Assessment Court.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3739, 19 April 1898, Page 2

Assessment Court.

After we went to press ou Saturday, the following objections were heard by Mr Turnbull : - Henry England Objected to are?. Allowod. William Rithbono (Hampden)—Area excessive ; reduced to oorreot area acd value proportionately reduced. Lizzio Rathbone—Acreage excessive ; raduoed and assessment proportionally reduced. Holden Bros—No appearance; sustained. Joeiah Howard—No appearance ; sustained. Knight Bros—Occupiers only ; allowed. W. Rathbone (Abbotsford) —■ Value excessive ; assessment value sustained. Mrs Herrick (represented by Mr Sydney Johnston)—Reduced to old value. John Pettit—Objection to area, seotion 63, withdrawn ; (transferred to John Beaohatn ; contains 63 aoros). John Pettit—96l aores reduced to 940. Sydney Johnston—Oruawharo estate reduood from 42,000 to 36,009 acres. F C Robjohnß—No appeuranoe ; assessment sustained.

John Wood— No appearance ; assessment sustained. S. McGreovy—No appearance ; valuation sustained. M. Sebloy-—No appearance ; valuation sustained. Goo Tate—No appearance; valuation sustained. W. Rathbone (Hadley)—l6 acres ex cessivo ; area of number of seotions to be re adjusted. Capital value reduced to £6 per acre; area reduced to number of sections shown in deeds. WAIPAWA TOWN. W. Rathbone—Values excessive ; all sustained excepting part Blook 45, whioh wa« reduced from £SO to £4O por acre. Dr Ross objeotod to ownership of sections 102 aud 23. Allowed and transferred. All other transfers and corrections of areas allowed.