Income Tax Return – preparation of income return for growers

Vat Registration and vat returns register growers for Vat and preparation of Vat returns.

Land Rent Objection – responding to relevant authority regarding land rent.

Gang Disputes – attend to growers regarding gang dispute, note complaint & forward to sector councilors.

Third Party – verify lorry number & issue third party concession form

Rent Appeal

Vat Refund – completing Vat returns, writing enquiry letters, or by telephone

Cane Access Road – Issuing forms to sector councillor, surveying, receiving report, liaising with District Officer, Commissioner Western.

Gang Matters – receiving complaint, forwarding to sector councilors

General Enquiries

Cane Payment – apportionment of cane proceeds – share farming/estates, liasising with FSC, banks, SCGF

Gang Meeting – preparing notice of meeting, forwarding to gang, meeting attended by sector councilors.

Increase in harvesting rates – preparing request to increase, grounds on which application made, forward to SCOF.

Lorry Wheel Tax – preparing statutory declaration, wheel tax letter, execution

Farming Assistance – attending growers & explaining about scheme, completing application & forwarding to Ministry, follow up.

Gang Rationalization – application to grower, execution by gangs, receiving & forwarding to SCOF.

Additional Ticket Book – preparing request, arrange release from gang liaising with FSC & advising growers.

Burnt Cane – writing report, arranging with FSC/gangs for assistance.

Drainage – receiving report, forwarding to Director who puts grievances in Drainage Board Meetings

Individual harvesting – arrange relax, liaise with FSC

Bond Disputes – complaint – councillor, meeting/seek SCOF opinion.

Selling weedicides to registered cane growers.

Farm Basic Allotment – dispute, advise grower to plant cane, advise SIT

Crop Damaged – complaint – assessment by Crls/SEO, provide report/refer to Small Claims Tribunal.

Drought – assessment by Crls/SEO, report to Head Office.

Insurance – inform growers of the benefits, get details.

District Committee Meeting – arrange for DCM to get a feed back on sector performance problems.

Joint Cut Off Meeting – meeting with FSC in respect of harvesting & delivery.

CONVEYANCING SERVICES

Power of Attorney

Revocation of Power of Attorney

Last Will & Testament

Substitute Agreement

Transfer of Registration

COR Amendment

COR Replacement

New Registration

Crop Lien

Split of Registration

Mortgage

Transfer of Properties

Letter of Administration

Letters of Administration De Bonis Non

Letters of Administration De Bonis Non with will Annexed

Discharge of Mortgage

Discharge of Crop Lien

Transmission by Death

Deed

Sales and Purchase Agreement

Instrument of Tenancy

Record of Death

COUNCIL'S KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Negotiated amendments to the Master Awards resulting in $2.3 million conversion allowance being paid to the real farmers.

Negotiated Special Cane Payment of $4.00 per tonne in 2001.

Established Fiji Cane Growers Disaster Relief Education Fund.

Provided financial assistance to 927 cane farmers' children for education.

Negotiated $5.00 per tonne compensation for standover cane in the year 2000.

Provided 1280 legal services to registered cane growers in 2003

Negotiated LTA Concessions and refund of wheel-tax for cane lorries in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Negotiated 20-year lease extension for 400 Seaqaqa ALTA tenant cane growers.

Negotiated $8.00 per tonne lorry cartage cost for intermill transfer during mill breakdowns.

Negotiated ALTA lease renewal through dialogue and discussion involving growers, landowners and the NLTB