Assessment Court.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 156, 30 May 1901, Page 3

Assessment Court.

T>'ji\">re Major Keuduil, S.M., and Messrs Joiui Mee and . G. Lyall, Assessors.) Tho Assessment Court concluded its sittings at Waimato on Tuesday. T. Te'sCUF.MAKKu's OTAIO I'UOI'EIITY. • A.'Allan, valuer, said that tho values ware arrived at by consultation between Mr Stoweil, witness nvJ the valuer. A portion of trio jstato, 2135 acres, had been bought by the Government, and was uot the bast of the estate. The improvements yvve fencing and grass only. The 4078-acre block was about the sains value as that bo ugh c by the Crown. The value put upon the whole property he considered under the selling value. The unimproved value of the property was £13,370, and the ad'litiou of improvements would not reduce the unimproved value. The unimproved vahios were divided as follows:—1050 acres at £1 ss, 1150 at £4, 4078 at £7 10s, 900 at £3, and 737 at £4 9s. To Mr Rolleston: In valuing they took out the good and highest lands and valued them separately. Mr O Callaghan here said to the Bench with a view to shortening the proceedings, that Mr Mercer's block was valued at £IOOO under tho owner's value. Witness continuing to - Mr Rolleston, said there was a vein of high land running through the estate, but this would not be sold separately from the rest. Mr Bolleston questioned the witness at length to get hia opinion as to whether £7 per acie all round was a fair valuation of the largo block. Mr O'Callaghan, addressing the Court, offered to reduce 0s per

[ aero all round. The value af hill i property all round had been reduced, and it was on this accofint he offered the reduction. The Court retired, and on returning gave a reduction of 5s on the 800 acre and 5s on the IGIB block, making a total reduction of £637. MAKfKIM HIDING. By consent of both parties, A. Carter's unimproved value on 2G3 acres was reduced to £1865 from £18'.)0, and the improvements were raised to £750, an advance of .£250. A Hmith accepted a reduction of £iooo on his unimproved value of £2952 en 200 acres. )-.). A. Buckley, Isabella Watson, David Gunn, 0. Bowker, \V. Traves, and C. O'Neill did not appear. W. SIMMONS. W< Simmons objected to the valuation oi I'l-MO on 102 acres at Sherwood, The land was sour, and die re wen; between thirty and forty acres waste. For the lost six years his average yield of wheat was six bushels. To AirO'Calhigkan: lie had held the laud for about twenty-three years, lie did not pay working The bast crop he over got off it was twenty-two bushels. He considered him di a capable farmer, and worked the land well, lie had heard of iiess.an ily in the district, bat did not know of any in his crop. lie thought his land worse than Vv'iison's. He originadv .jave /jli? per aero for it which was too high a price, bio would take .10 j)er Cent on the valuation .!). rUnwell, wh.i valued the land, said he was ; aire it would bdng 10 per evu over the valuation in the open market. Uross-eK.:m.in'.al by Mr bimmons t Te was sure die land was worth £8 •or ace. tie was oi" opinion that i acre wore only twenty-Jim acres of v. aste. ".i.'iio same objae'er appeared in regard to a further block of 158 ecrcs. vrJued at L i i;o0 un improved. l.t Wits cleared from tnantdta. lie gave T.jß par ticre ten years ago, ■wiih i:e ; >ii'o..-i'i!i. i; ,nts. Valutrtl it at IN per ataa, capita! value. A red iction of Lao was granted on idie ib2 acres, and on the 100 acres LoS. James Meoh'.m, owner of Be 3 iter s, o!:j"Cte.i to the capital value of L 70.15. also to value set 'on improvements. Ll'doO. His value was: Forming, M 52; niiie-raoiued iioase, LitJO; grain slmd, LOSO ; -heap and oa; do-yards !//0 ; stable. e:c, LIOO : uod- i ":round i "lks. ik;o ; ;ba!i.gi:e:wavis. HIOO : dams, did: 2d aces iu grass, FIOO ; fipes, di'aiuiug, eic , Lido : a total A LiOO > 10s. V.tb.ted the whole j :a.nd at h2 iOO. Tiv.' it'hT tmimroved vaii-u was LdidO. He had ■orty eu-dvv o; oats U*l year. Ifiid ieu the ian 1, a.l i it yielded vider bushels. His uneicovad v";:U.' p'C acewasl//, .•itrvm-; 'JjO sheep to the -ieO ;a;-.v. Ivoe.iy ctrin.; 1 a. sheep to die aere da-iag die y.-ir. 'the; eodmp-'ov-e.l va'ue was re"J !ac el h- : - 7s ed |;er aere, or L3;-55',' mO;ijig tit-; u.huiaroved value ...■j-;;'.). Tke iei;-r eon'its weo ■a.:.; • i '<■■) i .IJJa ;ud iae capita! Ti!'" vNaation of T. 410 placed toon {'■'> aces 1.1)0; -iag to toe j -...id!; dm..! Tru>!seS id Siaelho'me vas IJ JjdOJ. That Ot S'.lr) tin b ; 0 acres was aceoptod. efe eb.gg-']o<en, on behaic of the '"■a'gason estate, Objected to the -aination of ml acres of riverbed ,t the-1 Io )k. This was set down ,t la) 101 with the res';, but he onsidered Lo 10s a:i outside vaiue or it. The valuation of L 0.235 was nchanged. This was ail the business, and he Court rose.