WAIHEMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8449, 23 March 1889, Page 5

WAIHEMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting of this County Council took place on Tuesday in tlw Council Chambers, Pal-mei-stoii, when there were present Cr=> T. Dent, J. n. mover, C. S. Hay, T. Muir, A. M'Laren, aud J. K. Robertson.

Cr M'Laren was appointed clmirmau in the absence or Cr Dell, who had been called nwAy to Sydney to attend tho Rabbit Commission there.

DEPUTATION. Air P. M'Leod, Waihemo, appeared to urge upon the council the necessity of forming a road to give him access to run 52, and called attention to the tact that during the 12 months he had been in possession of the land not a penny had been spent, although moneys hud been accruing from tho land and received by the council for that purpose. There were no engiueeriiiß difficulties in the way of forming tho roftd, nor would it take an unreasonable sum to make it, as could be ascertained from the inspector's report. He explained that his freehold and leasehold were only separated by a small stream, and yet it too,; throe days with ;i <3ray to t;o from one prop^rtv to the other and back a H aui. He therefore asked the couucil to expend the moneys received from his own payments in improving his menus of communication.—The council resolved to e:dl for tenders lor the work by next meeting.

inspector's repokt. -Blue Mountain Hiding.— During the month he ma. taken advantage of the dry weather to examine tne superstructure of the main'Sntu; river bridge, and found tho work to have stood without any alteration, no power he could apply having had the effect ot moving the main tension rods. She centre or lighter ones camo upaa faras the timber had shrunk The small bolts were screwed up aud pointed. Of the white bridge he had prepared a rough sketch, and tound it (jit lower than the main bridge, and to SJJinßj up t0 tlle Eame height would require ? J2,™° £ V ankin K- which- «*■ 8d Psr >-ard- miM cost £100. Ho proposes to raise it only aft, which cou a be done at very moderate cost. The work could not be proceeded with until the threshing was °Vn r'~i eived and resolved-" That tenders be cauea lor the work to bo considered at next meet-

bieen Valley Eiding.-The works in this riding were represented to be iv K ood order. At Pigroot the workmen had been removing boulders, fixing up culverts, clearing entrances to same and table drains in Mam rond. Near the Greon Valley accommodation house there was six chains of new formed road that required gravelling before winter set in. On the top of the flar, hill there were two lagoons that required two small culverts, as the road was very wet in winter. A. few chains of ditching was also required.—Keceived, and inspector authorised to have the work done.

FI\A\CK The Finance Committee recommended the payment of accounts for the month amounting to £107 4b B(l.—Deceived and adopfr-cl

COKRKSPOXDKNCK. An application from Mr K. M'DonaM, Goodwood, f?nm .7 a c. ulverti, Placeii "cross the road leading horn the main road to his property, was granted. The Chairman of the Vincent County Council wrote that the course the Waiherao County Council ntenaed to pursue in reference to members' travelling expenses wm the one he had recommended the Vincent Comity Council to adopt. He suggested have the Counties Act amended next nession in the STte°.-7tt3! a"travel!iDg a!lowances *a

Sir Wliiteside, Shag Valley, applied to have the B>ue and fence on the district road leading n^Hmf ?"vr et l &..renloYce< i: and complained of the action of Mr Millar, who interfered with him when torfSF AT 3M-n tle to f .wat «-TuG couucil resolved on^%o^fnquXr t0 ™™««°*<*«Hon. The Secretary to the Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards, Dunedin requested to be furnished with a return of the rateable values of the rateable propertyin the county for the year 18S9-90.-The intorrnation tobe Buppliod. Circulars from the Treasury, Wellington, were ?'«*?• ? 0l(l <intsll and £M 103 6*. deferred paySSiW'*^ 128 cr Pet»»l lease thirds, Pand VnX 2li-small grazing run fourths, had been paid to the credit of the council at the Colonial Bank,

21 CiS rk' W. aitaki County Council, stated in regard to the registration of dogs by Mr Kitchener's rabbiters, that he found Mr Kitchener was a larse ratepayer m the Moeraki riding, and having rabbitters at work within the county they had applied to the tax collector, when in the district, for and had obtained registration, in the case of Cameron for six dogs, and Potella three doRS.-Kecerved, 'and the collector was instructed to visit Mr Kitchener's property to ascertain what number of dogs there were that had not been registered. A. circular from the Chairman of the Dunedin Exhibition was received, asking the chairman, in conjunction with the mayor of the Palmerston Borough Council, to form a local committes.-The chairman and Crs Glover and Muir were appointed a committee to interview the borough council to promote the object in view. v

Mrs T. M. Smith, Palmerston, wrote stating that as »he was unable to do anything with the Pukatepu Bush Reserve it was her intention to sell the lease with the consent of the council, unless willing to take it off her hands. Fencing and other improvements to the. value of £90 had been made, and she offered to accept £J0 in the event of the council revoking the lease.-Coneideration postponed. Tho Assialant-secretnry to the Treasury Wellington wrote stating that £263 lfl«, deferred payment and perpetual lease thirds, had been remitted to the Colonial Bank, Palmerston, to the credit of the council.—Keceived.

The Property Tax Commissioner, Wellington wrote pointing out that where Hie value of Crown laudß assessed was greater thnn the value rateable to tenant, the Crown paid the rates on the difference; and in cases where the rateable value was less than that rateable to the tenant, local bodies should collect the- rates on the amount rateable to the tenant.—Received.

A letter from the Crown Lands department, Dunedin, was received in reply as tn whether there was any reservation made in fhe perpetual )rase3 ;md smell grazing rsm leases for keeping open roaris or tracks winch may have been iv use prior to their getting possession of the land, stating that with reference to small grazing run leases such roads and rights (if any) us were in common use remain open to the public. In the case of perpetual tense areas where roads were required through the same, the simplest method was for ihe County Council to obtain tho permission of tho lessee or to come to an agreement with him to give the road—the lease being altered to that effect. As to the legal aspect, the Governor-in-Couneil would have to take action for purposes of resuming any portion of perpetual lease land required for public purposes. The Marine department, Wellington, wrote en-' closing Fisheries Bill for consi '"ration of council, and asking suggestions or remarks thereon.—Received, and consideration adjourned.. The Secretary to the land Board. Dunedin, forwarded supplementary statement of sections disposer! of on deferred payments. &a. between 29th October ISBB and 26th January 1889, and requested the council to fill up the roads in -which the amounts accruing from the different sections were to be expended.— Received. COOTRACTS. Tenders were opened for tho following:—Contract 118, gravelliug portion of road from the bridge to D. Philip's—W. Kendall, 7jd per yard (accepted) ; D. W. Philip, Sd per yard ; Fred Cooper, .T. Kitchen, John Kendall, 9d per yard; D. Fleming, 10<i per yard. JTORSE FLAT. Resolved, on the motion of Cr Hay—"That the inspector prepare plans and specifications and that tenders be called for the construction of three small culverts iv Horse.Flat, Macraes." The council then adjourned.