IMPROVED COLLECTION.
BOROUGH RATING POR YEAR. The rates levied by the Levin Borough Council for the year ended March 31st last amounted to £7584 9s Id, but with remissions and adjustments the collectible amount was reduced to £7566 Is Bd. For the year the sum of £7360 3s sd, representing 97.28 per cent., was collected, an improvement of .67 per cent, on the previous twelve months.
The percentage of collections over recent years have been as follows: — 1939, 97.28 per cent.; 1938, 96.61; 1937, 93.58; 1936, 91.81; 1935, 90.03; and
1934, 87.98. Collectible arrears, after writing off £6l 7s 2d, totalled £BB7 9s 9d, and of this £3Bl 4s was collected during the year. The total arrears outstanding at March 31st for a period of eight rating years was £712 4s. This does not take into account rates on State houses for the year. This amount is not yet known, as the necessary valuations have not been received, despite frequent requests to the Valuation Department.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 May 1939, Page 4
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165IMPROVED COLLECTION. Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 May 1939, Page 4
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