AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume XIII, Issue 1729, 22 September 1868, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of the Couoeitof this Association was-held in .Messrs Wilson and Alport's rooms, yesterday afternoon, at a quarter past two otalook.' , ': 1 here;were present~Messre G. Qould (chairman), E. B- Bishop (horn sec), Duncan, jEereday, W. "Wileon, Alport, and Wasbbourne. v ,Mr.W» Bislioprread a letter which ho : bad addressed to the Secretary of the Acclimatisation Society, onj the subject of the neqeeaity; flf that Society importing rooks and starlings. No answer has yet been received.. : ' i: Mr • Gould said the committee appointed for thol purpose had considered the question of prizes, and' recommended various alterations in ; the catalogue* amongst ethers, that ten rams should constitute a pen, instead of five, as heretofore, and that there should be no restriction as to feeding. * With respect to other sheep, they had allowed the regulation to remain ss before, with the exception, of adding an additional prize for the best ewe ovet , eighteen months old, in order to-allow persons .who possessed only one good ewe an opportunity of exhibiting it. With regard to merino sheep; theyi thought that as merinos were bred so largely in the province, the number to be jhriwriari eaclrpen ought not to be reduced below five. Hβ had eeen Mr Brown, who approved of these arrangements. The

committee had crossed .but the prizes for Cher viote, Hampshire, and Shropshire Down breeds, because there were-eo few of these kinds ia the, produce ;$ but they had set ;down a large prize for five wethers; and added that if the wethers jrcere merinos, there ten, instead of fire in a. pen ; and, had ■ilso 1 crossed out " native pasture.' < ~M prize had been put down for the. ten best lambs of any hreed. With respect to cattle, the nine first classes had been left, as before; but m the tenth class, in which last year a prize was crSeced foe the best fat beast, male or female, an alteration' had been made, so as to make the prize for the best fat bullock. They had, in the class "draught horses,? , crossed out the prize for the, .beet barren .mare or gelding.. Thoroughbred horses were left as before. An additional prize bad' been/ set down for the best colt or filly foaled since 1867. A class of "thoroughbred horses" had been meerted before "other horses. , ' Ckssea 21, 23, and 24 had been crossed out; pig*, poultry, and sheep-dog ? , left as before :in implements an extra prize had been added for the best plough of New Zealand make; and dairy produce aud'eured pork had been left as before. The entrance fee for sheep, which had hitherto been ten shilling?, had been fixed at the same amonnt aa that charged for eovr* and horsee6vo ehillinee. A number of recommandationa KremadTwitb regard to lpcaj manufactures: The committee eaggeated that the judges, m Stion the price at which each article can be WlJd in wholesale quantities, and also have provided {or:

On the motion of Mr Duncan, seconded by Mr W-nhbourne. the report was adopted. « 'rs Wilson and Fereday attended as a deputa ion from tho Poultry Association, ami s.skeil the Council's acceptance of a donation of £5 from that body, to be expended in extra prizes for poultry at tho forthcoming show The committee also wished to oiler a pri Z e'of£2 23forthebe 3 tpen. Tho committee accepted tho fiift, and resolved that it should be expended in a third prize in each class. The hon. sec. was instructed to obtain what clerical assistance he required, and to spend a sum not exceeding £25. The question a 9 to what place should be appointed for making entries at was also left to his decision. Judges were appointed for the various classes. . . . ,_ A sub-committee consisting of Messrs Graham, Mitchell, and Norman, was appointed to make the necessary arrangeraonts in preparing the yards, peng, and ground, for the next shew. The hon. sec. was instructed to write to Colonel Packo, drawing his attention to the fact of the proposed encampmont of volunteers taking place at the time fixed for holding the Agricultural Show. The Council then adjourned. CHRISTCHUKCH BOROUGH COUNCIL. The usual weekly meeting of the Council was held last night at seven o'clock. Present—the Mayor and all the Councillors, excepting Cr Sheppard, who sent a note of apology for hie absence. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. . The Town Clerk reported that the receipts during the last week wero £137 8s 9d, and that the overdraft at the Bank was £255 12s sd.

