BOROUGH BOUNDARIES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14446, 5 November 1917, Page 3

BOROUGH BOUNDARIES.

THE COMMISSION'S DJEX*TSIG"N7

Advice has Wen received 'if rom' the Under-Secretary to the Minister for Internal Affairs that the Governor-General Jhas decided to give effect to the finding •of tlie Ctammission respecting the merging of additional property m the Borough •of Gisborne. The Commissioners to consider objections were Messrs W. A. Barton, S.M., W. .F. -Marsh, ariduH. P. Hamilton. -' ' "*• '••.'-, "- , The report 'presented to, his Excellency wa.s ,-is follows: — We haVe the honor to make the following report, pursuant to the instructions contained m, the commission issued to us, and dated* the Ist day of September, \U)1?, idirectiug us to hold an inquiry, and make a report upon I the subject matter of a petition .praying I for the inclusion m the Borough of Gisborne of tlie area' de*s&-ibed iri the said petition, and the objection lodged to the; prppO*sod7altei*atioii, and a® to -the suitability or otherwise of municipal control Of "-'the v *siid'7 area, ' aiid to "recommend" •such alterations of the boundaries of the said area as we may deem necessary and desirable, The. objection to the land being included in' th^i borough* is* theft it is swampy and considerably lower than the surrounding lands mentioned m the schedule, and that it is not likely, for maaiy yeaa*s to coAe to' be r^uired' for building- purposes, arid at present at is used Wholly for grazing ■purposes, and even for '7that 77 itis of little use except during the summer montlis," and that if the property is included m the borough the objector will be called upon to pay .additional' rates without -Receiving any of the benefits tliat the remainder of the area wili become entitled to. The area of the land to which * the "objection relates iS 88 acres 1 rood and 30 perches,! includ-. ing a narrow terraoe running along portion of the northern boundary, of about five acres. The terrace land is* Unsuitable" for cutting, up"?' for- -iresiderltial purposes, from "the fact that it is not of sufficient width to. allow for roading.* . It could be t cut Tup into four sections l'with a Toad,^access to each) but this would m our opinion be disadvantageous to the objector, and would .depreciate the value -t© the land. The land is used by the objector as a homing and , grazing paddock,-, and it is obvious to us, after careful inspection, that it would be of very litttefy{&ue even fot ! grazing to any other person than the objector, as .he. owns -higher land ad- ' joining,'- where he can! turn his stock when ther land, tlie -subject of the ob-" jeotion," its" too 7 wet. Prom our personal observation we are satisfied that the land ora the fiat below the terrace, is very wet indeed, except during the summer months and is therefore .(unsuitable -for residential! purposes. Ai tSf " vtetVihg the land, and hearing evidence by and, on behalf of the objector and petitioners we are of opinion that th© land of the i objector should not be included m £he 'i borough of Gisborne, for the reaeon, < that by so doing he would (be "balled ,1 upon tp pay much heavier ratfes tha/h '] . he is paying at present) without receiving any benefit, and we therefore recom- < mend thaJt the boundary of s the gaad j .^e^ beaffierfed as shown m the follow-' I ing scheduile. "All that area m. the , Hawke's 'Bay land district bounded b*y ' a line commencing «lt a point on the right bank- of the Taruheru river where |, the western boundary of the borough of*. {' Gisborne meets the said right banik £ thehce 7 * • along the present western boundary bf the said borough to its intersection with the northernTboxindary of lot B of Matawhero R blpcirt theice along the said boundary o*!.loiK_H!ojfeho Western bound-> ! ary of the* said- Mat^herO » block; th«icealofig the taiid western' boiuidarry to the Gis^orne-Mlkar^ka; railway line; 1 thence across the said railway line to < and aJorig tlie southern boundary of Sot • 1, Matawhesro "B block, to the* boundkiy' between the Gisborno park i*acecourso and the £Jgen townsliip ; thence along that boundary aaid ifcs production ta the right bank* of "the Taruheru river," and along the (right bank 'of : tliat river to : tlie present boundary of the bomugh of Oisboi*ne, tlie -place of* commencjefinent. " | : p