ASSESSMENT COURT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13724, 14 April 1908, Page 7

ASSESSMENT COURT.

CITY RATABLE VALUES. A sitting of the Assessment Court for the purpose of fixing the ratable values for Auckland City was held by Mr. It. W. Dyer, S.M., in the City Council Chambers yesterday. Against 9000 assessments made 118 objections were lodged, and were duly considered. Messrs. Hieklmg and F. G. Ewington appeared in support of the assessments made. Mr. Dyer explairied that they had unfortunately been obliged to adjourn from the Magistrate's Court, owing to it. being otherwise engaged. He regretted that any inconvenience should have been caused, and would hare advertised the change had he known earlier, but he only became aware of the necessity for it that morning. VALUATIONS SUSTAINED. The following valuations were sustained: I R. A. Adams, lot 4, Jervois Road, £18; Fanny Alexander, three allotments, Jervois Road, £52, £18, £100; M. J. Bennett, two allotments, Kavangahape Road, £160; Morgan -Blandford, Seafield View Road, £20; Campbell's executors, eld-street, £700: Catherine Cassiily, £22; W. -I. Chitham, two lots. Nelson Avenue, £24 and £12: R. L. Cleland, three brick shops, Ponsonby Road, £56 each; W. Collins, Renall-slreet, £22; 8. 11. Darrach, two wooden buildings, Co- I burn-street, £20 each : M. L. and B. E. j Dawson, allotment 47, Grey-street, £24; j George Death, two brick shops mid office, £500: Sarah Fallon, allotment, Whitson Terrace, £30; E. T. Field, allotment, Marino Parade, £30; Field's executors, wooden building, Marine Parade, £41; Mary Foley, wooden shop. £74: S. T. Girdler, Khyber Pass Road, £160; Helen Greenway, wooden building, Robson-street, £120; Margaret Griffin, building, ■ John-street, £10; A. Harbutt, brick offices, Victoria-street, £400; W. S. Haywood, brick shop, Queen-street, £450; W. H. Hildreth, wooden shop, Vic-toria-street, £140; Isaac Hill, brick shop, Queen-street, £200; J. IT. H.ollis, wooden building. Brovvh-street, £30; Thomas Jack, wooden building, Sale-street, £6; Thos. Jenkins, wooden build £60; Archibald Johnston, wooden shop, Hobson-street, £74; Henry Lewis, brick building. Queen-street, £60; M. Lucas, brick shop, Grey-street, £82; H. Marsh, wooden building, Alexan-dra-street, £20; Ishmael Mitchell, H;fr-greaves-street, £20; Gilbert J. Maclcay, brick shop, Queen-street, £200; J. _ C. blacky, Victoria-street, £400; Outhwaite's executors, brick shop, etc., Princes-street, £180; same, wooden building and shop, Victoria Quadrant, £72; same, wooden building and stables, Waterloo Quadrant, £160; Joseph Powell, wooden shop, Karangahape Road, £180; M. A. Rout, Summerstreet, £34; E. 11. Smith, Grafton Road, £70; William Smith, two lots, Edinburghstreet, £30 and £26; James Stewart, Dukestreet, £16; J. W. Swales, Wallace-street, £74: same, wooden shop, etc., Jervois Road, £108; T. H. Townsend, Beresford-street, £26;' E. von GerichVir, wooden building, George-street. £20; 11. W. Wilson, College Hill, £12; Wingats and Co., brick shops, Queen-street, £440; same, brick shop. Queenstreet, £208; J. H. Dalton, Queen-street, £190. - rc REDUCTIONS. The following reductions were made: Adams' estate, two wooden shops, Karangahape Road, £180 to £140; Eleanor E. Barrett, wooden building, Brown-stret, £32 to £28; Wm. Beaumont, wooden building. Ar-gvle-street, £70 to £60; Isaac Birchill, 8, Edwin-street, £18 to £15 same, 10, Willowstreet, £16 to £12; William Cameron, land, Gordon Terrace, £90 to £70; R. L. Cleland, brick shop, Ponsonby Road, £90 to £76; A\. Daldv. wooden building. Grafton Road, £48 to £40; S. H. Darrach, wooden building, Cobden-street, £20 to £18; M. L. and B. K. Dawson, allotment 48, Grey-street, £2+ to £22; George Death, brick offices, Queenstreet, £144 to £106; D.S.C., warehouse, £1700 to £1650; Field's executors, allotment, ■ Marine Parade, £24- to £20; Emma 1 lelcl, allotment 6, Jervois Road, £14 to £10; U. Foster, brick factory, Alexandra-street, to £104; Fred. Gaudin, wooden building, Wynyard-street, £40 to £36; M. nam, wooden building, Oliphant-street, £1. to £12; Helen Greenwav. brick warehouse, Durham-street, £130 to £104; W. H. Griffin, allotment, John-street, £6 to £4; Laura L. Hewson, lot 37, John-street, £6 to £4; Johnston Hill, wooden shop and allotment, Vic-toria-street, £40 to £25; S. E. Hug , wooden building, Shelly Beach Road, £100 to £90; Jack's executors, two wooden buildings, Sale-street, • £28. to £24; Thomas Jack, wooden building, Sale-street, £16 to £12, J. Johnston, wooden building, Marine Parade, £200 to £180; John 11. Kemsley, Upper Union-street, £18 "to £16; same, Prospect-street, £30 to £23; D. L. Murdoch, £330 to £300; J. J. Macky, land, Jervois Road, £220 to £150: C. McCaul, wooden bunding, Grafton Road, £100 to £90, L. D. Nathan and Co., wooden building, Rarangahape Road, £100 to £88; same, brick shop, Pitt-street, £150 to £140; Neville Newcomb, brick house, Symonds-street, £110 to £100; Henrietta Ponsford, wooden building, £o5 to £50; A. J. Richards, stables, Wellington-stret, £12 to 510} same, shop, Franklin Road, £42 to £38; G. Richards, Queen-street, £270 to £250; James Stewart, Dock-street, £92 to £86; Mary A four sections, Ponsonby Road and Norfolkstreet, £260 to £232; Margaret Ewooden buildings, Nelson-street £74 to £70. Of 38 sections in Ponsonby, to the valuation of which Tola's executors took exception, eight valuations were sustained, two sections assessed to Thos. Darby, two to A. R. Watson, and two to H. Bryant. In thoothei cases reductions ranging from £2 to £6 weie made. Reductions were also made in the cases of J. H. Dalton, Queen-street, from £240 to £206; E. H. Falkner, Queen-street, £200 to £188: Thomas Maxwell, Queenstreet, £240 to £222; M. Steadman, Symondsstreet, £180 to £160.