WAIHEMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11377, 21 March 1899, Page 2

WAIHEMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

The ordinary-meiating of this County Council wan hold inthe Council Chambers, Palmerstoh, on 'Saturday last, at which there wore-present .the Chairman (Mr T. Muhj, end Crs' Oi. Clark, 3. Harlstonge, jun., M. Jsbister, ■R. Matheson, D. Ross, V J.. 'Ross, and J. Stewart., . . . . '. FIMAXCIAL. Accounts amounting to £132 4s 5d wero passed for payment. ■COBItESPONDENCE. .. ' The Secretary to the.Treasury,'Wellington, wrote intimating that the sum of £18 17s, ™ltlfi(?ld<s levcnuo, had been remitted to the credit of the council at the Bank of New | Zealand, Palmeriston.—Received. Tlie Clerk Taieri County Council, Mosgielforwardod cheque for the payment' of £16, being half-cost of the work on the Boundary road in block VII, between the 'counties of Waihemo. and Taieri.—Received. Mr Ewah M'Donald, Waihemo, wrote stating that while, thanking the-council for the track formed on road line leading to-section 3, block VIII, Waihomoj he desired to draw attention to the fact that, so far as driving sheep was concerned, the road was simply useless. He therefore trusted the • council' would see their way to cut the tussocks to the widtli of 12ft or. 14ft,. or burn them off.— Received. . %he- Chairman Maniototo County Council, wrote stating that at the last meeting of the council the correspondence referring to the repairs to the' Hydo, bridge and the inadequacy of the vote of'£lso from Government to defray the cost, of effecting the repairs, and understanding; that the Wailicmo County Council had made application to have the votn largely supplemented, the Maniotolo I County Covmcil agreed that the necessary repairs to:tho'bridge should be proceeded with as soon as the reply was-received from the Waihemo Council agreeing to bear half the cosit over and above any grant the Government may make. The resolution- '.vns' arrived at in" view of the dangerous slate of the bridge,,and tha .urgency of repairs being effected at onco to prevent accident.; —Referred Id the chairman and inspector to v interview (he Minister for T^anda on the matter when in Palmerston. • - : ' The . Clerk.-: Waiionjaiti County Council wrote informing-the council that Cr Soutcr had been appointed delegate to "represent the Waikouaili County Council in the matter of the destruction of small birds.—Received. Mr J. White, jun., .Macraes, as lessee of sections M and 63, block I, Highlay, wrote asking the council to.form the road leading to these sections,, as he wished to erect a house on ona of them, and he could not get access to tho land > without the road being formed." A culvert and a little filling in was all that was-required.—Referred to tli9 i inspector to have the work carried out., | The Secretary Olago Benevolent Institution, Dunedin, applied for information as ito the number of persons in the county to whom old-age pe'nsioM had been granted; and also any additions from time to time.— Received; tiie information having been for warded. . » :■ The Chief Surveyor, Dunedin, requested to bo- furnished as soon as possible with a report on the various roods and other works the council had,commenced and completed out of .Government votes received from the department during the financial year irom April 1, .1893, to March 31, 1899—The information to be supplied. The Valuer-general, Wellington, wrote stating that as the result of the Minister, foi Land's inquiries and investigations he hac decided to cancel the second instalment o' the cost of the' recent valuations charged tc local authorities. with the proportion of ths annual expenditure for the year endinc March 31, 1899; and that in addition to tl\i= the third instalment,, which was' payabli ■during tho fmanuial year 1900-1901, would hi reduced by. the proportion of the, cost ol preparing maps charged to the local authori ties. Tho remission, would have the _ effeel of reducing tho charge from one-third tc about one-fifth of the total cost, which tlic Minister trusted .would remove any sense o injustice which had been felt,—Received. ■•- • OTtlEl! MATTEBS. Cr 'Matheson moved—" That tenders b; called for formation''and gravelling of roac at Sisters Peaks, part, leading to Matheson s At'Lellen's, and to Mrs Hay's runs, Deep dell, the expenditure incurred to be defrayed i out of land revenue."—Seconded by O: (.'lark, a,ml carried. Moved by Cr Clark, and seconded by C: 'Mathceon—'"That' the inspector report oi road through Mtiir's run leading to M'Len nan's, small grazing run." Cr Stewart moved and Cr Isbister secondei —"That lenders be invited for gravell n| tho Goodwood, road from the church to in< bush."—Carried. - - . IXSrECTOIi's KEFOItTS. The Inspector reported as under: — Macraes Riding.—That Mrs Hay, at Deep dell.wanted the entrance to her gate improved and the end oMhe road towards Moonli^h also improved. Tho hill going to Macrae required grading. The whole of this wo,-l could bo done in one job, as at the junr.kn Intimated cost from £80 to £100.—Receiv*l. ilunbaek Riding.—That Mr D. W. Phili] had met with an accident of a serious riat'ir at Dunback on'live 16th inst, and would 1) Unable to carry out the work in conneetioi with his contract. The Council decided to allow the matter I stand over until next meeting. Bushy Riding.'— The matter of t-h private road through Mr A. Gil more's property at Bushy which hai liesn used by the public on sufferance mid referred to the chairman and inspcctoi had,-at an interview with Mr Gilmore, beei satisfactorily arranged by mutual consent Tho action,of the chairman and tho inspecto was approved. GENERAL. Tho cierk was instructed to apply to ih Mining- Registrar, Nasoby,_ for n list of th mining leases granted within the county, th area, and the date when taken up. The clerk was also instructed to make appli cation to the department for a grant of £10 for road formation through section 3, bloc! VIII; ■' . Tender? were opened, and tiie lowest ru risptod, for the following works:—Contrac ,367—Formation of road known as Murd Mathosoh's, Stratli-T.-ieri, Macraes Riding T. Hourston, £.« W~ 6:1 Contract 369Supply of 50C e\!i>:a vrrfj n.C crr.artz metal

c,.-,,- fstewirl's to Deem'n road, Macraes RidtSh 5d per yard. Contract 370Supply of 1000 cubic yards of gravel, mam interior road, Palmorslon to Dunback, 8. Lunham, £45 16s• fid. The Council then adjourned. >