New York ww 3 Chicago 190 In speaking on the amendment to the Budget Mr. Brooke-Smith compared rates and taxes with those of Liverpool, saying that we have the advantage in every case except that of the water rate.
In view of the fact, that Liverpool's per capita consumption is 50 per cent. higher than Shanghai's, and considering that here water does not have to be brought a long distance, it would appear that the present charge is if anything an excessive one and the proposal to charge by meter is as unnecessary as it is inadvisable.
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