Accounts to the amount of £244 2s were passed. - Some discussion took place as to whether a sum of £54 163, being tho balan c of the contractor's account for the construction of Manchester street bridge, ehould bo paid until the Public Works Committee had reported upon the manner in which tho wotk had been executed, but the account was finally passed. The City Surveyor's Report was read. It states, among other things, that ho proposes in a few days' time to. advertise for tenders for the formation of Gloucester street from Madras street to Barbadoes stroefcj that bo has examined Mr Willmer's ground in Durham street, and done what ho could to aid that gentleman in getting rid of the stagnant water standing in his gardon, by clearing out tho side channel of the street; that Messrs Cooper and' Graham's contract timo for the completion of tho East Town belt from tho Ferry road to Gloucester street, expired on tho 17th inst., and there is still a fortnight's work remaining to bo done. : Tho following tenders for tho formation of Salisbury street from Durham to Colombo streets, a distance of eleven chains and threequarters, were opened : —Joseph Hadfield, £33 ; William Long, £47., Mr Hadfield's tender was accepted. The Surveyor was instructed to invite tenders for the formation of a part of Gloucester street. ~....■•• i .. ,; ■ :-.•■■. < ■ .'■ * : Messrs Cooper and Graham were granted an extension of fourteen days, for the completion of their contract. The following correspondence was: read :■— A letter from the Surveyor to tho Heathcote Road Board, stating that a member of that body hae been appointed, to confer with tho committee of the Borougli Council, on the subject of the drainage of the land in the neighbourhood of the gas works. Letters from Messrs J. M. Hey wood and Co., and Messrs Shand, Mason, and Co., enclosing an account for £21 14s. for a new concentric for the steam lire engine, supplied by the latter firm. . Messrs Shand, Mason, and Co., offer to leave it to the Borougli Council to decide whether they are entitled to payment, of the account or not, and ask for testimonials as to the working of tha engine.

The consideration of the payment of the account was postponed until next Monday evening ; and all correspondence oa the subjeei was ordered to be laid on the table at that time. A letter front Mr W. Manning, of Barbadoes street south, asking the Council to remove an accumulation of filth, lying in front of his house. : ; . : i ■■ ■ .•• • ■ : .- : : i . ■'■■.•■ •:• '■■ ■■ I '■'. ■ :•■• ■. l The Sanitary Confimittee instructed to report,'upon the matt ef. •.,,. • ; A letter ftorn MrThos. Barlow, :of Tuam street, asking leave to erect a stand for the sak of fish opposite Mr Symington's, Cathedral square; the stand to be removed erery night. jj ,i .'.) -:;;:'! si: ' : tChe.appiLcailon...waa..w.fuaed^_ .'. of the Burgess JJpll Coaimittee was brought up. ; It runs as follows:— :•' Tour committee used' every -means by advertising and otherwise, to ascertain the names of all the burgesses whose votes were disallowed.: Six replied to the advertisement, end the names of nine others were reported. The casea were all investigated with the following resultsr— • .;;: i . i: . ;■.,■■...-■•■) V .Ihree/.'of the former : disqualified in consequence of some arrears of their ratee , being unpaid on the 20th June, as required byithe'Acty and the .remaining three were omittedfrom theburgess roll in error.

