CITY RATES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20498, 17 March 1932, Page 16

CITY RATES.

ABOUT £BOOO COLLECTED YESTERDAY. With four full days and one half day to elapse before the imposition of the 30 per cent, penalty on rates unpaid before 4 p.m., on March 22nd, the amount of City rates collected to date ia still under 50 p£r cent, of the total amount levied. The amount collected yesterday was about £BOOO, the largest amount collected in one day this year to date. In the table which follows, showing the present position, the amount shown for the present year relating to the sum collected yesterday and to the total collected to date are approximate only, and the percentage of rates collected to rates levied consequently also is approximate. For comparison purposes, figures relating to 1931 also are given:— ■ 1932. £ s. d. Total lejied 333,729 2 4 Collected yesterday .. 8,000 0 0 Collected to date .. 156,353 17 2 Outstanding . .. 177,375 52 j Proportion collected to total levied, 46.85 per cent. 1931. & s. a. Total levied .. 355;704 11 5 Collected to March 16th .. .. 169,221 5 3 Outstanding .. 189,483 6 2 Proportion collected to total levied, 47.18 per cent.' The actual amount collected on Tuesday was £7580 14s 8d; and the proportion of collected to total levied was 44.45 per cent., as compared with 44.71' J*r cent, last year on the corresponding