WAIKOUALTI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10424, 29 July 1895, Page 4

WAIKOUALTI COUNTY COUNCIL.

The ordinary meating of this county council was held in the Council Chambers, Hawksbnry, on ; Friday livst ( at whioh there were present— The Chairmin (Mr W. J. Belt), and Cra A:Graham,: J. Porteous, A S. Oirbell, and WSouter.- .;,"'

„■'■"':••■■- " DEPUTATIONS. Messrs B. Bray and H. Bnckland appeared in support of a petition asking tha council to form and gravel "the road leading to tho Ballingdon ford. The petitioners pointed out that the.road was dangerous, and thab a coueiderable amount of traffic passed over the road' trom settlers in the district. Mr Buckland promited, m the event of the couucil forming tbe road and gravelling it, that he would subsicliso the expenditure to the extent of the cost of the formation, leaving .the amount to ba decided by the actual expenditure.—Tho application was referred to Cr Orbsll and the^ inBpector to meet the deputation on the ground, and to report;.rtsuJt as to the.most urgently required works : and the cost thereof at next meeting,

A petition was read from Mv Thomas Carter and three other ' ratepayers in the North Harbour and Blue»kip district calling attention to the road known sis Hitchcock's road, leading fronithe junction of the Blueskiu aud .Port .Chahners, road to Carter and Hay's property, winch _was1 rer-reseated to b 3 in an impxssabie condition for foot or vehicle traffic, and requeuing the council to metal the sams, us they had no other means of access to the properties T^ The petitioner offered to cart the rae.al if the council would break aa'd spread it.-ahe council agreed^to grant the application on the conditions named. Mr C. Bopd and eight other ratepajers in lhe Merton nd.mg petitioned the council nod drew' attention to tde state of the Round Hit! road between sections 23 and 24, block 111 Waikouaih district, whicli (was almost impkssable in wet weather.-Consideration of the application was deferred. , .-.•- ■-■~■■. .:. vv" yja

'-■■:.: /FINANCE.Accounts ,or the month,' amounting to £231 ; *s lOd, were passed forpayment.

COBItESPONDJBNCE. JKr Hugh Eraser, Palmerston, wrote calling abteDtionr.to the fact that the laud reveuuf derived from his Bma u grazin rUQ ; n Swnebarn duttiet had not besn expended in giving bun accßss to his property, and that he was under the imprisaioii that a considerable sum. was m the hands of .the council, to the expenditure of which he was entitled —Mr Eraser to be informed that the sum of £37 19s 8d had been received as .fourths from tha run in question, and the sum of £53 11s 9d had been expended by the council on roads within and leading to the said ran

. M, r W- B.a"ou. Caversham, wrote stating that heiound it impossible to let o- ±01 ins A> perty, section 26, block VII, No,*-' &ri>^t aud n ßlueßkm. diatrict, owing to the .b^ce of roads, anoV the section was too steep to use from.the Mam road. He-asked to have' I road provided—Referred to'the inspector for I

The Secretary of the New.Zealand'Counties Assocmtion, Wellingfon, wrote intimating thW the date of the annual meeting of the association had bean altered vto 'the 9fch August to allow time^for the circulation' of tiie Loca° Government^B.ll and for delegates who were no P^^ReSSr 6 Of; Re^^ives to be

12?VW Mi? ne's grazingrun I^lA wrote asking to have something a<>ne to a dainbatweenhim and Mr D. M'Rae, wbich had been damped by the recent floods.. He bffered to, do the^ work for £3.-Ksferred to the inSPM^ r c. 6 the r°Pairs carried but : i Mr s. Solpmou, wlicitor, Dunedin, wrots offering to contribute £s'towaHs the cost»of forming a road from the Main Kilmog road to T«nT »t. B!* rt'l*»e, occupied by Mr Pbinton. —Tenders to be called -for the work Mr John Douglas, Mount Royal, Palmeraton,. > if<S- al °g,the couocu'siatteut'on t<* the state -h-iSi^ Z- SeCtioa °f Lon S G°»y- road, on: which ■ tuers ;; wwe several landslips, and' the embankment, at the second siding, where the foundation oa the; road -was not pitched with stones, was being Jmdermined, causing the roud above it; to^gwe way. He offered to lend a Bledgeand horses to draw Rfcones if thesnpoly pntbe hillside was not sufficient.— The inspector was instructed, to attend to the necessary repairs; .- .'.'- • ■...-.- ■■■■?.:,;.■■-i- .:■..'■ •••■ ■-■■ ■•

