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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 95, 15 September 1877, Page 3

It has been officially intimated that "the a Tjß)feraM§ff&~ > rec6gniße the necessity. : iof ? maintaining hospitals throughout the colony, fW^hich* purpose .arrangements of a definite fidtiife -will have'to be made during the present, session of Parliament, by hand-ihg4hem-*over v to the control of Borough and County Councils on such terms as may be^decided'oni' With regard to snbsidies^it .turns out that the deductions from them of the charitable expenditure are determined by the proportion each subsidy^ bears to the whole amount required. The Town Council of Lyttelton applied fo,r an ■ r explanation to head quarters, and have been informed' m reply that the computation is made as follows :— ' As the tdtal subsidy . to Jco unties and boroughs' within the Provincial district to the total appropriation for hospitals &c, within the district, so is iih'e amount of its contributions/ ! , ; The young maiden Borough of Kumara' dpes^ not blush miich. She is (says- the r " 0-rey River Argus) " of a practical; turn of !i miiid; as ; the following extract from a/report? of the first meeting will show : — Cr George. proposed and Cr Quinn seconded that the ' Mayor's salary be £60 a year — Cr Hanna 'Oppbs'ed'the-motiori as Mr Seddpn had de- ; blared that he would take no salary for the firat year.— The Mayor said he would take no salary but would expect the CouiiciFtdJ make good the calls made upon his purse is JVlayor. . He would accept the charge, of ; dis% ytursihg"i6.6G-for pliilanthropic purp6?es.---. ■iT^hft motiottiairiended tp suit the Mayor's Iwejre was^put and— Cr Hornfdot opposed :it^e^ ; ,.mo|ion- as px;emature;--Cr Dungan "rabughtit-would be better to wait until the Council kri&w to what extent the; Mayor i was out of pocket.^— The Mayor objbcted to. i being obliged to report to the Council what he had subscribed- for various pilrposes.— ' C.r.Ancher-was in -favor, of vftting a sum, at; once.. Cr JHanha proposed that ;'£S6^',bei.' : .Tote"d. c 7r<^ '/;Peaim. seconded >. the amend-' ment, and the^origirial motion i was withrawn : inrits.favpr^.; ,- ; ,;,- r, . ; , "" ' ~, Mr JJjames Boss, of Mosgiel, Otago i* who. owns about one hundred and fifty beehives, T last seaspnjsays the Bruce " Herald ") sold v nd lees't'ban'orie ton of honey. ' -.";