RIVER BOARD RATING TO BE MAINTAINED

Chronicle (Levin), 31 August 1946, Page 5

RIVER BOARD RATING TO BE MAINTAINED

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LOCAL EILL PROVISION FOR j CATCHMENT BOARD i .

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WELLINGTON, August o0. ! Tlie maintenance of rating 011 an acreage basis is provided for in a new [ clause inserted by the Local Bills G0111 j mittee of the House iu tlie Manawatu ! Oi'Oualiiv.er "District Abolition-. Bill t'w lil ch ,;;i t rejio rtqd Jntefe Vo tiiej H 0 u st | this- iiiorning. ' J ' Tlie (dause states Ihe" Manawatu ' Cateliiuenl Board may by special ordei ! adojit any specilied general classiliea tion made by the .M anawai u-Oroua liiver Board in tlie district hereby abolished and the proportions lixed in relation thereto as if they were a classilication made and proportiomlixed pursuant to the Soil Conservation and Rivers Gontrol Acl, 1941, especi allv for tlie ptirposes of a separato ratt under Section Mi of that Acl upon al property liable to be ruted within tlie district so aliolislicd. The classilication and proportions shuil not reuiain in force for niore than six years aftei tlie commenceinent of the Acl, and if tlie Ylauawalu-Orouti River Board made tlie speci fication and lixed the ])i'oportions for the purpose of levving ratos 011 an acreage basis, the Manawata Catchinent Board, " while it levies a separ'ate rate thereunder, shall levy a separate rate 011 an acreage liasis. The date lixed for coininencement of the Act is April 1, 1947.