ASSESSMENT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 284, 4 December 1869, Page 2

ASSESSMENT.

The Secretary read a comparative statement of the assessment of the town of Nelson for the years 1868-69 and 18U9-70 which showed the value of the rateable property for the current year to be £604,768 'as against £602.974 for last year. This .included the buildings lately erected which were assessed at £10,000. Mr. Burn moved that the rate be reduced to three-farthings as the town wa; never in a better state of repair than at the present momeut ; they would have i some £3000 to -spend on improvements and there were bb works of, importance to be carried out- , Mr. Webbhad been in favor of lowering the rate to suit the times, but believing aa he did that we might look fpr a large influx of population, which meant extra ' wear; aud tear of.rbads, he should therefore propose that the rate should be still one penny. ikr. Black; thought that the penny was still necessary, as in mauy of the outlying localities -hardly. anything had Jyet been ,, expended, and ib would %c an injustice to such places to reduce the>rate, thus crippling the means of the Board. He thought there should bea law to the effect that a certain portion of the rate raised in each locality should be expended there. : ' Mr. Hooper thought it would ba time enough to provide for an influx of people when such an event took place. ...-.---,. , Mr. Percy was in favor of the! threefar thing;, rate, liarge sum of money had been spent last year in important "works Jandj no large ramount would be required llfpr 'repairs, 'ff . '-"'fff '•. : J:-,' Webb then withdrew; Jhis amen^U? ; ment and the original motion; was put and? : |,icarriedv.^~;- 'fyff fffff -:.'--- f- -fff ■'; y~ : - : y '"iiots were thea U drawn* to, decide upon fwhich pf the papers the assessment should ■ v^e'ad^e^ ; acij^tedi'^ '^imit^^^^^^^^M^^i,

Transfer of Shabes.— There being! some misunderstanding on this subject, we are requested,; to state that all transfers of Bhares; must be stamped at , the Stamp Office. Sr. Alban's, Appleby.— The Burial-, ground, iv connection with St. Alban's, is to be consecrated by the' Bishop of Nelson on Tuesday next, when the offertories will be devoted to liquidating the small debt of £25 now remaining on the church. There will be a tea party at half-past, four in the afternoon. ■■ Mr. Cotterell' s Entertainment. — We regret that we are compelled to defer our notice of Mr. Cottereli's last night's entertainment until our next issue. For the present, it must suffice for us to say that the house was crowded to excess, and that the announcement made by Mr. Boosher, Herr Von Prosy, or Mr. Cotterell — like the twins in the tub they are so mixed that we hardly know which is which — tbat there would be another entertainment on Monday was received with loud applause. Quartz Keef.— The Board of Works received an application from Mr. W. .Adams last night, to be allowed to carry a drive under tbe road near Nile-street ■ Bridge, in order to test the value of the reef lately discovered there. Permission was at once granted, and we wish Mr. Adams every success in his undertaking. ! We heard that the Maori opposition to the survey of tbe Manawatu Block still continues. A trigonometrical station has been thrown down, and trees felled to obstruct the line. A Gentleman well known in West-" port, writing from Aui-klaad of his impressions of his scrip purchased a few mon ihs ago says : — "On the whole tbere is steadier feeling than when I was up here some months ago. A good many have lost bonsiderably since, owing to having bought scrip when tbe market was at its highest, but the fact of their having lost does not seem to prevent the goldfields - from going, : ahead, although the overspeculating then is now considerably felt in Jthe region of the breeches pocket, and is distinguishable by the long faces, many are pulling. I think that for my own part I will have to, consider myself lucky if I get out anything like 'even.' The district round Grahamstown is looking exceedingly well and prosperous. The greal; place where every eye is turned towards is Ohinemuri. As far as can be gathered from the informataion floating, there is no certainty of . its being opened this, season. There is such a host of land-jobbers, stockjobbers, and other sharks of all kinds here, that anyone- coming: from the coast or elsewere had better fake time before unbuttoning his pockets."

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