THE RATING ACT.
'j. The .-Post of Thursday, says,:— f 4 From a petition presented w t > tne Souse yesterday by Mr Macartnur, frvtikWiftpßfr iiaVk;l^e D'unJb)e'r ; of the settlers m the Maiiawaiu isis- ; i trict consider that the present Bating j Act bears utrju&tly on all land. Ti?e^, ! pnggest that a syfltcjna ;{of J^creage taxation would be Snore equitable, I and th&yTtEer|f^re a^ file Hopfe feo] give i^s Jpcal boaie8 J pdwer L to rate' m the manDer,indi^aJied. /The Retj-, tioijj.is.lirgely^ftfKnedi ; A"nptllei^peH! tition, presented. some time ago jtrjom (the same district, praying 'that' 'the the 1 Eating Actfts to enable local bodies to make I theH^wa^vajtaatipn du^Dgvthe^trix : ennial^term nam||j, m sach^ct'j has j^nr^ferredrto |he ?^nbiip Petitions rCbmiatttee, and^By^bftiT Conmittei> (referred to the Gov^rnnient for cou-* j r i#e repS oflS^Jdinii CSmlffitl jtee upon the Bating Act,, 1782,. hag I struck a heavy blow at the present^ I system.- The Comiiiittee aißumes Ithaft great^inequalifct and injustice arjh An TimiiyV instance^iH^iepaaable jf 6» tli ' application oi the'principle iff latino upon the capital value fo\ local purposes. The report therefore rec6mmends%e f repeal of the proyiv Bions 01 the existipg Jaw, an 4 ajieV. turn t^the;B|bmi|l Value to^let|aß the basis of all valuations for lofeaf rating. Where ,tb&£ cannot be otherwise errived at, it is /luggeated that it should be calculated q# ndt'mdre*- th'BiQ. r 6 peri cent of the yaiue of tbevfee-Bimple.-; The Com" mittee'recomiSend& legislation next session m; tj}e direction indicated m. the report. — New Zealand. Times.
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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1336, 1 November 1884, Page 4
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246THE RATING ACT. Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1336, 1 November 1884, Page 4
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