ASSESSMENT COURT

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11946, 17 May 1933, Page 7

ASSESSMENT COURT

GISBORNE SITTING CONCLUDES

MORE BOROUGH ( APPLICATIONS SOME SUBSTANTIAL CUTS

The Gisborne sitting of the Assessment Court continued throughout yesterday, when further applications lor re-valuation of borough properties considered. Inspections of vari- / ous properties were made by the court yesterday, and after consideration in committee, substantial reductions in connection with most of the properties were announced. Mr J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., presided, and nad with him as assessors, Messrs O. E. Bartram and W. Hamilton Irvine. Mr H. P. Hamilton appeared for the Valuation Department and Mr W. Johns carried out the duties of clerk. The following applications were dealt with yesterday:— Theresa Y. Cuthbert, town section ' 71, Gladstone road and Peel street, 34. 2 d. Present valuation: Capital: £31,890, unimproved £10,890. Amended to: Capital £32,260, unimproved £7260. Theresa Y. Cuthbert and Ethel M. Y. Townley, pt. town section 7,37-48 p Present : Capital £7400, unimproved £2490 Amended to: Capital £6600, unimproved £I6OO. Emma E. Chirisp, town section 74, Gladstone road, lr. Present: Capital £15,571 unimproved £9570. —Amended to: Capital £12,380. unimproved

£6380. James Cbrisp, town section 93. 20-06 p. Present: Capital £7795, unimproved £3795. —Amended to : Capi tal £6530. unimproved £2530. Estate John Machell, pts. town seotions 330 and 331. Gladstone road: lr. ,63p. Present: Capital £6730, unI improved £3730. —Amended to. C-api tal £5500, unimproved £2500. Joseph W. Bates, pts. town section 373 lr. lOp. Present: Capital £lO,000,’ unimproved £3loo.—Amended to : Capital:£94oo, unimproved £2400. Edward 6. A. Reynolds, town section 94, Gladstone road 1 , lr. Present; Capital £BB2O, unimproved £'92o , —Amended to: Capital £7OOO, unim oroved £6IOO. Minnie J. Briant, pts. 56 and 57 Wkataupoko 68, lr. 4.8 p. Present. Capital £730, unimproved £4ls.—lmprovements ■were increased by -to £415 and! the unimproved value dropped to £315, leaving the capita value the same as previously. (Gordon M. Dodgshun, 210 of M hataupoko 6C, 2r.—Present: Capital, £720, unimproved £SOO-—Amen e o Capital £570, unimproved £350. James Blair, Kaiti 208, Rutene rd andl Hinaki sfc., 2r. Present: £1295, unimproved £415.-Amended to; Capital £1230, unimproved £350. Estate,. E. W . Matthews, town section 134, Gladstone road, lr. 1 resent: Capital £12,360, hmm P rov«d £lo,s6o.—Amended to: Capital £BB4O,

unimproved! £7040. Margaret MeL. Ferguson and L. Ferguson,..town section 113, Bnght street, lr. Present: £V&>, i unimproved £825. —Amendec o. A ital .€lOlO, mifflprovod k n Ida E. Lysnar, pts. 52-55 way Hi, lr. 19.5*. £1290, unimproved £.940. a™ to: Capital £950, unimprovedi £WOIda, E. Eysn a r,.pts, 55-56 Whatm, poko 6A, la, 3r. 24.70 p/ —-Am-' ital £4760, .unimproved L - A ended to : Capitol' £4040, ummproied £ Wkdfxcd F. of gha6A, 2r. B, . 3^V:. r ®^'_Arrt. taT £ll7O, unimproved endetd tor Capital £BOO,, Unimproved 6 £ Ada M. Clay, 210 Whataupoko 68. lr. Capital £615, ummp ed £2sk— ■'Valuation sustainedOPOTIKI RORCTIGTT The following two Opotiki applications were also dealt wi h y _ terday, the properties in - . stancens ta be offered to the U<* n y

Arthur Young, nt socunn 2, 1 »poxiki town, lr. iop I*resent Capital i. 965, Unimproved £595. - Valuation} sustained. G. S. Moody pi. section 2, Gpotiki tow.., 2a. Present: Capital £“'69o, unimproved £ll9O.—Y aluation sustained. The members of the court le;b last cveuiu.-, ft*.- VY’airoa where a silting t>l tic t.curt will he held to-dnv.