NRS-15799 | Rate and valuation notices [Gladstone Municipal Council and Wrightville Council]

Full description

Each year each local council was required to set the level of, and collect rates in respect of all rateable properties within the municipal or shire district. These Rates and Valuation Notices were initially created under s. 137-156 of the Municipalities Act 1897 (Act No.23, 1897), and subsequent legislation. These sections specified the rating responsibilities of the council, and the need to maintain records of the rating and valuation process.

For each rateable property a record was created which generally identified the property and person rated and includes details of the annual value of the property, the amounts due, amounts paid, arrears and when rates were abandoned. This information was recorded in the Rate books (See NRS 15798) and Valuation books (See NRS 15797). This series consists of the Council’s copy of notices sent as least yearly to ratepayers under s.141 of the Municipalities Act 1879. Information recorded on the notices includes the name, address, assessment number of the ratepayer and amount due. The notice gave the amount of the annual valuation, which was based on the information recorded in the rates and valuation books.

Custody History
This series was in the custody of Mitchell Library from 1965 until December 2001 when it was transferred to State Records NSW under section 29 of the State Records Act, 1998.