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READING OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
T R A M S E R V IC E S .

C o rp o r a tio n E le c t r ic T r a m S e rv ic e . - T h e r e a re s ix ro utes, and th e
tram s run on w ee k -d ays a t fre q u e n t in te r v a ls v a r y in g from fiv e to
ten m inutes d u rin g th e d ay up t i ll 11 p.m. or v e r y s h o r tly a fte r, and
a w orkin g-m an ’s s e r v ic e is run on w ee k -d a y s o n ly e v e r y 12
from 5 30 a.m. u n til 7.45 a.m., th e w orkm en s tic k e t s b e in g a v a ila b le
for th e retu rn jo u rn ey a t an y hour of th e d a y s e r v ic e e x c e p t S a tu r­
days, w hen th e y are a v a ila b le up to 1.30 p.m. on ly. On S u n d a y s
ca rs run from 2 p.m, u n til ab out 10 p.m., b e tw e e n O xfo rd R o ad and.
W okingham R o ad ; O xfo rd R o a d and Loudon R oad ; E r le ig h R o ad and
B ath R oad ; C aversh am R o a d and W h itle y . On w eek -d a y s th e r ° n te s
are (1) O xford R o ad to W okingham R oad and b a c k ; (2) E r le ig h R oad
to W h itle y (3) E r le ig h R o ad to C a versh am ; (4) W h itle y to
C aversham
B r id g e ; and
(5) B a th R o a d to London R o ad
A cco rd in g to circu m sta n ces o th e r ro u te s on s p e c ia l o ccasio n s
a re ta ken .
T he fares are a rra n g ed in p en n y s ta g e s o r tw o ­
p ence th e e n tir e ro u te, e x c e p t from W h itle y to C aversh am ,
fo r w h ich th e fa r e is one p en n y fo r th e w h o le o r p a r t of
th e d ista n ce. P a rc e ls a re ca rrie d b y th e C o rpo ratio n Tram w ays
to an y p art of th e to w n d a ily , from 8 a.m. to
p.m., e x c e p t
Sundays. Officers
G en era l M a n ager and E n gin eer, G. F. C ra ve n .
A ssista n t E n gineer, J. M. C ald er.

7.30

F IN A N C IA L
TH E

RATEABLE

S T A T IS T IC S .

VALUE

OF

PRO PERTY

in R ea d in g to th e Poor R a te on th e 1 s t A p ril, 1915 w a s £508,262, of
w h ich £464,467 belon gs to th e P arish of R e a d in g and £43,/95 is in
th e P arish of C aversham in th e R e a d in g U nion. T h e ass e s s a b le v a lu e
to th e Borough R a te w as £501,244, and to th e G en era l D is tr ic t R a te ,
£477,609. Th e gro ss ann ual v a lu e w a s £680,481.
TH E

RATES.

Th e R a tin g of th e B o ro ugh fo r th e tw e lv e m onths en d ed 3 1st M a rch
1915, w a s 8s. Od. in th e £ , o r 2d. le s s th a n in th e p re v io u s y e a r,
d iv id e d as f o llo w s : I s . 3d. Poor R a te o n ly ; 3s. Od. B o ro ugh R a te
(in clu d in g E d ucation R a te , 2s. 0|d., and F ree L ib ra r y , I d .) ; and 3s.
9d. G en eral D is tr ic t R a te .
T h is is e x c lu s iv e o f c h a rg e s fo r th e
su p p ly of w a te r. T h e P o o r R a te w a s th e sam e as in th e p re v io u s
y e a r, and th e B orough and D is tr ic t R a te s w e re e a c h re d u c e d Id .
in th e £.
R E A D IN G
R e c e i p t s .— T h e 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 ra tio n of
R e a d in g in ra te s fo r th e tw e lv e m onths en ded 3 1st o f M a rch la s t,
in c lu siv e of th e W a te r R a te or R e n t (£24,707), w a s £175,299. In
addition , o th e r re c e ip ts am ounted to £19,898 and Farm re c e ip ts to
£6,999. T ra n sfers o f £5,033 from E x ch eq u er co n trib u tio n s, and
Tram re c e ip ts £36,682, g iv in g a gran d to ta l of C o rp o ra tio n R e c e ip ts
(e xclu d ing c a p ita l rec eip ts) o f £243,911 or an in c re a s e upon th$
p revio u s y e a r of £3,718.