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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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SE R V IC E S .

C o r p o r a t i o n E l e c t r i c T r a m S e r v i c e . -T h e r e are five rou tes, and the
tram s run oil w eek -d a y s at freq u en t in terv a ls v a r y in g from liv e to
ten m inutes d u rin g th e day up t ill 1 1 p.m. or. v e r y sh o r tly a fter, and
a w orkin g-m an ’s s e r v ic e is run on w e e k -d a y s only7 e v e ry 1 2 m inu tes
from 5-30 a.m. u n til f-4-5 a.m., th e w orkm en’s tic k e ts b e in g a v a ila b le
fo r th e retu rn jo u rn e y at any hour o f th e day s e r v ic e e x c e p t S atu r­
days, w hen th ey are a v a ila b le up to 1-30 p.ui. on ly. On Sundays
cars runs from 2 p.m. u ntil a b ou t 10 p.m., b e tw e e n O x ford R oa d and
W okingham R oa d ; O xford R oa d and L on don R oa d ; K rleigh R o a d and
W est S treet; Caversham R oa d and W hitley.. On w eek -d ap s th e rou tes
are (1) O xford R oad to W okingham R oa d and l a c k ; (2) E r le ig h R o a d
to W h itley ; (3) E rleig h R oa d to C aversham ; (4) W h itley to C a ver­
sham B rid g e ; and (5) Bath R oa d to London R oad. A c c o r d in g to
circu m stan ces, oth er rou tes on sp e cia l o c ca sio n s are taken.
The
fares are arran ged in pen n y stak es or tw o p e n ce th e e n tir e rou te,
e x c e p t from W h itle y to Caversham ," fo r w h ich th e fare is on e pen n y
for th e w h ole o r part o f th e d ista n ce. P a rcels are ca rrie d b y th e
C orporation Tram w ays to an y pa rt o f th e tow n d a ily , from 8 a.m. to
45.30 p.m., e x c e p t Sundays, o'tfieers : G eneral M an ager and E n gineer,
G. F. Craven. A ssista n t E ngineer, J. M. C alder.

F IN A N C IA L
THH

RATEABLE

S T A T IS T IC S .

VALU E OF

PROPERTY

in R ea d in g to th e P oor R a te on th e 1st A pril, 1917, w as £508,319.
The assessable valu e to the B orou gh R a te w as £501,427, and to th e
G eneral D is trict R a te, £477,913,
The g ro s s annual v a lu e w as
£680,864.
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THE RA TE S.
The R a tin g o f th e B orough fo r th e tw e lv e m onths en d ed 31 s t M arch
1917, w as 7s. 7d. in th e £ , o r Cd. less than in th e p re v io u s year,
d iv id e d as follow s : Is. 2cl. P oor R ate on ly ; 2s. lOd. B orou gh R a te
(in clu d in g E du cation R a te . Is. 10Jd., and F re e L ib ra ry , I d . ) ; and 3s.
7d. G eneral D is trict R a te.
This is e x c lu s iv e o f c h a rg e s fo r th e
su p p ly o f w ater. The Borough R a te w as th e sam e as in th e p reviou s
year, and th e D istrict R a te and th e Popr R a te w e re d e c re a se d b y
4d. and 2d. in th e £ r e s p e c tiv e ly .
R E A D IN G
R e c e i p t s . — The

C O R P O R A T IO N

FINANCE.

to ta l am ount c o lle c t e d b y th e C orp ora tion o f
R ea d in g in ra tes for th e tw e lv e m onths en d ed 31st o f M arch last,
in clu siv e o f th e W ater R a te or R e n t (£25,091), w as £169,674.
In
a d dition , oth er re ce ip ts am oun ted to £25,055, and Farm r e c e ip ts to
£10,588. T ran sfers o f £5,000 from E x ch eq u er co n trib u tio n s, and
Tram r e c e ip ts £44,591, g iv in g a gra n d ta ta l o f C orporation R e c e ip ts
(ex clu din g ca p ita l receip ts) o f £254,908 or an in crea se u pon th e p r e ­
v iou s y ea r o f £4,085.