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Quarter-rating. The rating on only one-fourth part of the net annual value-a privilege enjoyed by owners of railways and other kinds of property under s. 211 of the Public Health Act, 1875. But now as to exemptions, total or otherwise, from rates in the case of agricultural, industrial and freight transport hereditaments, see the Rating and Valuation Acts, 1925 to 1932; Bailey v. Stoke on Trent Assessment Committee, etc., (1931) 1 KB 385. [The Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928, and Local Government Act, 1929, ss. 67-73]