ASSESSMENT COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 84, 30 April 1901, Page 2

ASSESSMENT COURT.

A siTTiKfl of the Assessment Court, far ►lie booing of otj 'cti ms to valuations in the ll.uough of Now Plymouth, wan ygr. h- Id on Monday tefore Mr. it. L. Stanfor.', S.M. - ;) *^i* Major Jirowne objeet *d to the rateaWo value of ,£GO placed on a number of s< ct ; onp, of a tout urea of seven and throe quaitor a-r.s, in which ho bid a ! lifa interest in conjunction with frust'fK. Ho ont.iJ<.red a diminutioc in value hud tkon place owing to the c-n----crrauliTOent < f Up so-, and part of the 1 'lid wis cov rei with t hckbeny, which would to i xpi'n.sVe to eradicate. To th-j Tjwn (Jlerk : He was not aware tha», sections at Molesworthstie t, near by, with tteep sidings making them qnifco as diffisuh to get building sites upou as on some of witnPts'lnnd, had besn sold at .£7O each. There were a numbsr of gocd building sitos en ln's property. He did not think it would bring £ 1200 if put up to auction.

The considered tbe valuation a very moderate oa*.

The Town Clerk said that in fixing the valuation he fad allowed for the encroaohment < f the sea, and the existence of the b'ackberry. Otherwise he would have put the valuation fuliv i £3OO higher. -

The Magistrate sustained tbe valu*. tbn. «►

An objection lodged on beh»lf of the tru\tse3 in the estate of the late Captain King was dismissed, ne one appearing to support it.