DOMAIN BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 11621, 4 July 1902, Page 2

DOMAIN BOARD.

At the meeting of the Ocean Beach Domain Board, held lost night, there were present Messrs R. Chisholm (chairman), H. E. Muir, J. H. Hancock, D. Stirling, J. Braithwaite, and F. Anderson. The Caversham Council's clerk wrote notifying that the contribution of £l7 0s lid to the Board had been passed for payment, and that the amount would be deducted from the amount owing by the Board to the Council for the bath houses. —This course was agreed to. Mr Hancock said that the account would be cleared off by next year. The City Council notified that the payment of the contribution of £l4O Is 9d to the Board from the Council had been authorised.

The annual balance-sheet was submitted to the meeting and approved. ' This showed that the receipts were £642 7s lid (including a balance from last year of £25 lis 2d), £ll 15s being received for sand, £52 for rent, and £435 4s for the nightsoil service. The expenditure amounted to £490 7s Bd, wages being £436 2s, and maintenance £24 12s_ 2d. This left a balance of £152 0s 3d to credit. The assets were valued at £195 10s 3d, which was £167 7s 6d above liabilities.

The Works Committee reported that they had accepted W. Chisbolm's offer of £3O per annum for the three years' lease of the baths. Two men had been employed for a couple of days in cutting scrub at the Northern Cemttery, and were now repairing and making good the scrub fencing at the Beach. It was proposed to plant Marram grass on all the dunes in order to fix them permanently above the level of the lagoon. In August (after the danger from storm i 3 over) the Committee proposed to construct about sixty chains of fencing, in forming about thirty-five chains of breast-groins and about twenty-five chains of cross-groms v tliß former to enclose the. whole of the present groins opposite, St. Kilda and the latter to make good the low places between those already constructed. About ten additional chains would be required at places near

St. Clair to stop various'breaks at "that" end. The Committee proposed to plant a considerable area this season at different parts of the Sandhills, extending from St. Clair to the cemetery boundary, and to use largely the grass from the plantation- at the Park, which, was now in splendid condition for transplanting. A considerable number of the pinus maritimal planted last year had done very well, and the Committee recommended that a thousand more be planted this year within the barb-wire enclosure at St. Kilda, and regretted very much that this desirable work could not lie carried out to a greater extent owing ta the tremendous traffic everywhere on the Sandhills. The Committee were pleased to observe that the carting of sand had been discontinued. The Committee contemplated works which would cost £l3l, and also spending £2O on the baths.—The report was adopted. The balance to credit at the bank was reported to be £59 2s. On the motion of Mr Braithwaite, seconded by Mr Hancock, a sub-committee, consisting of the chairman and the movers, were appointed to inquire into the question of by-laws for the regulation of the Board's property. They are to report to a future meeting. _______^___