THE COUNTY VALUATIONS'

Otaki Mail, 2 June 1922, Page 1

THE COUNTY VALUATIONS '

HOW THS BATES ABE AITECTED. SOME SPECIMEN PAYMENTS. I Tlie county clerk (Mr rv W. Goldsmith) produced an interesting return at the meeting oi' the Horowlienua County conned on Wednesday, showing the l’ate levy on proper ties in the four ridmgs under the old valuation, together with the amount of rates payable under the new valuation, on tne -oasis oi the rate that has been struck for The figures make interesting reading, and ere as tollows, the instances quoted being taken from different points ol the tour counties vvij.iuklNO HUnriu. (Hate Id in It, same us previous year./

NEW COUNTY RATES. j COWERED IN U'l’AKl AND IE HOKU HIDINGS. The county estimates and the striking ol the rates fur the coming year were considered at a neeting ol the ‘ Horowlienua County Council yester- | day, and utter consideration e scheme ol rating was (opted. The I okomam Hiding decided on a rate ol jd in the T. which is slightly higher than that ol the past year. The Wiruliino rate of H will remain as before. Otaki lias reduced its rate by *d in the £, and is the same a- Wirokmo. id. fn Te Horu there has been a re-1 auction of pi in the £. the new rate being id instead of Ijd as prevailed | m the past year. The scale of rates in the various ridings for the years 1921- and 1922-23 are as follows: 1921-21 1922-23 Tokomaru Hiding id *d Wirokmo Riding Id Id Otaki Riding Ed Id Te Hero Hiding Hd |d j Although the lates have been lowered ip two ridings, the amounts payable by ratepayers in some cases will be larger than those of the previous year, owing to the operation of the new valuation, on which the rates for 1922- have been based. The increase , in the county estimates, as explained by the chairman on Wednesday, has been made necessary by the heavy and inerea-iitg upkeep of th*’ roads through the growing motor traffic of the last few years

Year end, Vui. ol Rates ' Mar. 31. Prop. Acres. Payable. £ 33 s. d. lye 2 .., iouu 50 3 7 0 1323 ... 2110-1 50 8 7 U 1922 .. . ... 2250 50 9 7 0 1923 ... 3355 50 14 1G 3 1922 ... 7070 ' ■ J*7 Id'.) ‘J 2 1923 ... 9335 1^7 39 2 1 1922 .. 5319 22 8 3 1923 .. 3339 927 34 14 11 1922 ... 30s9 100 12 17 5 ' 1923 .. 131G 100 17 19 8 1922 13,053 290 54 (1 1 1923 . 19,125 290 79 3 9 tuk< >marg RIDING. illate raised Ironi id lo Jd.; 1992 . Jl'.j 19 .; 13 3 1923 19 5 13 0 1922 . S4 5" JOG 7 13 j 1923 .. 3903 loo 1 1 8 10 1922 .. 5131 271 IG o 10 1923 .. 7378 2 71 20 17 0 1922 . 11.520 070 50 0 0 1923 17 ,023 G10 02 1 1 O'J AKI RID IN (1. (Reduced from lid ' id.;. 1922 . 10,170 ICO! 47 Ki 0 1923 . 10,070 1001 <13 11 2 1922 I'.HH.* 17 8 18 i J 923 . 1317 j i 1, 19 9 1922 7.71 mi ii. 20 3 2 1923 . 5508 117 23 1 0 1922 •j'JTm 173 27 18 1 1923 . 9180 173 Tl UORU RlJJi.Ni Reduced from l!d 1 . ‘ 1922 208 15 i j; 1923 . 7013 •208 2,3 11 7 1922 1090 20 5 2 2 1923 2235 20 8 2 11 1922 73U0 365 31 1 5 1923' 14,315 365 07 2 I 1922 4032 222 18 18 n > 1.923 9210 003 33 13 9 1922 17 1 9 1923 53S0 997 19 12 3