THE BOUNDARY OF THE TARANAKI COUNTY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 2453, 11 October 1876, Page 2

THE BOUNDARY OF THE TARANAKI COUNTY.

d>T Saturday last, on l'dnrning from bur speciat tclograi^ iwhpro..thp.bosiii}daryi whpro..thp.bosiii}dary ,l»nc of the Coi|yt)eß hadbocji fixed, bis llonor. tho Deputy Suporiiitbndcht tolegrapiicd to the members representing thU ProviJico, aod pointed ont tho injuttico of , giving nil tho lo'Vel and' opek country to the PateaCoiiilty^wTiilsl burs was broken, V c sld°B being heavily ( tijnpercd. f To this,' bo received tlio' follow iug ropfy :— ' ' " IU youf telegram, County boundary and cxprvß»ion» .thcroon.: , i 'fbo ; 'ißtid : f nntl \ie • not regulated by tho boundary of tho county. Our bouudary -is now. a f«\v ;! . miles,, south; irf" QpurmUo. Mr,;Kelly,and Mil bftvc doqc oi(r ulmoHt iv tho matter. I have acntyour. telegram to.Majo^- Atlfinsou ; i „■• ■ . 1,, FjR|JP.,A.,CAIWNOTON' > -„. /< i l';iS,n,P«rintcn<lcnt|of Taranaki." Yesterday, owing to a number of gentlemen .waiting on him, Mr. Crompton for»v»h!#l thtrfoHowrig-ttlcgnnjrtath^JTncTnbcrsT^- — i i d<sf>Utatjo)i jtwt def Y inc. . ' .Want a public meeting called lo express resentment at tho division of tho Province. More delinite inxommtion' h required a< to thd irnfiini for iUio divjqioa of the l'roviuau, and .tho benefit to bo derived from it, Tho want of information and uncertainty hiw created n scriousli' unciwy fcoliug. , l[avo delayud calling the meeting till your immediate reply has been received, ■ ; . , W'm. M CuoMrroN", Jjcputy . .SupcrintcudcuU" • ; Toi.tliis, ho has received' tlw ■ following roply ;-~ ' ' . "W'k couMdoi-' that tho County' boundary should hnvo been nt Kaitpokbntii, but rather tlian resort' to a light with tho House wo , agreed to nceqit a compromfao by fixing tho bdtibAlary ai Tntigalarn lUver:' This bonndary will ndt injuriously atfvct the 'interest 'tot the Tnranaki County, ns tho 'balartW of' land reVchuo will bbdis(ribtited airiOngthvCbuhtlcs or part Counties within a provincial district as follows:— Thrco-liflhs in proportion to tho respective, tocritnrinL acens, with m provincial dWrloM^'WoMfWi in»Mw t>oHbrtibn'-of the general rates collected within each County within prptfiHsiftl'diiftitotr) iHeffefftl'lrntes includo both town and country rates. As tho Taranaki County ha* an area, as compared to tho Patea County within provincial district of about eighteen io 1 foui',it jiiiwt' bo 'admitted that the division in a money point of view will not bd'ttnfavouraulu tb'Tafabakl! County. If any chango is mado in the land revemio-' it 1 will bo in the direction of making it a colonial fund and not a County fund. _ i • "' ' • ' /• " ' Futii). 'A. ' C Attn'lKOtOS, ' 1 ' ' ,T. K^i.r.Y." , , „, „., 1, , , i """ SupcriutcKflcrtt bl 'lW^iirvk i . i Owing to tho infortnntion <;ivca ' -In' Iho flbovb toß!#rritH his-'Honor Mr. Crompton hns not thought it necessary to call the public meeting.

„in —4 *■*>■■ „. ■■■■.I ; ■ i liii..;/, | ; i ADULTBUA'ftofi'.-^-A' ik)h iW jusV now being carried on by thc^ChqHtchurch police, and several infoYmatioiWhavc already bcon laidy against some well-known trailesineii in the oUyj chnvjjipgc them yith uclling mustard and colloo adulterated witli other luixturos. ' / 1 „ ii.v ,a , i.i