District Council of Enfield Historical Records 1853 - 1935

divided into huildiiii;- allotments. 'i'iiis ra])idly .sent the Assessment iq), and in 1927. when the Assessment totalled £70,000 and the revenue nearly £8,000, the Council pur chased the present site and the Council Chambers were erected in the same year. The Assessment reached its highest figure in 19.^1. the amount being £80,597 and the area of the district 11,685 acres. Then came the de])re.ssion. llnilding activities almost ceased, assessments and rates were reduced, and the only partly developed district was seriously affected. In 1931, a commission to in(|uire into the afiairs of l.ocal (iovcrnment was appointed, and in 1933 approx. 1,000 acres were severed from the Salisbury District ami added to Vatala South, making the total area 12,685 acres, including ajjprox. 2,500 acres of non-ratable property. The District Council of Enfield. The C'ouncil, early in 1935. jjetitioned the (jovernor to change the name of the district to I'mtield. and on July 11th, 1935, a Proclamatiou was accordingly published in the Covernment (lazette. The Council met for the first time under the name of Enfield on July 15th. 1935. and all the members were present, and Cr. t! K. Shutter, the Chairman of the old Council, was elected Chairman. The -Assessment of the district for the year 1935-6 is £74,661, and the ca])ital value, exclusive of all Government buildings, is £1,493,220. It is estimated that the unimproved value is £360,000. There are 1,227 buildings and the number of assessments, 5.567, is exactly 5,000 greater than the num ber in 1868-9. Inclusive of main roads (on which the Council l)a}s an annual levy of ,£799) the lengths of roads made are as f(.)llows: liitummous concrete miles Bituminous penetration 4 Tar-paved and others 51.{ Total 53 miles 25