DEVONPORT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 286, 2 December 1896, Page 6

DEVONPORT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary iß6Btiuj» of the Devonporb Borough Council was held !a<?c evening in the Council Charabers, North Shore, when bhero tvere present : Messrs M. Niceol (Mayor), Cameron, Duder, Mitchell, Dunning, Bntricau, Harvey, Maya asid Brocks. The application of fcho Ponaonby Naval Artillery Volunteers foi a reduction in tho charge lor water supplied to tha Company's camp at tha tram acables sibo from £2 to £1 Sor cha fortnight the Company will bo in camp was grunted. A complaint was made thati fch« drain from tho torpedo ahed near tho North Head was not carried cuS far enough to cc«, and ib waa decided to defer1 tha matter until a reply to a communication ou tho pubjecfc had been received from tho Government. Tho Mayor stated thato tho consumption of water during tho past month hud bean unusually heavy, owing to the dry season, having been 2,604,000 gallons pumped at Lake Takapuna on a cousumpfcio:* of 21% tona of coal, as against 1,854,000 £f»llon8 puaipod in November of last yoar oi: a conaumption of 163 tons of coal. There were now, the Mayor stated, /SSG customers supplied with vvrtfcor, a conaidorftblc increaso on laat yoar. It was reported that an additional man was required nt the pumping Htaciou, and ifc waa decided to hold a Committee meeting cf the whole Council to consider the control and management oi' tho pumping plant.