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SIXTH MEETING.
March 18th, 1893.
Present: Mr. E. J. ACKROYD, Chairman.
Mr. J. THURBURN.
Mr. S. G. BIRD.
Mr. F. J. BADELEY, Secretary.
Mr. Bruce Shepherd, called.
The Chairman.-What is your name?
Witness. Bruce Shepherd.
Q.-You are acting Land Officer ?
A. Yes.
Q. Since when have you been connected with the Land Office here?
A. Since December, 1882.
Q. It is the duty of the Land Office to send to the Treasury twice every year the Rent Roll of the Colony?
A. Yes.
Q.As a rule when do you send it ?
A. Within two months. The Rent Roll is made up immediately after Christmas. It was to be copied and as a general rule it takes about two months to deliver the Rent Roll.
Q.-Before you send the Rent Roll itself do you give the Treasury any note of the changes that have been made?
A.--Notifications of changes are continually being sent in to the Treasurer; when- ever there is a change which has to be acted upon during the half year. At the end if there is any difficulty in getting the Rent Roll copied so that it should occupy more than two months I have sent a supplementary Rent Roll.
Mr. Thurburn. The Rent Roll you send in say, in February, are those rents due next June?
A. They are rents payable for the coming half Q.-On June 25th ?
A.--Yes.
Q.-From December 25th ?
A. Yes, to June 24th.
year,
The Chairman. Then a few days after the termination of the six months the Treasurer is in receipt of all information necessary to make up their Rent Roll?
A. Yes.
Q.-Do you think your Rent Roll has ever been so much as six months in arrear? A.—No, never the Christmas Rent Roll, but on one or two occasions perhaps the June Rent Roll has been. It was suggested that it was not wanted because they had the supplementary Rent Roll. There are only two instances, I think, in connection
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