EDUCATION RATE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 222, 14 November 1874, Page 2

EDUCATION RATE.

Mr. R. B. Lusk has written as follows to a contemporary : —“ As there is a a good deal of misapprehension as to the duty of collectors, especially as to the collection of the capitation rate, I trust you will allow me to explain : — Ist. That the collector is not bound to serve any notice of rates to be paid but simply to ask for payment. 2nd. That he gives notice solely for the benefit of the ratepayers, when he finds they are not prepared to pay at once. 3rd. That when he does serve a notice he must put in it the whole amount for which he believes the ratepayer is liable, and that, if he is in error, it is the duty of the person to whom the notice is given to set him right, the Act distinctly throwing the burden of doing so on the person charged. Finally, I desire to call the attention of all persons charged with capitation rates, to the only exemptions allowed, and the manner in which the last ground of exemption must be established: ‘ Provided always that no person shall be liable to pay for more than four children nor for any child residing more than three miles from any School established under this Act nor for any child attending any School not established in respect of ivhom such parent or guardian as aforesaid shall produce to the receiver a certificate signed by the teacher of such last mentioned School showing that the child has attended such School for at least three months previous to the levying of such rate. — Education Act, 1872. Section 38.’ ”