1 JANUARY 1910, Page 33

An Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1910. By

Joseph Whitaker, F.S.A. (12 Warwick Lane. 2s. 6d.)—" Whitaker," besides dealing

ith the familiar matter with an unrivalled completeness, has always some new or quasi-new subjects to handle. This year there are the financial proposals of the Government, the Poor Law question, aerial navigation, to mention three of the most important. The "Valuation of London" gives some notable figures. In less than forty years (1871-1909) this has more than doubled. The growth since 1906 has been from 443,477,772 to X41,009,935. No district shows a decrease except the Inner Temple, a nominal sum of £34 from X25,277. But the East End districts are nearly stationary. Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Hackney, Poplar, and Stepney show an aggregate increase of 4:27,218 in a total of about five millions, whereas the City shows 4141,374 in nearly the same total, and the City of Westminster nearly double that amount in six millions and a quarter.