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mined, and another valuer for all other properties for a fee at the
rate of £10 10s. for four days' attendance per week. The Council
was of opinion that it was not necessary to engage a Valuer for
ordinary properties for the quinquennial valuation this year, there
being in the possession of the Council much information which
was not available five years ago. Mr. Barker was engaged for
the valuation of railway and other special properties, and a SubCommittee
of the Rating Committee was appointed to provisionally
settle the draft Quinquennial Valuation List. The Sub'Committee
held fourteen meetings, each occupying several hours,
and the list, which contains 65,000 separate assessments, compared
with 55,691 in 1905, was deposited with the Assessment
Committee of the Union on the 31st May. The statement on the
following page shows the Valuation, before the List was submitted
for revision by the Assessment Committee, as compared
with the Valuation in 1905, and the values at 2nd April, 1910.