VALUATION OF LAND.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, B-18

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1924. NEW ZEALAND.

VALUATION OF LAND.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated 23rd July, 1023. Ordered, "That there be laid before this House a return showing — (1) Tho dates on which the Valuation Department has made valuations -the three last valuations—in the boroughs of New Plymouth, Stratford, Inglewood, Waitara, Eltham, Hawera, and Patea, also the counties of Clifton, Taranaki, Inglewood, Stratford, Eltham, Egmont, Waimate West, Whangamomona, Hawera, and Patea; (2) a statemont setting out tho improved and unimproved valuations of each local body at each valuation; and (3) the names of each borough and county in the Dominion that has not been revalued during the past ten years."—(Mr. MASTERS.)

Return showing the Dates of the Last Three Valuations of the Counties and Boroughs in the Taranaki Land District, and the Capital Value and Unimproved Value of each County and Borough at each Valuation.

County or Borough. Date nf Valuation Capital Value. Unimproved Value. Remarks. New Plymouth Borough Stratford Borough Inglewood Borough Waitara Borough Eltham Borough Hawera Borough Patea 'Borough Clifton County Taranaki County 1900 1914 1922 1905 1912 1922 1904 1914 1905 1910 1903 1908 1914 1912 1917 1922 1897 1902 1914 1901 1905 1911 1900/7 1912/13 1923 1923 1901 1909 1920 1907 Mill 1921 1904 1909 1914 1913 1920 1909 1921 1907 1913 1919 1902 1908 1915 £ 1,201,250 2,204,815 3,031,852 353,067 509,277 900,411 138,080 189,995 129,885 193,479 171,130 289,340 380,670 587,140 844,007 .1,595,123 63,626 04,291 138,788 772,289 1,102,018 994,316 2,152,682 2,235,105 2,762,150 1,441,812 1,392,315 2,089,813 3,348,236 1,489,119 1,998,077 3,022,104 977,217 1,405,035 1,944,292 1,414,785 2,091,270 476,742 1,040,982 3,121,758 2,540,774 4,293,151 1,383,409 2,290,023 3,052,904 £ 727,008 1,332,112 1,719,820 190,908 239,505 457,804 67,055 83,877 55,280 88,879 98,105 167,072 193,326 318,897 419,762 744,847 22,667 22,000 57,425 573,097 798,619 560,073 1,250,902 1,251,015 1,527,211 680,296 855,612 1,225,870 2,112,700 1,050,901 1,358,321 1,783,208 586,218 836,616 1,049,032 1,121,517 1,535,209 208,521 500,908 2,370,422 1,922,300 3,110,491 850,075 1,545,209 2,430,753 Area of borough increased. Constituted 1903. Constituted 1904. Area of county reduced since 1905. Area of county reduced since 1907, and further reduced since 1913. Inglewood County Stratford County Constituted 1919. Area of county reduced since 1901, and further reduced since 1909. Eltham County County bounderias altered in 1916 and 1917. Egmont County Waimate West County Whangamomona County . . Constituted 1908. Area of county inn-eased in 1920. Constituted 1907. Area of county increased since 1909. Area of county slightly increased in 1916. Hawera County Patea County .. ..

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Return showing the Name of each Borough and County in the Dominion that has not been revalued during the Last Ten Years. Boroughs — Portions of Greater Auckland .. ~.. .. Revaluation in progress. Lower Hutt .. .. .. .. .. Revaluation in progress. Petone .. .. .. .. .. .. Revaluation in progress. Ashburton .. .. .. .. .. Valuation authorized. Ngaruawahia. Woodville. Waitara. Carterton. Greytown. Brunner. Kumara Hokitika Ross .. .. .. .. .. .. Revaluations would not reveal material Runanga .. .. .. '.. .. > differences in the aggregates of the Hampden .. .. .. .. .. existing values. Lyttelton Naseby Palmerston South. Port Chalmers. West Harbour. Roxburgh. Lawrence. Tapanui. Milton. Kaitangata. Arrowtown. Queenstown. Riverton. Bluff. Counties — Clifton .. .. .. .. .. .. Revaluation almost completed. Hutt (part of) .. .. .. .. Revaluation in progress. Buller .. .. .. .. .. .. Revaluation would not reveal difference in the aggregate of the existing values. Peninsula .. .. .. .. .. Revaluation in progress. Wallace (part of) .. .. .. .. Revaluation in progress. Stewart Island .. .. .. .. .. Revaluation would reveal reduction in value. Valuation Department, Wellington. P. W. Flanagan, Valuer-General.

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