THE ABOLITION BILL.
To the Editor of the Herald. Sir,—The Abolition Bill is liberty to the settler subject with a vengeance. I read in part 1—"All property within district to be rateable property, except unoccupied." Also—"Board makes annual valuation, and levies rates for construction of works. Where special works are required, separate rate is to be levied after notice." And in part 3—_" Accounts to be annually balanced and audited. Ratepayers ' may' bo present at the annual meeting." If this means anything but tyranny and oppression to the industrious settler, my intellectual furniture must be out of order. To me it is, " Sir George Grey and freedom," or abolition and unmistakable despotism.—l am, 4c, Somerset. Wainui, Aug. 9, 1875.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4288, 11 August 1875, Page 1 (Supplement)
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