CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8] — Page 306

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