ROAD DISTRICTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15922, 7 May 1912, Page 2

ROAD DISTRICTS.

ANNUAL MEETINGS! The annual meeting of the rate* payers of the Longbeach Road District .was held on Saturday, when Mr John Grigg presided. There were nof private ratepayers present. The ,bal--ance-sheet showed that,, including, a-. balance brought forward of £Bl 2s Id.l the revenue totalled £1442 9s 7d, and the exnenditure £l3lO. 2s 6d, leaving a credit' balance of £132 7s Id. The* chairman, in moving the adoption o|jthe .', stated, / that> jAhw Board would have possessed a" credit balance of se.e- ■•' ' r -died pounds had it not been I " hirge outlay on the Main Sou.i; ; 'u.- d,.' south .of 'the; railway. The balance-sheet'; ~;,was' adopted. , ',',- .•''-:' The annual, meeting of the ratepayers of the Wakanui Road District ..was held on Saturday, when the chairihan of the Board (Mr G. W. sided. The annual report was Very encouraging. Tho financial statement showed receipts amounting to £1032 3s lOd. The" amount standing to- the credit of the Board at tho close df the financial vear was £490 125'89, but of this £9O would be ahsorbed.br contracts now in hand. The report and balance'-sheet were adopted. A vote of thanks was nassed to the members ol the Board for their services_tb the district during the past year,'and also to the clerk and overseer CMr ..X Kilgour). -A-. ' ■ '■"''.':_■■;