THE NEW BATES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 238, 2 July 1920, Page 6

THE NEW BATES

NO DEMANDS UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

An'inquiry was mado yesterday as to when it was likely that the City. Council would issue its rate demands for tho current lialf of -the financial year I'lie city treasure? (Mr. C. Collins) stated tnijfc it was not likely tliat- sUch demands would be issued until September, wluch was rather late, ami would bring tho dates of the two .half-yearly demands closer together than was desirable. JJut that was not tho fault of the council a staff. Bach year the whole of the city valuations had to be revised bv -.he \ aiuation Depai'tniefit, which, noted cnangos . in the ownership of properties, new buildings, and, cases , where lands had been subdivided. Until-such data waa supplied the- city -treasurer, they could not get very far ahead wr-h the work of "utting out the demands onthe new scales of ratine i From the time, such data was available two months would elapse until tho demands were P r eP«ed for issue, so that lie estimated that tney would not be ready until i September That would mean that the demands for the second half of the current, financial year would be issued before Christinas.