Subdivision of County

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 5119, 11 June 1907, Page 2

Subdivision of County

In the disoussion of tho oommim. the Waipawa County Oonooil, i* 1 on Satuiday to oonsider the divide the County into two pari!*” following figures prepared by the rv ** cierk were presented:— The valuation of the four loul . Ridings of Mangatoro, DannevitkTj moodville and Norsewood is low estimated iooreasa of £2C,000 j?’ made on acoount of Government | shortly to be added to the roll, total of £BOO,OOO. The valuation J* l four ridings of Takapau, R u ,Ju Hampden end Waipawa, is and the valuation of WaipukurinS* which it is proposed to create a ” County, ia £230,000. The roads in the four southern ifa;,* 1 approximately 320 miles ; of ,t7' north ridings it is approxim,t,|,,, miles. The amount of rate. haL® the northern ridings duriog g,, ' five yean, exolnsire of amounts non,? by road boards, was £21,900, the southern ridings it wao'fmi The expenditure, exolusire 0 f f fund and Government grants w„: *• north end £27,600 and in ths mmi £22,700. During the last year the exp,,.!, in the north end was £sjiq /*■ rates reoeived amounting t 0 jfj whereas the expenditure in the mmi! ridings was £4280 against rates of £4620. An important feature is that o| «, vornment subsidy, which io ojjj having no road districts is paijT* basis of tho total rates received g rate of 5a in the £, but i„ where there are epme road die! which are merged and some which"' still in operation, the total ' subsidy received in respect of ,|| portion of the County where than no road boards is limited to fjjj ' io respect to the road districts , ,l' 10s in the £ on the road board L divided equally between the Ro«j j, and County with praotioally a . of £125 to each body for distriot. As ail the Road Bond, h! County are now merged with tbsij ! tion of three, the shere of labod, 1 this basis which will be reoein! 1 future by the Waipawa County, M tho remainder merge, is about £BOI ! The rate struck lyft year bv t County in the merged districts (Jj 1 whole of the southern end now 00 . of merged districts) was I}d mj? a which would produce iu the too, l t ridings, on a valuation of £BOOW

sum of £5416. If the new County, formed the subsidy upon thi, »™u £1364. In the five north ridings { similar rate were levied, it wonldl duce £7650, whioh would earn , sidy of £1912, whereas if ths ft, continues as at present the whole i sidy would amount to about £goo. loss over the whole County o! fl per annum. Even if the rats, duoed to ltd in the £, which „ mean a raving to ratepayers in a ,„ £IOOO as compared with tholjdin £, the increased subsidy would wn £2200 more then if the pre.ont m tions prevailed, no that by paying t | lens rates the proposed two Coin would receive £I2OO more ravens. Without the proponed division above benefit would not bt no grnal,i if all the remaining road board, ni> as no greater subsidy is payable s siDgle County than £2500, whstnmi is levied. A special feature so far as the I ridings are oonoarned is tb# 11 think rents" which are paid to the font ia

in respect to the lands opened npbr Crown, other than lands coder Lands for Settlement Act.’’ T| thirds whioh are not pledged loti loans now amount to about £7(O annum, and it is anticipated that, the Piri Piri and the balance o! Tamaki blocks are occupied thit revenue will amount to from £15(8 £2OOO per year. Taking the abovek into aooouot the committee uoioinn agreed to proceed with the introdoS of the proposed Bill into Parlinnrt divide the CouDty.