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Assessment Books, 1862-1892 [Newtown Municipal Council]

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Unique IDAS-0602DateBetween 1st January 1862 and 1st January 1892Date qualifiercircaFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionThis series records details of property assessments for rating purposes (local property taxation). Information generally recorded includes:
- assessment number
- address of property
- names of owner, occupier, or lessee
- description of the property (eg 'house'); and
- valuation and rating figures.
Details of payments and arrears of rates due, are also recorded.

The series commenced in circa 1862 and ended circa 1925, but content is held to 1892.

It is chronological by assessment and rating years. Each volume is arranged in order of wards, then by streets and assessment numbers of individual properties.

Searchable transcripts are available.

Relationship summaryRELATED TO: Newtown Rate Books AS-0604 (01/01/1866 to 01/01/1893)
RELATED TO: Municipal business AY-0102 (01/01/1862 to 01/01/1892)
LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Assessment Books, 1862-1892 [Newtown Municipal Council]

Access

Public access statusOpen to public access

Identification and Arrangement

Source system ID602System of arrangementVarious - see descriptive note

Digitisation

Digitisation statusNot digitised

Data Quality

Authenticity & integrityThis series was transferred from the official recordkeeping system of the Newtown Municipal Council. The record has been held in the Council’s custody since and has a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that this is an historical record and the language used within the record was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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CollectionNewtownOrganisationNewtown Municipal CouncilRelated seriesRate Books, 1866-1949 [Newtown Municipal Council]Creating agenciesNewtown Municipal CouncilRelated activitiesMunicipal business

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Assessment Books, 1862-1892 [Newtown Municipal Council]