"Of,-the latteraine, foarlisd not complied the pro visions of the Act, and five "were omitted in error. . • : :. ;• , ..; y'fThe aggregate of votes of thosa whose names were omitted, but should have been on the roll is twelve, and one burgess win recorded a eingle vote was entitled to two, making, in all .thirteen votes. „ "Your committee find-the omissions to have been the result of error, and have no ground whatever fou supposing them to have arisen from any other cause. The fact of the burgess roll 1 hiving to be compik-d in ft different form to the • rate roll, many names erased from disqualification, voters possessing propert : ee : in more than one locality,: the necessity of arranging in alphabetical order, &c.i &c, required a considerable amount of time and caro. The Town Clerk reports that great pains were taken in its formation to have it correct, and your committee, without excusing' the inaccuracies, are of opinion after investigation that no undue negligence can be ; attributed. The omissions are much to be regretted; but fortunately if all the lost votea had been polled for any -one of tho uneuccesscandidates; it would not hare affeoted the result of the election. "The subject of forming the burgees roll under the 68th clause of the Act was considered by your committed, and the correotnees of that course is .confirmed by the written opinion of the solicitor to the Council, hereto appended. The Ordinance provides that after the first year the burgess roll shall be submitted to the Court of when it will undergo a rigid eerutiny, so that no error can by any possibility; ocour. < ;• ■■'-- " Andbew Duncan, " J. G, EtTDDEKKIiAtT, '' JAB. P. JiJfESOX." (Copy of Dr. Foster's opinion in the matter .-.=-.- .of the Burgeaa Koll.) . •"I have no doubt whatever that-tW proper course has been pursued ; the roll ia clearly to be made upder the 68th eectio«i end not under the 52nd. No doubt it is true Uiat the

borough was completely instituted on the 10th June, and that there wne tiroo to make tho roll under it, if the jirovisioitoftfte Section could be complied with.. But this was impossible. - No rato and no valuation has as yet been made under tiie Act, and upon One of these it is expressly provided by the 32nd section that any roll under it must bet bused. "(Signed) C. J. Fosteb." Cr Duncan niored that the report with Dγ Foster's opinion and the schedules be received. It -would ho thought be unadviaable < topublwh the Echedidee.- • ? •; •; tJr Jameson seconded the motion, and snid i that :the schedules would-be left at the: Town Clerl'a office, where they would be open to public inepection. The -motion, wag carried, and the report was tuen.adopted without discysaion. : - .." The report of the Inapectou of, Ifuiaances , was read. It etatea that he having served a notice upon Mr- Inn is, brewer, to abate the ( nmsincsjuauaed by the foul jiats., ol tlie ) drain from the brewery in bis occupation, the <

drain has been cleared out and tho numn*. removed. Tho right of way leadi™ S? .Kilmore street, to Durham street ],', ' formed, meUlWl, unci the nuieanco cpu= o '-ut ! tho accumulation of etngnint water I, M " L e * thereby abated. n Tho report was considered and mlnpted A driver's license was granted to Charles Cr S.iwtoll moved-" That tho City Sur veyor furnish tho Council on Mon-ia'y next with the names of tho streets not formed and tho distances of the eamo ; also, full particulars of the streets formed, but not metalled- ,, hut upon Cr Jameson explaining that tho information sought for could bo obtained at the City Surveyor's office, tho motion «ue withdrawn. Cr Ruddenklnu moved—" That tho following Councillors bo appointed chairmen of tho several standing committees, according to clause 146 of tho Municipal Corporations Act:—Finance Committee, Cr A. Duncan* Publio Works Committee, Cr Jameson ' Sanitary Committee, Cr Calvertj Planting Committee, the Mayor." ° Cr Duncan eccouded tho motion, which wa9 carried. Cr Rmldenklau moved that tho report,cf By-laws Committteo bo adopted ; cxplainin<T that his object in doing so was in order thai the committee might bo afterwards instructed to consider the different parts of the report (which recommends the adoption of sections 1, 2, 7, and 9, of schedule 13 of tho Municipal Corporations Act) separately. Tho matter had been standing over for a long timo, and ought to be settled. Cγ Jameson thought the proposal was & very awkward way to going to work, and that the details of tho report should be consider-* before the whole, was adopted. Ho \v.siaefs[\ move aa an amondment that tho report bi sidered next Monday. Tho Mayor thought it very desirable that tho by-laws proposed to bo adopted should ba very carefully considered by the Council, and moreover submitted to the opinion of tlicit legal adviser before being adopted. After Borne discussion, Cr Ruddenklau with, drew his motion, and tho amendment \?bj then put as a substantive resolution, anj carried. .■■.■■■ ; Tho Council then adjourned.