ELLESMERE LAND DRAINAGE BOARD.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12932, 11 October 1907, Page 3

ELLESMERE LAND DRAINAGE BOARD.

♦ The lost mooting of the. Ellesmere Laud Drainage Board was attended by Messrs R. Reiney (acting chairman), Gray, Orborno and Xcil. Correspondence was' read from:—R. Rjith&an, asking permission to erect v cart bridge over the Hclswcll river opposite liis homestead. As so majiy bridges were an expense in getting tJie. dredge P'st, consideration was deterred till nest meeting. R. Forbes, on behalf of the committee having control of tho banks of the river through Tii Tupu township, wrote asking the Board's assistance in inip.roving that p:.rt of the river between the bridges, unless they could sfe their way to dredge it. The- Bon id wars of the opinion that it wa.i inadvisable to shift tho dredge up tho river igain until it h<ul £onethrough, efter which thu Hoard \\<rtik! be o]H'i) to consider the application. The Board's eoliciturs wrote stoting fhat, they had rcreivol the Valuation Roll from th« Valuation Department, «nd that ill proftduie was rwuly for moving in the matter of raising ti.e propostd lean, nolire ol which Jial l«>n n<lvwtisod ; and it wa.j decii'td Iα submit the projx>sil ta the ratfjuyer.s ut ;m o.irly date-. Ti'iidiTSj plans, and proposals U;r tlio porniiuuit draiiuigo of Ixiko l'-lltenu-iif wore rt'C'Pived, caiisiderrition of which was, on tho u.otion of .Mr Gray, s,eoon<le<l by -Mr Osbcnie, dof< i red for tlio < oj>i<l(M,:t ion of a lull Board, which was to be convenc-d for tlt.'.t t;nrixsc as scon as p<.&<iblc (.Mr Niil T\w luiyiißfr-in-CJiu'f's report on Uk* wtia again eon.vidrn-d. 'J"iie- Mimister for Lands offe;ei the Brwrd JL'lOil per year tor two vc<:rs tor lettiuj; out the> Lake in the usual way, being of the oi.inip'U that any e;'iiomo 01 permanent outlet ot a reasonable cost would «mly Ik , expcruHcufil, and practically useless. The li.iard was of tlie opinion that in accreting the offer it might prejudice tho muing of tlio loan. Ri*plies were rc<'eiv«l from various settlrrs on tho Livke a>s to what height tlui ].<iko v.«tcr rose before doing damage. <zeiK l rilly, and the concensus of opinion was that if the Lake could be k< pt from rising ir.oro tlian l&in all t'li-ut po&sibly could be expected would bo aahieved. Xotico of intiuiticn to make juul levy the following rate. viz. :—Outfall Xo. 1 3-7 d; class 11., l-7d; rivrr rite, class 1., 5-1 Cxi; clasvi 11. Id of a ]H"-nny in £, at next meeting, w«s givwi. The clerk w;is instriKLwl to insure tho Board's ■workmen.