Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865

15 Mode of ascertaining Proportions of Contribution.

For the Purpose of ascertaining the Amount to be contributed by every such Insurance Company as aforesaid, every Insurance Company insuring Property from Fire in the Metropolis shall, on the Thirtieth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, with respect to the Amounts insured in the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and on the First of June One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and on every succeeding First of June, or on such other Days as the Metropolitan Board of Works may appoint, make a Return to the said Board, in such Form as they may require, of the gross Amount insured by it in respect of Property in the Metropolis.

There shall be annexed to the Return so made a Declaration made by the Secretary or other Officer performing the Duties of Secretary of the Company by whom it is made, stating that he has examined the Return with the Books of the Company, and that to the best of his Knowledge, Information, and Belief it contains a true and faithful Account of the gross Amount of the Sums insured by the Company to which he belongs in respect of Property in the Metropolis.

The Return made in the June of one Year shall not come into Effect till the First of January of the succeeding Year, and shall be the Basis of the Contributions for that Year.