THE KATIKATI RIDING AND THE TAURANGA COUNTY COUNTY COUNCIL.
. . Tl THE ED;TOR. SrE,— The worthy Chairman of the Katfv kati Highway Board' seems to consider thai his district is suffering under serious grievances which the County Council will not iv« dress, so perhaps he will excuse me if J pjauo before the public a few figures which will enable them to estimate some of his trou'jlufi at their real value.
Thcj following tabla ; shows tho ratable valuations of the Katikati and Waimapit Killings for the past four years !— Katikati. Waimnpti. £ a. ,d. £ s* (I, , 1878-79 ... 1,784 7 6 20,141 J5 9 1579-SO ... 4,168 10 0 24,19*2 10 0 ISSO-SI ...4,312 7 0 29,113 18 0 1831-82 ... 2.839. 10 .0 25,243 10 0 Tho average va'e for the above periods is, therefore, £3,276 4s. lid for Katikati,: nf against £24,672 18s 5d for Waimapu Hiding; so, if valuation is to bo taken as a glide, Katikati -would be entitled to one representa* » tivo in the Council, as against at least sawn lor Waimapu Riding. ' ' ' ■■v■- '- It is true the town of Tauranga is how separated from the county, but this only r«s-' ' ' dnces tho Waimapti valuation to £10,(597 10s, -which would still entitle this, riding to i.a present number of representatives (fsnr), as against on«i for Katikati. ' :.*<•,,. Turning now to the expenditure on roads, I find that, in addition io the special vote* : which have been procured for the TaurangaThames (Katikati) Road, the Council I 'lias- ' ; paid for construction and maintenance of that read the sum of £3,275 10s during tha . past three 'years, and, further, made a'speiiiii ' " '' grant of £400 to the Kfttikati High way 'BoaW. '" lin 1879. .. . ■ * . During the four years 1879-18S2the total rates struck for the Katikati Riding amounted Ito £650 ss ( and the Council hag only r^eiy.e^ s \ -
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XI, Issue 1273, 17 May 1882, Page 2
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301THE KATIKATI RIDING AND THE TAURANGA COUNTY COUNTY COUNCIL. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XI, Issue 1273, 17 May 1882, Page 2
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