CITY BOARD.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1741, 12 November 1862, Page 5

CITY BOARD.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER lOtii, 1862. present: —Messrs. Cadman, Macrcady, Darby and flic Chairman. The minutes of the last meeting having been read ■ nd confirmed, The following letters received Ivom the Deputy Superintendent were read by the chairman Superintendent’s Office, Auckland, 3rd November, 1862. have the honor to acknowledge receipt of mi- Je tter 0 f date 28th October ultimo, communicating ■ reso iution of the Board ot Works relative to the payment to the Board of the sum of two hundred pounds account of the five hundred pounds loan;” and I have to request that yon will be good enough to inform the Board, that under the provisions of the Dcmitv Superintendent’s Act, 1 have not power to sign ~ warrant to authorize such payment. 1 have, kc., Wm, PowniTcn, Speaker of the Auckland Provincial Council. The Secretary City Board of Works, Auckland, Superintendent’s Oflice, Auckland, 7th November, 1862. p llt —l have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your lettter of date October 1281 lx ultimo, conveying the request of the Board of Works for “a plan of the city of Auckland on a scale of two chains lo the inch.” The only plan of the city which is in the Waste Lands office is drawn upon a scale of four chains to the inch; a copy of this plan may he had immediately. A plan upon the larger scale required, could not now be prepared without an expenditure for re-survey, for which there is no pecuniary provision. 1 have, &c., Wm. Powditch, Speaker of the Auckland Provincial Council. The Secretary of the City Board of Works, Auckland. Ordered, that both letters be laid on the table. The following letters were also received respecting the improvement ot \V hite-strcct: Auckland, 6th November, 1862. Siu,— In accordance with your letter dated 18th September, 1862, I have applied to Mr. Stark, who Ims granted leave to allow a wooden bridge to be placed on his allotment, at the corner of White and Queen streets, for our accommodation in cartage to our doors. We, the inhabitants of White-street, humbly request that you will be pleased to grant us that necessary accommodation at your earliest convenience. Yours, &c., William Smith, On behalf of the inhabitants in White-street, Auckland. To the Chairman of the City Board. November sth, 1862. y IR) I have not the least objection to your putting a bridge across, or on my property at the corner of White-street and Queen-street, until such time as 1 require the same. Yours truly, 11. P. Stauk. Mr. Smith. Ordered to be laid on the table for consideration at next meeting. , The articles of agreement with the contracts lor the main sewer were then read, and the chairman was j authorised to sign the same. On motion of Mr. Darby, seconded by Mr. Cadman, an application was ordered to be made to the Brovin- , cial Government for copies of the Provincial Acts ‘ since 1858, and copies of the Provincial Gazette as published. . ‘ Cheques having been signed for various accounts, the meeting was adjourned till Monday next. I