'The Registered Owner is represented by Mr. G. A. Johnson and the Council by the Secretary and the Deputy' Engineer.
The Commissioners referring to the correspondence in this case request Mr. Johnson to furnish proof of the recently established purchase value of the land as Tls. 5,300 per mow, as set forth in Messrs. Lester, Johnson & Morriss' letter of July 10, 1914. A di ion takes place between the Council's representatives and Mr. Johnson as to the existence, or otherwise, of the buildings on the Lot in question at the time the purchase referred to took place and it is ultimately decided that Messrs. Lester, Johnson & Morriss shall furnish the Commissioners with vian and full details of the purchase in order to enable them to check the value of Tls. 6,300 per mow upon which they have based their claim.
The Registered Owners having farnished the figures and plan required, copy is banded to the Council for checking purposes. The Council offer no criticism of these figures but merely re-state the present assessed value of the land in dispute as Tls, 4,000 per mow, on the authority of Messrs, Algar Peebles who carried out the 1911 assessment.
In view of the fact that this land was scheduled for surrender as far back as Road Extensions and Widenings, Kiukiang and Fokien Roads.—The claim of Messrs. Probst, Hanbury Ca., Ld. has been accepted for the surrender of two strips of Iand from Lot 24 scheduled for the widening of these roads at the assessed value Tis, 22,000 per mow plus ten per cent. for compulsory surrender, or Tls. 2,686 for Mow 0.111.
Mysore Road.—The question of the compensation payable to Mesere, Brunner, Mond & Gon Ld. in respect of the land scheduled for the construction of this road will be referred to the Land Commissioners in terms of the appended correspondent Council Room,
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