THE COUNTY VALUATIONS.

Shannon News, 30 May 1922, Page 3

THE COUNTY VALUATIONS.

HOW THE RATES ARE AFFECTED. SOME SPECIMEN PAYMENTS. The county clerk (Mr P. W. Goldsmith) produced an interesting return at the meeting of the Horowhenua County Council on Wednesday, showing the rate levy on properties in the four ridings under the old valuation, together with the amount of rates payable under the new valuation, on the basis of the rate that has been struck for 1922-23. The figures make interesting reading,, and are as follows, the instances quoted being taken from different points of the four counties:—

WIROKINO RIDING. [Rate Id in £, same as previous year.)

NEW COUNTY RATES. LOWERED IN OTAKI AND TE HORO " RIDINGS. *

The county estimates and the striking of the rates for the coming year were considered at a meeting of the Horowhenua County Council yesterday, and after consideration a scheme of rating was adopted. The Tokomaru Riding decided on a rale of |d in the £, which is slightly higher than that, of the past year. The Wirokino rate of Id will remain as before, (btaki has reduced its rate by |d in the £, and is the same as Wirokino, Id. In Te Horo there has been a reduction of id in the £, ihe new rate being gd instead of lad as pievailed in the past year. The scale of rates in the various ridings for the years 1921-22 and 1922-23 are as follows:

1921-22 1922-23 Tokomaru Riding fd |d

Wirokino Riding Othki Riding Te Horo Riding .

Id id ljd id l|d id

Although the rates have been lowered in 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 foi 1922-23 have been based. The increase in the bounty estimates, as explained by the chairman on Wednesday, has been made necessary by th.e heavy and increasing upkeep of the roado through the growing motor ti affic of the last few years.

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Year end. Val. of Rates Mar. 31. Prop. Acres. Payable. £ £ s. d. 1922 1000 50 8 7 0 1923 2004 50 8 7 0 1922 2250 50 9 7 6 1923 3555 50 14 16 3 1922 7070 187 29 9 % 1923 9385 187 39 2 1 1922 5319 227 22 3 3 1923 8339 227 34 14 11 1922 3089 100 12 17 5 1923 4316 100 17 19 8 1922 13,033 296 54 6 1 1923 19,125 296 79 3 9 TOKOMARU RIDING. (Rate raised from Id tc > id.) 1922 1175 19 3 13 5 1923 1550 19 5 13 0 1922 2450 106 7 13 i 1923 3963 106 14 8 10 1922 5134 271 16 0 10 1923 7378 271 26 17 0 1922 11,520 640 36 0 0 1923 17,025 640 62 1 1 OTAKI RIDING. (Reduced from lid to Id.) 1922 10,170 1601 47 13 6 1923 10,970 1601 45 14 2 1922 1902 14 8 18 4 1923 4317 14 17 19 9 1922 4300 117 20 3 2 1923 5568 117 23 4 0 1922 5955 173 27 18 4 1923 9180 173 38 5 0 TE HORO RIDING. (Reduced from lid to |d.) 1922 3220 268 15 1 11 1923 7015 268 25 11 7 1922 1090 , 20 5 2 2 1923 2235 20 8 2 11 1922 7300 365 34 4 5 1923 14,315 365 ,67 2 1 1922 4032 222 18 18 0 1923 9240 222 33 13 9 1922 3645 997 17 1 9 1923 5380 997 19 12 3