149

8.—17b

dating from the Ist July, 1914, at a rental of £17 Bs. per annum. The new lease contains covenants for payment of all then existing improvements effected by the lessee, but compensation for improvements effected since the commencement of the lease can be claimed only with the consent of the Land Board. With regard to the unimproved value assigned to the land in question by this Department, I find from the records that in 1901 it was a nominal value of 6s. lOd. per acre ;in 1906 the value was 6s. lOd. per acre; but in 1914 it was increased to £4 per acre. The. increased land-value during the last eight years is due to the opening-up of the district by rail and road and to the extension of closer settlement. F. W. Flanagan, Valuer-General. Valuation Department, Wellington, 2nd February, 1915. Decision op Commission. No action. 3/2/1.5.

APPENDIX XXIII.

Wareatea Riding, 3/105.—List of Assessments reduced for the 1914-15 Valuation Roll.

Report on above by Valuer-General. Re Valuations in Waraelea Riding, Butter County, under Section 36 of the Valuation of Land Act, 1908. The Secretary, Valuation of Land Commission, Wellington. Referring to your letter of the 12th ultimo, enclosing a schedule of assessments reduced by revaluations under section 36 of the Valuation of Land Act, 1908, forwarded to the Valuation Commission

(* lupp. lie. y Mr. :son, of V Westport). Area. Capital Value. [Juimproved Value. u > re Occupier. Section. Williams, William .. I Arnott, Martha .. S Sec. 1, pt. 12, Blk. Ill, Kawatiri . . Sec. 2, pt. 3, pt. 12, Blk. Ill, Kawatiri Sec. 13, pt. 5, Blk. Ill, Kawatiri .. Lot 2/5, D.P. 258, pt. Sec. 6, Sq. 141, Blk. Ill, Kawatiri Sec. 7/8, Blk. Ill, Kawatiri Lot 2, Sec. 14, Sq. 141, Blk. Ill, Kawatiri Lot 4, Sec. 14, Sq. 141, Blk. Ill, Kawatiri Sec. pt. 15, Sq. 14], Blk. Ill, Kawatiri Ditto 3ec Sec t c. 1 c. 2 i,i i-i A. 11 15 B. P. 0 0 1 6 £ 411 342 £ 359 300 £ 52 42 Harder, Peter .. i Jackson, Thomas E. ] S I. Sec Lot Mil C. 1 it 2, 15 2 2 3 2 0 642 332 292 75 350 257 # 10 0 0 0 2 0 264 205 150 40 114 165 Adams, P. H. ..I Shields, John .. ] see Li.I c I it 2 wn.1 McGill, Elizabeth (es- ] tate of) Jorgenson, Neil .. I I s ■v L..I v 3ec t wai it 4 wa1 lil'i 0 2 0 75 75 1 1 1 84 40 44 )) 5 J . . J Rooney, Hugh Champion, William .. I Morris, G. and J. . v . i Sec. 69, Sq. 1.41, Blk. Ill, Kawatiri.. Sec. 70, 213, Sq. 141, Blk. Ill, Kawatiri Sec. 214, Blk. Ill, Kawatiri Sec. 215, Blk. Ill, Kawatiri Lot 10, N.R. 45, Blk. Ill, Orowaite Kit 3ec ■Sec T, tto 'J c. 6 c.7 1,1 n 6 2 7 28 1 20 2 12 0 30 1 12 569 334 483 804 - 120 100 105 400 449 234 378 404 Munson, Job L. . . i Morris, G. and J. .. I Suisted, Florrie and ] Janet Suisted, James and E. ] 1 sec Lof L..1 IIII C. 2 C. 5 it 1 it 1 U'.'l.l 16 17 9 3 8 2 0 3 26 640 385 248 455 350 120 185 35 128 Turley, Alfred Anderson, Samuel .. ] Riley, Samuel G. .. i D alkie, William .. > Green, Eliza . . > i Lot 11/12, N.R. 45, Blk. Ill, Orowaite Lot 13, N.R. 45, Blk. Ill, Orowaite Lot 14/15, N.R. 45, Blk. Ill, Orowaite Sec. 7a, Blk. VII, Kawatiri Sec. 29, Sq. 141, Blk. VII, Kawatiri Sees. 32/4, 41/2, Blk. VII, Kawatiri Sec. 40, Blk. VII, Kawatiri Sec. 35/36, Blk. VII, Kawatiri Sec. 74, Blk. VII, Kawatiri Sec. pt. 247/9, Blk. VII, Kawatiri.. Lol \ 3ec 3ec 3ec W.1,1 it 1 it 1 wn.i wai C. 1 C. 5 CS. 14 4 4 5 5 29 4 10 16 35 3 9 3 23 2 21 1 30 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 23 322 88 4-98 475 795 925 58 421 1,265 1,265 . 183 75 90 150 175 306 40 200 320 565 139 13 408 325 620 619 18 221 945 700 » » . . I Slowey, James . . ! i sec Sec c. 4 o. £ Kelly, William A. .. ! se< 3ec c. ', c. i