The Metropolitan Boroughs in their existing form were established by the London Government Act, 1899 (62 and 63 Vict., Ch. 14), by the provisions of which the Vestries and District Boards and Metropolitan Board of Works, constituted under the Metropolis Management Act, 1855 (18 and 19 Vict., Ch. 120), were replaced by 28 Boroughs, of which 19 consisted of former parishes, or combined parishes, 2 of District Boards, and 7 of Parliamentary Boroughs, or combined boroughs or districts, included within the area dealt with by the Act of 1899. The following particulars as to the population and rateable value of each Borough are taken from Whitaker’s Almanac for 1912. The yield from a rate of one penny in the £ of rateable value has also been added.