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Claim for loss of property #4068 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  4068 James Robinson Schoolmaster Neepsend National Schools  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
    (1) Loss of Income from School Pence during the 4 weeks next following the Inundation ~ calculated as follows: ~        
    Receipts during the 4 Corresponding weeks of 1863 - = 12.6.2        
    Receipts during the 4 Corresponding weeks of 1864 = 4.4.9        
    Difference caused by Inundation - £8 1s 5d  
    (We were compelled to close the Schools entirely during the first week after the Inundation and during the whole 4 weeks, one of the School rooms could not be used in consequence of damage it had sustained)        
    (2) Loss of Government Capitation Grant of 4/ per head per annum on the average attendance ~ calculated as follows: ~        
    Average attendance of Children during the 6 months ending June 1863 =224        
    Average attendance of Children during the 6 months ending June 1864 =192        
    Difference caused by Flood =32        
    32 at 2/ per Head (for the half year) £3 4s    
    (3) Loss of Government Capitation Grant at the maximum rate of 8/ per Head, contingent upon Examination and on account of possible failures calculated @ 6/6 per Head Number eligible to present last year, on Account of having made 200 attendances at School 175        
    Number eligible this year 150        
    Difference caused by the Flood 25        
    25 at 6/6 per Head £8 2s 6d  
        £19 7s 11d  
  Certificate Granted
17 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £8 1s 5d  

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