ASSESSMENT COURT.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3154, 28 March 1879, Page 2

ASSESSMENT COURT.

COUNTY OP THAMES.

The annual Assessment Court for the purpose of hearing and determining objecjections to the valuation list of Thames County, was held at the St. George's Schoolroom, Rolleston Btreet, to-day, before Col. Fraser, Judge. Mr J. A. Miller represented the County. HASTINGS BIDING. H. Carran, 102 acres, and house, Tapu road, assessed at £35. Valuation excessive. Keduced to £25. W. C. Daldy, 17 acres, house and yard, assessed at £50. Valuation excessive. No appearance. Confirmed. Thomas Fogarty, allotment and hut. Hape Creek, assessed, at £4. No appearance. Confirmed. R. Monk (1) 300 acres, Tairua, £30; (2) sis houses, school house and pound, Tairua, £60; (3) 36,116 acres, mills, dams, smithy, etc., £1,850; (4) 1500 acres, Tairua, £75. Mr Monk appeared for the Union Sash and Door Company. The objections to Nos. 1 and 2, were that the company was neither owner or oscupier; Ao. 3, valuation less than stated; No. 4, not sum** ciently designated. Nos. 1 and 2st uck out, No. 3 confirmed, No. 4 reduced to £15. J. R. Stone, for Shoriland Sawmill Co., 14,186 acres bush and driving dam, 486 acres Mangarehu, 1000 acres Orongo, 523 acres bush and dam Ho tori tori, 1825 acres Mangahu, 147 acres Mangahae, 3425 acres Maungakirikhi, assessed at £900. Valuation excessive: The objector had neglected to lodge notice with County, aid consequently could no be heard. Valuation confirmed. WAT.OTAEI BIDING. Henry Carran, allotment and house, Funga Flat, assessed at £5. Not owner or occupier. Struck out. W. Comer, allotment and house, Moanaiairi, assessed at £20. Valuation excessive. Valuation confirmed. John Kelly, allotment and house, Moanatairi, assessed at £12. No appearance of objector. Confirmed. • R. Kingsford, allotment pnd house, assessed at £5. No appaarance. Confirmed. — Stockdale applied to have R. Richards' name substituted for his on the list. Name substituted as required. > KAUAEBANGA BIDING. . $v T. H. Barc'ay, three allotments and house, Augustus street, assessed at £28. Valuation excessive. Reduced to £'?2 10s. Mrs Chapman, allotment and house, Cook street, assessed at £5. Applied to have rates remitted. Confirmed' ,; " ', F. ])aykin, allotment and house, Bolles* ton street, assessed at £35. ' Valuation excessive. No ap'pear.ince. Confirmed.

F. Garroty, two allotmenls and house, Sealey street, asiec. ad at £8. Valuation excessive. No appearance.. CoDfiimed.. James Inglis, two allotments and house, Sealey street, assessed at £18. Valuation excessive. No appea ance. Confirmed.^ James Jenkins, (1) allotment and house, Augustus street; (2) two allotments, Terrace. (1) Assessed at £13, (2) at £8. Valuation excessive. (1) Reduced to £1" ; (2) reduced to £6 10s, ; ; ? John Ward, allotment and house, Terrace, assessed at £18. Valuation excessive. Reduced to £13.

T. Whitehead, allotment and house, Rolleston street, assessed at £7. Valua* tion excessive. No appearance. Confirmed. ■ , ..... '. ''"" "\ r" "''■

John Young, allotment add hoote, assessed at £10. Reduced to £8.

PABAWAI BIDING. E. Gooke, allotment and cottage, Para* wai Road, assessed at £26. Not the owner. - Not rated for the property. W. Creighlon (1) two allotments and house, assessed at £30; (2) allotment, Fenton street. £4; (3) allotment, Augustus st.-eet, £8; ,(4) allotment, fenton street, £5. Noi 1 valuation confided; No. 2, name of F. Souter substituted; No. 3 reduced to £5 j JSoi 4,; name of F. Souler substituted. r 'Zlv>A'i ri

.John Jenkins, two acre* and home, Parawai road, assessed at' £Is."'? Not :tbe occupier. No appearance. Confi"m«d. It. Kelly, two acres and house,,Wtikei* kei, assessed at £40. Notice occupier. Mrs O'Keefe's name substituted. >- J. Marshall, two- acres mjisip^ land, assessed at £14.; Valuation exee|sive. No appearance. Confirmod.,«' - „y. J. A. Miller, 34 acres mission ground, assessed at £34. J. E. Macdbnald whose name was on list is not owner. : Confirmed by "consent. .■ „. ■ ..•; '„ ■'■ >! ; V-"'';^ 1 ' H. Peck, 45 acres mission Valuation excessive. Seduced to £30.

R. Prescott,; 3lf acres and; house mission land, £48. Valuation excessive. Reduced ?o £33; ,r a J. W. Sherlock, alfofmetit Grey street, assessed at £20. Valuation excessive. No appearance. Confirmed.' r [Left Sitting.].......