CITY FINANCES
THE FOUR CENTRES. DUNEDIN - SAID TO BE THE HEAVIEST HATED. In the course of an address on city finances before the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, the president (Mr H. D. Bennett) said that as there was no uniform rating among the chief citias no accurate comparison could be made. An idea of the comparative rating, however, he said, could be gained from the following figures for 1922: 1 Auckland. —Capital value, £27,938,607; unimproved value, £15,422,262; rates received, £335,051; percentage, 2.04. Christchurch.—Capital val., £18,828,773; unimproved value, £8,645,902; rates received, £168,938; percentage, 2.00. Dunedin.—Capital value, £13,387,558; unimproved value, £5,452,586; rates received, £144,808; percentage, 2.63. Wellington.—Capital value, £30,280,890; unimproved value, £15,037,127; rates re- | ceived, £285,207; percentage, I.SO. These values had been a little reduced by the Assessment Court, but they would serve for comparative purposes. Prom the figures it would appear, he said, that Dunedin was the heaviest rated city.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19240624.2.15
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 18668, 24 June 1924, Page 2
Word Count
149CITY FINANCES Evening Star, Issue 18668, 24 June 1924, Page 2
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in