r , and
a w o rk in g -m a n ’s s e r v ic e is run on w e e k -d a y s o n ly e v e r y 12 m in u tes
from 5.30 a.m. u n til 7.4 5 a.m., th e w o rk m en ’s t ic k e t s b e in g a v a ila b le
for th e re tu rn jo u rn e y a t a n y hour of th e d a y s e r v i c e e x c e p t S a t u r ­
d a y s, w h en t h e y a re a v a ila b le up to 1.3 0 p.m. o n ly . On S u n d a y s
c a r s run from 2 p.m, u n til ab o u t 10 p.m., b e tw e e n O x fo rd R o a d and
W o kingham R o a d ; O x fo rd R o a d and London R o a d ; E r le ig h R o a d and
B a th R o a d ; C a v e rs h a m R o a d an d W h itle y . On w e e k -d a y s th e ro u te s
a re (1) O x fo rd R o a d to W o kin gh am R o a d an d b a c k ; (2) E r le ig h R o a d
to W h itle y (3) E r le ig h R o a d to C a v e rsh a m ; (4) W h it le y to
C a v e rsh a m
B r id g e ;
an d
(5)
B a th
R o a d to Lond on R o a d
A c c o r d in g to c irc u m sta n c e s o th er ro u te s on s p e c ia l o c ca sio n s
a r e tak en .
T h e fa re s a r c a rra n g e d in p e n n y s ta g e s o r t w o ­
p e n ce th e e n tir e ro u te, e x c e p t from W h it le y to C a v e rsh a m ,
fo r w h ic h th e fa r e is one p en n y fo r th e w h o le or p a r t of
th e d ista n c e . P a r c e ls a r e c a r rie d b y th e C o rp o ra tio n T r a m w a y s
to a n y p a rt o f th e to w n d a ily , from 8 a.m. to 7.30 p.m., e x c e p t
S u n d a y s. O fficers :— G e n e ra l M a n a g e r an d E n g in e e r, G . F . C r a v e n .
A s s is ta n t E n g in e e r, R . J . F a r d e ll.

FIN A N C IA L
TH E

RATEABLE

STATISTICS.

VALU E

OF

PRO PERTY

in R e a d in g to th e P o o r R a t e on th e 1 s t A p r il, 1 9 1 3 w a s £ 5 0 5 ,1 5 3 , o f
w h ic h £ 4 6 2 ,1 2 8 b e lo n g s to th e P a rish of R e a d in g an d £ 4 3 ,0 2 5 is in
th e P a ris h of C a v e rsh a m in th e H e n le y U nion. T h e a ss e ssa b le v a lu e
to th e B oro u gh R a t e w a s £ 4 9 8 ,1 3 1 , and to th e G e n e ra l D is t r i c t R a t e ,
£ 4 74 ,30 9 . T h e g r o ss an n u al v a lu e w a s £ 6 76 ,2 9 8 .
TH E R A TES.
T h e R a t in g of th e B o ro u gh fo r th e t w e lv e m onths en d ed 3 1 s t M a r c h
1 9 1 3 , w a s 8s. Id . in th e £ , or 2d, m ore th a n in th e p re v io u s y e a r ,
d iv id e d as f o ll o w s : I s . 3d. P o or R a t e o n ly ; 3 s . Od. B o ro u g h R a t e
(in clu d in g E d u c a tio n R a t e , 2 s. l j d . , an d F r e e L ib r a r y , I d . ) ; and 3s.
lOd. G e n e ra l D is t r ic t R a te .
T h is is e x c lu s iv e of c h a r g e s fo r th e
s u p p ly of w a te r . T h e P oor R a t e w a s th e sam e a s in th e p re v io u s
y e a r , and th e B oro u gh R a t e an d th e G e n e ra l D is t r ic t R a t e w e r e each
in c re a se d I d . in th e £ .
R E A D IN G
R e c e i p t s .— 1
The to ta l

C O R P O R A T IO N

F IN A N C E .

am ount c o lle c te d b y th e C o rp o ratio n of
R e a d in g in r a te s fo r th e t w e lv e m onths en d ed 3 1 s t o f M a r c h la st,
in c lu s iv e of th e W a te r R a t e or R e n t (£23,840 ), w a s £ 1 7 2 ,5 7 3 . In
ad d ition, o th er r e c e ip ts am ounted to £ 1 2 ,3 4 3 an d F a rm r e c e ip t s to
£ 7,0 30 . T r a n s fe r s of £ 1 ,4 7 5 from E x c h e q u e r co n trib u tio n s, and
T ram r e c e ip ts £ 3 4 ,0 14 , g iv in g a g ra n d to ta l of C o rp o ra tio n R e c e ip t s
(e x c lu d in g c a p ita l r e c e ip ts) o f £ 2 2 7 ,4 3 5 or an in c r e a s e upo n th e
p re vio u s y e a r o f £ 7 ,2 3 7 .