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RATING . [ 15 OF 1888. ] 1043

9. The assessor shall make and subscribe, in the presence of Verification
the Colonial Secretary, a declaration to the effect that the list of list.
[21 of 85. 7]
contains a true account of all valuations made by him , and that
the same is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, complete
and correct in every respect. _After which, the Colonial Secretary
shall deliver the list to the Treasurer.
10. After the list has been so declared and delivered , no Correction of
alteration shall be made in it except as provided by sections 22 (See 21 of 85.
and 24, or to correct merely clerical errors . Such errors shall 7 ]
be declared by the assessor before aa Justice of the Peace in the
form of the Form E , which shall be submitted to the Governor, ( No. 17 of
who may , in his discretion, approve such corrections or any of 1890.]
them , and without whose written sanction no such correction
shall be made.

11. When any tenement is valued for the first time, or when Notice of
any existing valuation is altered, the assessor shall , within yaluation.
[ 21 of 85, 9 ]
fourteen days after the completion of the valuation , serve notice
in writing upon the owner, or upon the occupier if the owner
or his agent cannot be found, of such valuation having been
made and of the amount thereof. Such notice may be given in
the form of Form C. Provided that this section shall not 189
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0. )
apply to valuations of tenements in Chinese villages.
12. The omission to serve such notice shall not invalidate Omission to
serve notice.
any valuation nor relieve any person from the payment of rates. [ 21 of 85. 9 ]
13. The list, or an examined copy thereof, shall be open to List to be
en for
inspection at the Treasury during office hours for twenty-one op
specie
inspection .
days, of which notice shall be previously given in the Gazette [21 of 85. 10.]
and at least one English and one Chinese public newspaper,
and any owner or occupier of any tenement included in such
list may, during such twenty -one days, take any extract there
from .

14. The Colonial Secretary, on receipt of the list of Chinese Country
tenements for cach country district, shall cause a copy thereof districts
: 11. ]
21 of 85.
to be made in Chinese ( stating only the number of each house
its valuation and the annual rates ) and to be exhibited in a
conspicuous place in the principal village of each district during
the twenty -one days above mentioned.
Annual Valuations. - Appeal.
15. Any person aggrieved on any of the following grounds ; Appeal.
[ See 21 of 85.
( 1. ) That any tenement for which he is rateable is valued 13.]
beyond its rateable value.
( 2. ) That any tenement is assessed which is not rateable.