RATING FOR DRAINAGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20199, 8 March 1929, Page 13

RATING FOR DRAINAGE.

HAURAKI UNITED AREA. REVIEW OF POSITION WANTED. r BY telei;nA.rn. —ows correspondent.] TUKUA. Thursday. A complicated position Ims arisen in repud to .he incidence of rating for drainage purposes follow,ng the amalgamation of the Horahia and Hauraki l> a,na »® Boards under the name of the Haura United Drainage Board. Amalgamation was adopted on the finding of Mr. U <• Campbell, of the Public Works Department. who was specially appointed as commissioner to decide the issue. At a special meeting of the board Air. T? H. Heappey moved " H>at »" " all rates in connection with tie o * raki Hoard's loans be levied in abidance with the terms and conditions under v these loans were raised, and by tl.e le.m» and conditions' laid down by e i when amalgamation was eucci that the. classification of the n dis.net be reviewed and amended so as irnmve .he present cases of hardship and unfairness." f n,„ Mr. Heappev said on the union of the two hoards the llauraki Lnited adopt., what was practically a uuifo classification. The effect of tins was h-t in some localities the loan rates inc cab on the average by five times, and u action from JU 9s 6d to £lb odd K considered that a 13. G and D system of classification should be leveite t Mr. Hicks said a classification fo oa" purposes only would mean two sepa.-te classifications, and that was not If i. was possible to have two rates, for maintenance and one for loan , position would be simple. Limpet t U.d advice was desirable and he vould leferriiis " le nl,lllel , Solicitor General U r lo the Internal Affa... Department. . . ,1 Affairs It was decided that the n - c l a ssiDepartment be asked whetl aI1( J ficaiions were possible, one one for the general account; interpretation of the teims keep ing Consideration of the second motion was deferred until the pOSltlfill - Jegard to the first; was setyeg*