W T?«, Secretary: .to tha Charitable- Aid and Hospital Boards, Dunedin, forwarded ' s tatemant of contributions by the council for the current year, being £26812s 6d to the Chariteble Aid Board and £118 2s to the Hospital hv TiT ? Coa, noil a Srfei:d: to pay the amounts by monthly instalments as usual. A letter received from the Land and Income Tax department, Welliogton. intimaiin"' that r voucher for the payment of £125 (b&Unde 5? 011;-^* 68 ending March 31. 1895) had been sent to the Treasury for l)a}-ment. ; ■ "

A letter from the 'Department of Lands and Survey, Dunedin; was received, ad mi ng that the sum of £79 4s 3d;had boen p.id to thb credit ot the council at the Bank of New Zealand, being thirds and -fourths accrued (lurid* the period from January 88 to April 27, 1895 ' ' The Receiver of Gold Rsvenue, :N»sebv, wrote pointing out that what !the liquidator of the JiureUa ttold Mining Company, at Nenthnrn ia tvs resent application to the co'tmcU wauted was a remission of; part of theVamount due as rent, andnpt a permanent reduction,;and tbafc the que«tion of remission was for the council to decide, being purely a question of revenue — Ihexouncit agreed to a reduction of one-third 01 the amount due. -. '■< ■ : .-:.

Thel Secretsry of-.-tbe. Waste Land Board, D. u.ne^"' wote in reference to the expenditure ot tourths derived from small-grazing run 121s —The clerk was instructed to reply thai the council were, } surprised that Praser, the lessee of the run, should .have made a sUtt-ment so contrary, to facts, seeing: -that £32 2s 9d had been expended on contract 530 and £21 9* 6n contract 561, making ;a total- of £53 lls 9d ori roads within and leading to the run in question, against £37 19s 8d of fourths received to date on roads shown on plan forwarded for the information of the board.'

Mr J. Woods, Pine Hill, wrote in refarence to repairs to the Piue Hill road.—The clerk was instructed to mform Me Woods that the council had already expended"on;-the road a considerable amount in excess of the revenue received trom the district, ■ andi they could not leave open their offer to break and spread suchmstal as might be suppHod by persons interested. t^^t*?!6B^ 111 —as ,receivea.:from Mr J. Green, M.H.R., Wellington,-with respect to the removal of.tho obstruction;at the entrance of tho Waikouaiti bridge, aad the-clerk was instruced to reply that tho council could nofc nhderUke a, work of that description,' and -there were no funds available for the purpose.

■■.-.-• i': .. OTHER MATTEUS. •' " " The council decided to levy a general r&ts for the current financial yearvof Jd in the ponnd, payable on the 18th September 1895. : The tender of Mr J. Collins was accepted for contract. 572, supply of \ soyds of meUl on Double Hill road, at 4s 3d par yard; that of Mr D. Reid for contract 573, formation and metal on Marshall's road, Merton riding, at £43 19s 8d; and that of Mr A. M'Donald for contract 574, clearing bush on road near Onurai, Mertou riding, at 7s 5d per chain. ;

: . : , SPECIAL MEETING. ', ; The couucil held a; speciiil meeting for the consideration ; and adoption of the annual balance sheet aud statement of accounts which had been received from the Auditor-general duly certified to, when Cr Poeteous moved aad Cr Ghaham seconded—" That the annual oalance sheet and statement of .account* now submitted be approved and adopted, and the chairman authorised to sign the same"— Carried. ' :