ROAD BOARD MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 20, 24 January 1901, Page 2

ROAD BOARD MEETING.

MOUNT EDEN

The ordinary: meeting of the Board' "I was held on Monday evening last, . when there were present—Messrs. E. ~. tidy (Chairman), C. J. Tunks, -0. I Nicholson, It. It, Boss and C. Hudson. m Finance.—The bank accounts wera i.'-i reported at date as follows: _.e"nerar m account credit, ,4.77 12/6; lighting ac- | count credit, £160; loan rate account* ..| credit, £331 16/9; water-works ac- v! count -credit, £161 1/3. - ... ■ : Accounts were passed for payment' ■ ] amounting to £241 4/6, including the f , first payment for lighting the lamps," J and the Government charges tor valu- I ation of the district. The Chairman | reported that the interest on the re-- ,£j mainder of the water loan had" been I reduced from "5 per cent, to 4J per; cent, by the Government under the | Loans to Local Bodies Acts. Tenders | having been called for the formation '-1 of a footpath on the south side' -olI'M Epsom Boad, two tenders were re- l ceived, viz., * Higgins, £118; Brake, -If £0S 10/. The Board accepted the' I lowest tender. The usual report up- | on water consumption and water ,| matters and general road works was received, ltesolutions were passed reJ || biting to lighting matters, tarring | and sanding, and a number of peti- 1 tions from ratepayers received con- i. sideration. A letter from Dr. Mason, . . the Chief Health Officer, was received i by the Board, in which their atten- 9 tion was directed to the new Health ,| Act, and asking their hearty co-opera- ■ J; tion in carrying out the: provisions of- ,| the. same. ■ --- .ill