COUNTY COUNCIL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume VIII, Issue 678, 14 January 1879, Page 3

COUNTY COUNCIL.

; SATURDAY,' JANUARY 11. ! A meeting of the County Council was held in their chambers, Grovemmcnt Buildings, on SatuV<lay r laat,,pr;e^ent^— Crsi Q., V. Stewart (chairman), Thos. Wrigley, H. F. Way, J,' .A. Chkdwick, and J.'T.; Gellibrond. ; \ . . . The minutes o£ the previous meeting , were road and confirmed, and,, the correspondence read and; approved* ' • '■■■■_ "'.'• THE POUND. . ■...'. . . A. letter; was read from the chairman of the ,Towh Boardj announcing that that body havo determined, to .retain the administration 'of the public ppund. ]\ . f . ■: ■. . THE DISTRICT BOARD. . . ' r ']''" A letter was reiid troin the District Board requesting tne Council . jbp grant .them the sum of £800 towards repairing and shdlHtg the worst parts of the road leading from the Wairoia Bridge to the Or6j)i bush, . i Mr Jonathan Brown (chairman of the Hkk> trict Board), who.was present, said that 4oss portions of thjej r^d/^ero^jj^ltf^li^d' state, j The total cos); qf^repairjiig.'ixt would bej>Ver £J>loo, j; ile^w^adfr aftaVe what amount had beja^ aly^rtyjp_i?dr\The District Board did npt-iliin^ 'of; meting /into the County. £> reMttt^ to ' %at ; effect had been proppse"4 ( at; thVj^t ..annual '-nictating/ but w4s not catriedi' r' 'I ; ('. ) % '■''-. '\ \ l\ The) Chairman^horjlil^hat ifvthpyDistfict Board were going to me'tfgVinto- the, s County they ought to be m«de ftoquainted with its financial jtoeition. > .:. , ■/ Cr. Wrigley,; suggested, that -instead of granting £800 '! tar tho ; Distribt Board, the Council shpuld; themselves perform the required work. / T?hG qhairman of the District Board was the distributor for the Waimapu Riding, and had a large sum of money in his possession'which could be expendod upon the road. During a short discussion .on. this subject, Mr Brown' said he had strict instructions as to the expenditure of the fund . which was to be spent on special parts of the country. Gr; Ge-llibrarid opposed granting any loan to the District Board. The Council had no business to delegate the powers vested in them. , After prae further discussion, Cr. Chad Wick .moved ic That the application be held over, and that the engineer be . requested to inspect tho road mentioned and report on the same at the next meeting, informing them the amount necessary to place it in thorough repair." The resolution wia seconded by Cr. Wrigley and carried. . APPLICATION FOH SLAUGHTER IIOUSB. An application was read, from Messrs Shepherd and Wylie, of Katikati, for a license to erect a slaughter house. This was held- over until the 11th of February, in

order that tho necessary advertisements might appear in the local journal. TUT, TJS PUJfA BOARD. ,; An application was read from tho To Puna Board, requesting the Council to take o.ver the unfinished portions of Mr Martin's contract on the Katikati Road— viz., from thq Waipapa to tho Wamui RiYcr. '< After some discussion, it waa resolved,, on the' motion of Cr. Wrigleyy seconded by Cr. Chadwiok, that the- Engineer be\ instructed to .inspect that portion- of tho Katifcati Road', and, after inspecting the specifications, &0,, report at next meeting' 1 the' probable' cost of completing the work, THE MAKETU ROAD. The Engineer's report on the Maketu and Ohinemutu Road having boon read, considerable discussion ensued as to votimg a sum of -money for repairing it,' Eventually tho matter was held over till next meeting. i .. MANGARFAVA. FOREST ROAD. In reply to" Cr. Chadwick, Tho Chairman stated that whilst in Tauranga, Mr Blackett, C.E., had informed him that the sum of £1,500 had been placed on the estimates for the Mangarewa Forest Road. Mr Blackett also expressed surprise' that no application should have been made for this, sum. It was mainly owing to the efforts of Captain Moms, M.H.R., that it' had been voted, and he (the chairman) thought they were much indebted to that gentleman. Four tenders for the work of slabbing the road and felling timber on both sides to the extent of one chain were opened, but held over. 4 '' ■ ' ' " ■'' ; 'SLAUGirTER-HOUSE INSPECTION. ! it was resolved that Sergt. White be appointed' siaught<?r-hous6 'inspector for the Katikati i. jaipid Waiinapu Ridings, • and ,that Constable. Graham be appointod to the, Maketu and Rotorua Ridings. ■ Cr.^Way proposed that the engineer be -allowed -hia actual travelling expenses when engaged in county works at a distance. This was seconded by Cr. : Chadwick and cai'fiedii. •■.''' •:■•■'■ '> ...-.- ; '- • ' • Several acbounts wore passed for payment, and the Council adjourned to Saturday, Ist February next, at two p.m.