COROMANDEL COUNTY COUNCIL.
A full meeting of the Cwc-I'took place;; on Thursday last--ilr A. J. Cadman, * Chairman, presiding. The first business 'M was to stride a. rate, for- which a special....' meeting was called. The annual balance sheet was ?ead apd adopted, and a rate of.-,. } six farthings in the $, payable in one from : to the County Cletl; on the Ist of Jiiue, r w-as struck. Attentlou was drawn to the . fact of there being a large amount of;' arreare owing, and some action was l-econ.-mended, but unfortunately many allotments wero so small they were not worth tho expense of seising for therates. The ordinary monthly meeting was then held, : all the members being present. The road through Lynch's Flat came up farconsideration, and caused some hours disr, ; oussion, and it was ultimately agreed bjr- , the Council that the road should befo»«e* to the first cutting on Wiaou -r*sk -oa. certain conditio-s. — A letter was read-} i, from Mr Merridith offering to .wake,tha-.; half of his portion of the A-ra-iwefci., .- road (40 chains) on condition that he be,, paid for making tlio other half > Graatedv -, Mr Hannon, Mercury Bay, offered to fiiita . timber for feat bvidge, the Council to fiiia. ; labour: Granted, provided the cost does not.;. exctied £7. It was agreed that tbe liec-.e-.J*' ... repairs to Tol-atoaßoad,fromNiccols,bepro». .■ ceeded with at once. A resolution was unanir- ,■ mously passed, granting the CoroiU-nfl-l ■ - Hospital a subsidy of £100. Tho question of. ;. the road t. Mircury Bay then can.o up. //, Cr. Wright moved, "That as the test by jvoting had resulted in favour of tbo front,,. _~, road, the Chaiiman bo inssructed-to.',-*™.' : tho samo survej ed at the earliest ojr-pdrtnn-, ~: ity." Cr.- White propose I, as aY amen-,-_..'.. • mont, "That as there is °?%mM majority of one in the r bjll»j ;,-. papers for the back road, aod most of them ~.,■.-- --in favour of the same, are only employed by the mill, and not permanent, this Council, | shall adopt the front road." On takuig.WO ft vote they were found to be equal, hat ; tne , m chairman gave his votein favour of the W*», 11 road. ' ... . , jnijfrj- *
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 123, 2 June 1885, Page 4
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381COROMANDEL COUNTY COUNCIL. Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 123, 2 June 1885, Page 4
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