that
year: May. I therefore was not permitted
Dhy
that no time was lost in endeavouring
to recover the arrears when the notices
could not be served till September in the third
quarter, and not till October for
the 4th quarter.
the
office
302
are not noticed by the Commission
In that
correspondence
I drew attention
to the omission of the valuators in not
giving in the Valuation Tables, the
names
and in
that of occupants, of owners, to properties.
I was told. I
informed
"the Valuators
would be so instructed - but that the
It has also
12.
escaped
the notice
of the Commission that the affidavits
or "Lists of Defaulters" sent in October
and December 1883
were not
finally
disposed of by the Summary Court
and returned to the Treasury till June 1885. (18 months)
My letter No 59 November 1863 -
and the reply thereto of the 11th of the same month No. 1347 from the Secretary's
No
"
used in the ordinance
" is sufficient definition ?"
19
I have now reached that part of
the Commissioners' Report which has special reference
157
to the
year 1864. If I had been asked the question
I should have explained to the Commissioners that I had repeatedly and personally urged
for
an early notification of the