WAIROA COUNTY 'COUNCIL.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 552, 2 December 1879, Page 3

WAIROA COUNTY 'COUNCIL.

The"" annual" 'meeting of the Wairoa' CountyyCquncil jvaa. held/on Wednesday Present —^ Messrs Maney' (chairmah}|7 Burton, i Qarrp^l; ,Sha,w, ; Fraser, SutherV land, Mint, i andrße.e..:',;;'^ ; " i ..,-.;.., V BLEOTIQIf OF CHAIRMAN. It was proposed to -elect, a chairman by balloi.f/.Mes'srs Maney. and Burton .being nominated. The/former, however, declined to be again elected, and upon that Mr Burtonf-^Kough- he expressed some unwillingness to take stlie office, was unanimously^ elected. -•..-.. . ■..-• • .'-fi-f-RPSITION OP THB^COUNOIIi. •• jThe.re.tiring jChairman presented a state-, xnent of the-positiom 6f> .the.- Council . and the >Vrirk p.e^formed during theyear. '■ Be aaid [""that, the balftnca.V^l^ : ; ;ofediifp|^he; Council was in round' numbers £1247. Against this of course were the current

accounts and tho unexpended votes for howeverj that the. .expenditure nad "been Cv.:ofully kept within the limits of the $g]incii srincome? jpl'h^C'haifatiah also ppinted.ojyfc that th| CoJ^l'sjiScome for the past i 2 months' hcid .been materially aided by'-the Government grants fdr the Waikaremoanana and Gisbbirne roads, and HiO; the"jsarae xnptime, and^fonseqwetitly Tine sam"oHimount-of wo^, -could ltot-be relied o.n |or tfie present year. The tenddr of J. Hawkins, for the leaSe of fche.Mohaka ferry, at £10 pep annum, was accepted after a sqmewliEtfi heatfed idigCussiciiJvVi!.! /' >;.O \7CV: A letter from the Audit Department recjuested that the vouchers for the pay-*menS;"d'e^ribTd^-'irP's the^baiatfce^shtiefc! s'hdjiild be forwarded, —lt.'. wtfsidßdided to -the-GoiiiitJil--h'tid 1 - Sdh4d hfesitasending away recoipts^fcifeanoney ,patl. J? \ ' &?t;S^ ■ -The sUof mwat^tmrMr'S^ith fat a bi^g^^ee^H..feyVM^'<>n;ihe ; KaV4- 7 rika-rbad. ! _; -'-'" Jo xO : '' /UkA #^Aiuo) Permissiorl was given to "tKe~Testry of Sfc: .Padl l^' ehurch!;.'' to'^g&i thef FOdfiiidil \Ohanvber ,f or ! a soiree injijeceiil tier 1 . •": \-< M&tiet was reacl •" from Mr-'-Bak'eiv siig^-.. gesting iHat thfe'r'eßident clergyitiah shbu'ld--be appdihte(i : member' of^the ; 'Charitable : ■ ? -&id Committee.— The ,Cpu^yi ;: iht^ighV it objectionable to 'appbmt^atiySne"excoplb'-'. : members of the .Counpiliio^tlie 'committee, "" as the latter dealt 1 With^the^f unds-cif the and Alr'Baker's suggestion was thejrefpije negatived. . . A letter from the iyEarine. Department stated that -the r q[uestioij ,of erahtirig r^n "6Hdtfwn|e L nt" for 'thY 'iWairoaha'rbpr was ' ilna^r' consideration. '""' ' '"• ArVote of £10 was ,passeTd "towards the rerection of a bridge "ove'.r "the 'post-office gully, leading to the. public' school,,. . „ Ther^ Was a r discussion * r upoh J 'a' 'letter fro_m_ Mr David ! ;,"Black,' !iirging.'up6n ; ;tn c Coluncil the necessity.* ' tif draining J the : W&fWtow 11 flat;.'"...ltvwas finally resojv.ed I;hat°a' slim of £305 "oe vot ed for the Clyde 11 Riding; with. a view to dVaihing- the main roads of the 'to wnshipY oh "thY jiriderstahding that the 'amount, Ye; a 'first charge oii next, gear's expenditure^ for the.: Clyde )Ridingl 0 ..,,: . •,•- . ..'•■ y '■'" r '; ;;' •. '. * .