CITY COUNCIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2412, 18 January 1895, Page 4

CITY COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Wellington City Council WSa held last night. Present—The Mayor (Mr C. M, Luke) and Councillors Anderson, Harris, I'VaScf, Tatum, Barber, I’Cth'erick, Haroouvt, IVillcston, Tanner, Devino find Penty.

k tibiiPLAiNT. A letter was read fr'oni Mr Stevens, Oriental Bay, complaining Ot t!w state of the drains there, the dead animals Cr.Vas slonally floating in the sea, and of tile practice' by fiihei'mon of leaving stale fish id decompose.' _ The letter was referred to the Public Works Committee, LEASES OP TOWN Jh3bT' eß'cllO^S. Five tenders were opened fot leases of Various sections of the Town Belt.- On the motion of Councillor Fraser, they were referred to the City Reserves CommitteOto report. THE FREE LIBEAB.V. The Library Committee recommend »s follows i-““ That thanks be accorded to tho following donors: Governments of New South Wales, VicEbfli?,- ll’ptern Australia, for various official publicifttous j Majov- ■ General Schaw, for Scripture Lessen Hooks (4 vols.) ■, Mr E. Kawlinga (Treasurer Beligious Tract Society), for Paragraph Bible; Britannia Company, per Mr G. C. Stevenson, for Lukin’s Turning Lathes (4th edition), That the cleaning of tho lamp globes' for the’ future bo done t>y the Library stag, arid that a sot of steps be procured to enable this to' t/8 demo. That the Chief Librarian be allowed W days leave from Monday, 7th January, 1895, and Mr Perry four weeks from Monday, January' 28th, Mr J. R. Brown to be employed in the absence of either at the same rate as last year ,(jS2 per week). That the monthly allowance of £o for new books for i the Lending' Library fee increased to X 6 from January, thd number of subscribers being new üboVoc(X). The report was adopted. <fltt PBBEUVES COMMITTEE. This committee reported as follows «The Committee report that Mr Jones, assistant at the gardens, lately removed from Wellington to tho Taita, without obtaining permission to do so,' This proi ceedihg caused much inconvenience, as by tho terms of his engagement he was required toba always available for service m case of any emergency at the gardens. The committee, therefore,- informed him that he could not te allowed to reside away from Wellington. At his request tee committee granted him an interview, and, after investigation of all the cirCliinatances of the case, they were convinced that the best ; course to be adopted was for Mr JoucS to leave the service Cf the Corporation. They, , therefore, instructed the Town Clerk to pay him a fortnight’s wages in lieu oi notice, and they now ask thei Cotthdu to confirm their nation in the»matter. further recommend that another man be engaged at the same rate of wages, viz. be per day for seven days a -week. tea i the wages of the- custodian (Mr Gibb) b( ificroased from £2 2s to £2 5s per Week, t Councillor Willeston moved that th< report be adopted, which was seconder by Councillor Fraset, ftfid carried. | FINANCE COMIttWEI?, ‘ The Finance Committee presented tin following report i— " The committee recommend: (1) That tenders be invito: for the lease of the tmlofc sections ot lane on tho Te Aro reclamation, it being no* more than a year since tenders were las invited, the upset prices to be the same 3 (2) that the upset price for the block o land at corner of Victoria street and Hunte street extension he p& fojjt frontage tc the latter street. The committee have als< s to report that the present arrafitfemen with the Equitable Building and XnVhSt raent Company with respect ;to the Citj Improvements Loan Sinking Fund wil « terminate on 16th March next. The ques tion of the sinking fund of the sanitatioi loan will also require to ho dealt with befor the* end of the present financial year. Tin committed have hpth matters under con sideration, and will shortly submit thoi report on same/* . , 1 The Mayor moved the adoption of th ' report, and it was carried. ? PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. The report of this committee, which ha; already been published, was adopted with out discussion, except in regard to thos< clauses regarding the half-holiday ques tion, the discussion of which is reportei elsewhere.

ACCOUNTS. Accounts amounting to £2BOB 19s wore passed for payment.