25 OCTOBER 1902, Page 3

The scheme--discussed in last week's issue of the Spectator —for

the purchase of a site for a new County Hall in the Adelphi was rejected by the London County Couneil on Wednesday by the casting vote of the Chairman. We have given our reason,' already for holding that at this juncture, when rates as well as Imperial taxes are so high, the County Council would not have been warranted in incurring liabili- ties represented by a capital charge of £2,000,000, or, say, an addition of £60,000 to the yearly rates.