DEATHS AND RESIGNATIONS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12198, 17 January 1903, Page 2

DEATHS AND RESIGNATIONS.

. T^v,Q.oUita-.^iem]3er,s,,haye'lefi,. the Board during the past year,"' Messrs Kalfe and" Higneti;; by /resignatibp:. Two of the Board's employee's' "have been test- to 'the': Board by deiath during the year, Messrs McGiven * and Johnson, both very 1 valuable 'men, the former being a ..very old" .servant of the-Board. . • - . : ■ ' " > »;'<*• The report was staken and.,discussed section by section. _ Mr Maxwell said that, m his, report last year he omitted to make any reference, to the "contract "with the Taranaki County Council, and he saw that in Mr Connett's report this year the same omission was madd. : fo order to have the matter placed on record he would ask Mr Connett to insert in the 'xeportt'A* paragraph stating that' the *B6'ard had entered into a contract. to supply- 10,000 .yards qf meial in lots of not less ' than 500 yards a.year> at 2s, fi yaW.^ The, amount delivered to, date to' be ascertaifaed and" the, amount; paid .oh. ..account to be stated. • ' Mr Connett agreed' to insert the clause in the report. A note was also made that the rate at fd would bring in '£l0;370.,0/2. ', Mr Maxwell referred to the'*seribus falling off in the land revenue, and said that no doubt'the baus.e was that the Government were not putting the land in the rating area< into- the market as rapidly as a few years ago. Mr- King-said that, it seemed ,to him that the section in the report was explanatory of the- position-.- -Anyone could see the position from 1 the report. ' - '?•:*-* -'• ';-"/- '.» Somo Jurther discussion ensued and the report was adopted on Mr King's motion. ' <•' v , • * Mr Maxwell Shoved a, vote of^ thanks to^the chairman' foi" his 1 report, and forUhis services during'the"'year -just ended. He •• > referred^o": the. "faci^ that the position was-purely 1 honorary. "v Mr Curtis seconded the mottonj and spoke in praise of Mr Connett s ■ Work Thd' motion was,'then-carried. •»*■ . ' Mr "Connetl thanked ;!thV. atte^nbersfor the vote of thanks. He congratu-i lated members-on the way-they*-had' all pulled together during ttie year,. 1 and ior their valuable assistance.he 1 thanked them. .Ifo.ajsp, th^nl*^d;\the s.taff for the way they had wolfltexi, during the - year, and trusted v that; their energetic secretary, Mr' C_. Ben-, ne.ll, who was at present JnttispOßed, would have a speedy' recovery. '. !