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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 277, 30 September 1879, Page 2

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The usual monthly meeting took p'cfiSSm| the Institute, Greytown, on SatfiHHH man), Messrs J, P. Russsell- (TrealrWs§K| Donald, and Jackson. '• ■;'■■.' The minutes of the previous neeting > were read and confirmed. \ ■ The following financial report was pre- ' sented by the Treasurer : '' ' I have the honor to report that the receipts during the last mouth wero : '" £ . S. D. From General rates ..; ... ft '' Paymaster-General, balance of grant, Tauherenikau bridge 107 10 0 G. W. Schwartz, late lessee of the Waihenga Toll gate, rent Js& for the month of December, mil Paymaster-General, share of vffli County Fund 59 'll 8« Adding to this the balance in hand at tlieflH last meeting, it gives a grand total Smßm £3lB 0s 2d, against which, cheques a )'fißHH ting in the aggregate to £271 l& T i6d£BHw| authorized to be paid at the last mtfflßlffßfi thus leaving a balance available for present expenditureSßWM this is the present credit balance iifmHHi Bank of New Zealand, The total now paid amount to £1532 2s Od, wfile 1 the outstanding rates are £57 8s Od '' I The item of £l3 6s 8d above stated is \ the rent of the Waihenga toll-gattjfqr the month ot December last, which Had been omitted to be paid dudng the previous year by the then lessee, Mr Schwartz, the oversight no doubt arising from tho confusion caused by the frequent changes in the mode of payment, first to the Board, then for three months to the County Council, and afterwards again to theBoard. I think it, however, fair to add v that Mr Schwartz settled the matter as """" soon asanexplanationof the circumstances had been furnished to him, The present lessee of the toll-gate, Mr Buckrid«e is now in arrear for the payments dtrajjffißw Ist August, and lsfr September. jMßiol would ask the Board to take son«39sffi to enforce a greater regularity i|Sjj]BI|BBH At the next meeting of the TqflpUffijßß propose to lay before yi ut a detailJUhßbßß mentof Special ..ml Ward exptcrfsSßEffiSi 1 the half-year which will then\\a«H9R| The report was received, and amounting to L4ll 12s Id were fSraßfij for payment subject to an arrancWßHi for an overdraft at the Bank. JffiHffllWi There were only t\v J tenderslent in rMgHB the work at Ward's line-one from TIiJhH Nelson, at L2 5s per thiin, and the oJraSB from George Sayer, at LI 17s GdfIOTHJ chain. The last-named tender wasBMBM The following correspondence was fIBfIJWIB Memo, from West County ChairmajHH explaining the position of those propertit wffl which had formerly formed part cf-tIJ9K Greytown Local Board District but tHH now comprised in the limits of the 1 GuJßh town Borough Council. From a number of ratepayers residinaMS at South Featherston, objecting to tlflaH special rate proposed to be levied. wffi From Mr'Chris'opher Tait, offering tofn| contribute £lO if the Board would coraH struct a road to his land at Moroa. mSSBM . From the same, offering to provid'Jraßgra carts fitted with wide-tired wheels, pnjraßEgS ded that the Board would agree to fljßjjfflßj them over at market value in the evJnH the regulation relating to .tho- widwngHl tires the Board's service being JW It was resolved that no special rate le 3fl§ levied at South Featherston, as the requi-BH site majority of the ratepayers did not ~Bj appear to be in favor of it. | It was resolved that Mr Tait's offer re broad-tired carts bo accepted on the terms '1 stated; also that the Government be asked to proclaim the lands near Grey- ' town now forming an outlving district as ' v part of the Featherston Highway District. The cost of maintaining the main road for the ensiling quaiter was assessed as follows :-For October, L9O; for November, L 80; and for December, L6O. The meeting then terminated, -,