COUNTY COUNCIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 657, 22 March 1879, Page 2

COUNTY COUNCIL.

Friday Evening. Present : Councillor Woodbine Johnson (Chairman) and Messrs. Porter, Villers, Locke, and Wi Peri, Councillors ; the County Clerk and Connty Engineer, both present. Minutes read and passed. Correspondence which had passed through the office read and passed without comment. Mr. Howard Strong, m a note returned the Council's notices demanding payment of rates. Mr. Strong denied owning any property out of the Borough. The Clerk was ordered to proceed for the recovery of the same. Mr. William Cooper wrote, that having expended £87 m making a road from Goldsmiths' Crossing to Mangatu, asked the Council to re-imburse him one-half. The Engineer was directed to report the nature and legality of Mr. Cooper's claim. A circular was received ■ from the Chairman of the County of Coromandel asking that the question of hospital contribution be not entertained until after nextsession, m order to assist m having all the Hospitals of the Colony maintained out of the Consolidated Fund. Councillors expressed their willingness to assist m the object ; but their opinion Avaa that the Colonial Government would not give more than was promised — namely £ for £. Letter from Mr. Williams, Tologa Bay stating, that he killed from three to five sheep a week, for the convenience of his customers. He was not a butcher, and the small amount of meat he killed would not allow him to pay for a slaughtering license. The Council thought that for the present it should not be insisted that Mr. Williams take out a license. Letter from Mr. E. W. Knowles, stating he had no objection to the deviation of a road through sections Nos. 102 and 103, Patutahi district, on the terms contained m the County Clerk's letter. A petition was presented by Councillor Villers from settlers at Ormond. The petition prayed the immediate attention and inspection of the slaugh-ter-house at Ormond belonging to Mr. Charles Davis, as it was kept m a most disgraceful state, emitting a stench most horrible to reside near. The Muhnnga Creek, where the settlers obtain water for household purposes, is made a cesspool by the offal and blood running into the creek. Petition received. Letter from Joseph Hamon, dated Ormond, stating that he would allow

the alteration of the present road leading to Kaiteratahi on the condition that the Council erect a substantial fence botli sides of the road ; and as compensation for the land to be used the Council to pay at the rate of £25 per annum. The sum of £95 was directed to be paid to Captain Ferris as valuator, the Council disagreeing with the valuators clause of £ per cent commission on £44,422, which would have amounted to £111. A communication was read from Mr. Knowles, Under Secretary for Public Works, stating that the £500 for a road from Gisborne to Wairoa must be spent on that road only, and not to be diverted to any other road purposes. The Clerk was instructed to write a letter to Mr. Baker, to ask that a deviation may be made of the road from Patuiahi to the Wairoa.

TENDERS.

Slaughter House Inspector. P. E. Richardson £40 H. Finch 30 Wm, Owen 30 Thos. Wright 30 Chas. Young 65 T. Faram; 60 Bilham 40 O. Cowen 60 Jno. Breignan 60 Benson 60 G. Davis 30 The tender of Mr. G. Davis was accepted.

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Te Arai Bridre.

£ s. d. M. M'Leod 1531 2 6 Akerby& Nicholson... 1490 0 0 Decision held over till Friday, 28th March, for reception of written tenders telegraphed. Tender. — a 11. M. M'Leod 295 0 0 W. Donahue 355 10 0 Mr. M'Leod's tender accepted. Pikiwaka Road. — a 12. per chain. W. S. Greene 5 5 0 W. Muldoon 3 11 6 W. Stevenson 2 15 0 Mr. W. Stevenson's tender accepted. Truss Bridge. — a 9. Mr. M'Leod 100 0 0 0. D. Berry 139 0 0 Mr. M'Leod's tender accepted if of Kauri. Boland-Hamon's Drain. Dwyer, per chain 0 14 0 Holand, per chain 0 8 6 Walter & Walsh, perchain 0 12 0 Mr. Boland's tender was accepted. Deepening Kohi Creek. Sampey, per chain 1 7 6 Block Cuttings, Ormond. M. Boland, per chain ... 013 0 Ifc was decided to defer the consideration of public abbatoirs for the present. The Engineer was instructed to inspect the stone at Bruce's. The Clerk was instructed to write a letter to the Colonial Secretary, asking for a reserve of 20 acres m the Wairoa Road for an accommodation house. Payments. The following payments were ordered to be made :— £ s. d. Freight per Wanganui ... 172 8 2 Wall, progress metalling ... 218 11 0 Wall, progress metalling ... 290 6 3 0. D. Berry, progress metaling &c, 206 5 0 King and Co., drain pipes ... 21 15 11 Salaries 66 13 9 Cargell Gibbs and Co. , drayagerails 52119 6 Freight Albert Victor 80 7 6 Hospital 150 0 0 Waikohu Board Grant ... 100 0 o Albert Victor Freight 314 10 9 Cartage rails for tram 34 13 0 Gibbons & Kennedy lighterage 145 6 3 W. Haig 25 2 0 Evening Star, 12 advertisements, each 2 inches ... 5 2 0 Joyce, progress Waipaoa Bridge 72 0 0 Ferris, valuating county ... 95 0 0 Sundry other acoounts about 300 0 0 A large amount of other business was transacted, and the Council did not conclude their session till 12.30 a.m. this morning, and the office was open till 1.30 a.m. The next sitting will be on Monday, the 31st March, at 7.30.