§ MR. DIXON-HARTLANDI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, in view of the reassessment of property in the Metropolis to be made this year, he will take any stops, and, if so, what, to prevent the quinquennial revision adding not only to the annual payments of the consumer, but also enormously to the capital sum at which the companies must eventually be purchased by the ratepayers?
§ * MR. RITCHIENo action on my part can affect the powers of the Water Companies in the matter referred to.