AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2059, 5 June 1896, Page 2

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A mealing of this Council wns he'd on Wednesday evening. Present—His Workup the Mayor, and Crs Watkins, Perm, He-»tl), Penlington and Checkley. MINUTES. The minute of. fie previous meeting were 'hon confirmed. coRnEsPOsn.iNCB. From Mr Combes C.E.. st»ting he had accurately surveyed section 81, and as the pea was encroaching, advised erection of retaining wall. From Commissioner of Crown Linds as under — "By the Akaroa Borough' Council Reserves Vesting and Reclamation Act, 1887. iho vves'ern part of Uaserve 81 was vested in tlie Akaroa Borough Council. The terms in which the area was handed over, as arranged at the time with Messrs Harpar nnd Co.. were that 'he Council should remove the survey office from it* then esi'tmg site to the block of land retained by the Dipartment ; should »dd to the building a woodshed B't hy 10"t with | iron roof, and should fenca the boundary line dividing the line proposed to be set apart for the Borough nnd for the Dapirtnent respec'ively. Will yon inform me if the Council intpnd fco carry out the removil of and additions lo building and fencing aa arranged at time of vesting the land." C«- Penlington moved That the Survey Office be informed tbe Council will fulfil conditions as arranged. Seconded by Mr fleath and carried. Mr Combes' let'er was handed over to the Reserves Committee to report. CONTRACT. • Crs Penlington and Hetth were ap •pointed t> sign Ryan'.n cor tract Hi< Worship said lhat Mr Ryan's contract for cleaning side channels had been most s- cpe*fifuMy carried out. The Council agreed. EEPOET.

The M\yor reported Crs Heath '.Checkley; and himself had seen Road Board membors, re Aylmar strep*. The Board considered Hint the Borough Council should pay twothirds of the expense of the boundary road, and t~> -this Crs Heath and Checkley agreed, and be held the sum" opinion. He moved That ihe action of Crs Heath and Checkley in arranging with the Akaroa nnd Wainui R>ad Board for the m,151 t>n«r,ca of Aylmer i-t r eet be approved. Seconded by Cr Watkins and carried. FINANOB. Reetipts sines last meeting —Rites £3 17s Bd, petrol9nm license £2, refund asphalting 16*. Total — fi'6 13< 81. Credit at Bank—£24 8' U. Aocoiinis t"> be presented— M*ynr £6 lis 31. Valuer 10< 6t, Foreign £4, J. .Ryan and Co. £'fi 10< 8 I. W. J hnson and Co. £2, E. F. Lelievre £1 lis 9 1. of Reserve 81 £2 18% Ak«roa Mail £7 14-< fid, R. B. K.rk £1 7- 61, J. S. Dodds 2--61. Domain Board £3 10*. Total—£36 -16* 81. The accounts as read were pieaed for payment. Special Meeting. The special meeting to confirm levying Of rate, was held. Cr Penlington moved, and Cr Heath seconded. Tout a r-t< of fifteen-sixteenth* of a penny in the £ be. levied, (Carried). It was rrs-ilvc-d Th»t Ells Worship the . Miyor and Cr Penlingtm ho appointed to Hign the rite br.ok and initial ailen/t on*. Domain Roahd. A mcf-ttng of t jid Bo.rd was then held. Pre«er.t--T!i3 same n .

The Chairman repo:t-d that the Domu'n Committee went round lb? fences, but found the boundary so 'Vitgne tbat tbey f.-ucr ff oFt»d the fir->t s»ep to take was to got the Domain surveyed. Mr Watkins moved, anil Mr...Perm seconded That Mr Combes lie employed to survey th» Domain. (Carried). An account, caretaker's salary. £3 10->. wue passed for payment.