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list with a total or* ear!]. Wanganui came next with while Palmerston Xorth had and Xapier was away duwn s.C'* ente»*:uh on the list, with 1 !>. “Auckland. I t-litve. can congratulate itself ou fe.i;;' t:.e lowest-rated city in T’r.e British rhnpiro.” Such was the proud declaration made by Mr A. J. Kmrican. chairman of the finance committee of the Auckland City Council, at a meeting of citizens. Mr Entrican remarked that Glasgow liad often been cited as a city that provided a nuidd in matters of administration, and he was greatly surprised, when he visited Scotland four years ajrn. to learn that the Glasgow rates were no less than 10s in the £. St. Helens, in .Lancashire, the birthplace of the late Mr K. J. had been referred to on one occasion as the lowest-rated town in Kurland, but li.r total therf’ was ki< Mil in the £. .iin'k'aml. with its total of Us 5 Url. midd. he thought, certainly congratulate UmslL