I move:—
That a supplementary sum not exceeding £550 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending the 31st day of March, 1950, for the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey (15 & 16 Vict., c. 63; 17 Vict., c. 8 and c. 17; 20 & 21 Vict., c. 45; 22 and 23 Vict., c. 8; 23 Vict., c. 4; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 52; 37 & 38 Vict., c. 70; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 37; No. 19 of 1923; No. 3 of 1927; No. 27 of 1930; Nos. 27, 47 and 55 of 1931; No. 19 of 1932; No. 28 of 1937; No. 21 of 1939; and No. 8 of 1940; Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925); including Estate Duty Valuation (10 Edwd., 7, c. 8), etc.
The additional sum required is due to the fact that more applications for revision of valuations came in, formed by the various rating authorities. That entailed more visits to the country in order to make investigations. Where an appeal is taken to the Commissioners of Valuation that requires further journeys to the country in order to have a second investigation carried out.