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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 187, 23 July 1920, Page 3

I have made enquiries of tho V aluor-i General regarding the valuation ot the> area proposed t<» be brought into the, borough, and <>( the; rkrk <>i the_( ounty: Council regarding any liabilities the Council would be resiwiisiblo lor it the. area were* merged m tin 1 borottgn. j Th«* V:dih i r-Gener:d advise* that th«? ratable value of the area f)hn-! proved €19.11'7; capi tal| !o I . This area if merge**! . would he a sp.suil rating dr.-a and r-t he Stable tor payment ot :,ll . v k -pe< ,, al or; separate borough rates. Il would.! however, be liable for general mnll lilirirv rates, ami these on the figures! tor the turreit year would produce:—l General. £295 12 3 (including cemetery. por'Jont. ami library £3 1!' s . J The Uoiintv Clerk informs me that the Council would have to take up t!ie| following liabilities in respect ol thearea, his figures being subieet to revision if the merger takes place:- |

balance of I.ialrtlities over Assets £73 10 7 It must be noted' that no portion of nn-sent borougli loans can be, expended in the area, ftnd whatever water, drainage etc. are require 1. it would be necessary to carry a loan poll in the area', unless a poll tor a (Hither loan tor tlft.‘ whole Iwroilgh were carried." It must also be noted that it .'••’A portion of the area should be acquittal as- a hospital site the rates above stated would correspondingly reduced. ENGINEER'S REPORI. The engineer A sulunitted his report regarding "to cost of maintenance, u brief summary of which is:—-Main-tenance ot existing road-. £6o per tnnttm: footpath construction £d.4lH>: water reticulation £3.3C»; sewerage £•’ 560 electric light lines etc. £BOO. Total £lO.OOO. ’ Cr Fowßt. in moving that no objecio)i be made to the petition, said that vhen Hastings was formed first it con-sis-ed of 6.800 acres, the largest rttea iHowcd for a borough, but that had "raduallv been reduced to 2,800 cn i’ccoiint of the farming lands tn the borough. The Ridge was proved to bo he highest part of the borough, there vote good residential sites on it and there were no engineering difficulties. Ho would be sorry to see_ an objection lodged. . ( r. Davis seconded. Cr. O'Neill could not understand why he borough should take over an area | if 123 acres, with a liability ot £ 10, ( 001 md the “gloriou-" assets .ot proper-1 ions of various loans. He would not obiegt to extending the borough jn large areas but he did object to extending it piecemeal. Cr. Donovan opposed the petiuon. Those who went out some years ago low wanted to get in and expected to 'et drainage and other borough advant[oe.a, while some of th'* people who lived’ here for 30 years had not ihe’-r roads and footpaths formed yet. It a Sioli of the ratepayers was taken nine ut of ten would Vote against the ‘ Cr. Hamilton considered that if there had not- been an idea <>i establishing be Soldiers Memorial Hospital on the Ridge football grounds the movement a cbme into the borough would not have been pm forward. 3ho odeirea was only 100 acres, and they night have to spend mm h money on it'so the petitffin should be objected co as a business .proposition. The Mavor: The Hospital site, if established there, would not be subject o rates. . . Cr. Fowler said that all the liability .he borough would take over was £<3 10/7. it was all nonsense to talk of £lO.OOO liability. The motion was then put and lost, -t’rs. Fowler and Davis only voting tor t, and on the motion ot Cr. O Neill ■nd Cr. Donovan, it was decided, by ire to two, to bulge an objection to he petition, the form to be drawn up by the Mayor, Cr. Tipping and the Town Clerk. In replv to a question the Mayor sail that the Ridge had been suggested .s the hospital site.

.£ s. d. Propn. of County Overdraft ... JO JO 0 Propn. West Shore Bridge . Loan (£MWi MB » 9 Propn. Hospital Loan (Yj35i 2 4 10 Propn. Hospital Loan (.£!-:»> 4 o o 24 10 7 Propn. of Bal. Hasting Boro.. Drainage Loan : •• 70 0 0 [,p<a« nronn. .of Assets ot th»> County 0 u Less propn. of A alue •>! County lieserves -‘I « o 41 0 0