BOARD OF REVIEW.
The Board of Review for the Levels riding, South Canterbury, was occupied all day on Saturday with the Hew Zealand and Australian Land Company's Levels estate. The estate in the Levels riding is 38,000 acres, and tbe total valuation £302,781, which is £48,000 over the last' property ■ tax assessment. The estate is assessed in blocks, and thirty-six objections were lodged. The Company employed valuers themselves, who are called as witnesses. ' So far only a dozen outlying poorer blocks have been dealt with, amounting to £45.000; the redactions made total £4230. The chief dispute is as to the proportion and value of waste lands and the value of English grasses. The Company's valuers say 20s all round, and the assessor 10s an acre. The Board decided that 10s is enough. The objectors say that the assessor could hot 4 make a proper valuation, as ho did not seek assistance from the manager. The ' proceedings were adjourned lill Tuesday. .""... ' ;
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 8197, 13 June 1892, Page 6
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