ASSESSMENT COURT.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3155, 29 March 1879, Page 3

ASSESSMENT COURT.

COUNTY OF THAMES. The following is the conclusion of yesday's sitting of the Assessment Court for the above County:— TOTAEA KIDItfG. C. Curtis, three allotments, Puriri, assessed at £12. Not owner or occupier. Struck out. Frederick Earl, (1) 30 acres, £30, Puke- i hau ; (2) 319 acres, £32, Tongarewa ; (3)' 91 acres, £25, Ngaputaka. W. Earl's name substituted,in respect to all three properties, and valuation reduced respectively to £5, £6 10s, and £6 10s. E. B. Fraser, allotment and house, Soda Springs, Puriri, assessed at £5. Not owner or occupier. No appearance. Confirmed. John Hudson (1), 207 acres, Totara Point, assessed at £40. Objector had sold 66 acres and asked purchasers should be rated. (2) two allotments, Puriri. No value at present. Valuation confirmed. James Kilgour (1), 620 acres, Kahe; '-*&), 4 acres, Paetehi. No. 1 assessed at >£75,.150. 2 at £8. Valuation excessive. No. 1, reduced to £46 ; No. 2, reduced to £4. James Monk, 10,583 acres, at Pukutu, Hikutaia, etc., assessed at £375. Valuation excessive. Confirmed. J. Marshall, 650 acres, Tapuaejiuru, assessed at £90. Amount of: land less than stated. Eeduced to £80. OHINEMUBI BIDING-. Henry Alley (1), 523 acres, Hikutaia, £75; (2), house etc., and 3448 acres, Hikutaia, £675. Not occupier of No. 1; No. 2, excessive valuation. No. 1, reduced to £50; No. 2, reduced to £600. A. Beetham, allotments, Paeroa, assessed at £40. No appearance. Confirmed. E. M, Corbett (1), 250 acres, £56; (2), residence site, Waitekauri, £5. Not owner of amount of land stated. No appearance. Confirmed. C. Curtis, three allotments, Mackaytown, assessed at £7. Not owner or occupier. Struck out. * A. Elliott, 200 acres and bouse, Waitekauri, assessed at £50. Amount of land less than stated. No appearance. Confirmed. J. A. Miller, 100 acres, Owharoa, assessed as £30. Not owner or occupier. Confirmed by consent. E; D. Monk, 5207 acres, Whangamata, assessed at £125. Valuation excessive. Confirmed. G. O'Halloran, 118 acres, freehold near Paeroa, assessed at £20. Not the owner. Struck out. M. Q. Power (1) 7 acres,* Waiohou Biver, no title to the land ; (2) two allotments, hotel and outbuildings, Paeroa, assesed at £30. Excessive valuation. No 1 struck out, No 2 confirmed. F; Tetley, 504 acres, Pirawrahi Block, assessed at £45. Objector objected to be made responsible. No appearance. Valuation confirmed. » This concluded the business.