PETROL TAX RECEIPTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1928, Page 9

PETROL TAX RECEIPTS.

BENEFIT TO SMALL BOROUGHS. HIGHWAY DISTRICTS REVISED. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.)" \\ ELLINGTON, Thursday. The • highways districts throughout the Dominion have had their boundaries altered, according to a "Gazette" notice to n'glit. The change nrj made to bring the districts into line with the schc'iH. for the distribution of petrol tax receipts. The statute provides that a uclinitc proportion of the revenue is to be received by borcrahs of over GOCO population, and it was made citnr by the Government tli.it the r-inailer local bodies who have to maintain roads which are essential links in the main highways would also receive consideration. Consequently the new boundaries announced arc designed to include in the adjacent highways district all boroughs with a smaller population than 6000.

The next step is that main highways boards will declare as main highways the continuation of the highway through these borough areas. t : nder the former system these borougls have received assistance for maintenance only, 011 the same basis as the board has subsidised the maintenance on the adjoining length of county main highway, hut in future they will be entitled to the same benefits as county councils in respect both of construction and inainteiMi.c?.