CASTLEPOINT HIGHWAY BOARD

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 739, 9 April 1881, Page 2

CASTLEPOINT HIGHWAY BOARD

A meeting,was held on Saturday laskat Tinui. Present—Messrs' Larigdon (chairman), Smyth,' Nicholls. and Belliss. ■ "'• The minutes of the "previous meeting were read and confirmed, .;. ; ;, ' . The Treasurer reported,balance in Bank ;£4lO Is 6d and balance available for future expenditure £269 12b.' '\: : ' OOKRESJONppr'CB. From J. Payton & Co., account, £3l7s 83. FromE, Wilsone re County subsidy and expenditure of same, and' cheque for £% 10s balance pf County. subsidy. -, •'"'''" ';..'■: <^4 From 1 J. "Williams re amount advancedfl on account of Bridges over , From J, G Cox, requesting that .repairs bemadeto,thVroadbetween and Tinui valley.;' ;..;.■ -' , From.TjeasurystatiDg,that £295 had been placed to the credit" of triot account. ~■ ; Eesolyed—That as. no road, is laijTOM between Mai and Tinui'valley, thisßoard has no power t» expend money there, and that Mr Cox be written to that effect. .The Clerk was to'reply to Ut William's, andinfprmnim that the amount granted for repairing the ; bridge at Miserable Valley did not amount'jo the sum 'advanced by •hjmt6.the|ppfa , alitor. . That tendora:be: bailed' for metalling about2B phainspfrpaj}from;lslandF|a| towards Tinui bridge, ana\fbaii tbie putting at O'Connor's.b'e repaired; " ' '"". . ' { The,followmg'acpoun(arwe're passed fop ' ,paymentiKn^'. : .'■,'. ; A, Geange, wagesißßsi-W. Knight, : 'wagesißßs;A.;McHtitbhonj,yftlU6rJ2oj ;' ; .Gi' Saunders,- wa'ges-'fß ! lß;9d)Vjj;p fl yt6 n &_Cp.V : ; Kokettf r deposit : r lirTfibs. ,i StilbornT : -metalling contract ' Next' meeting '%as Vv fixes r 'for ; ooth '■: ourrent. ■, ' '"•.'.' •..::.'•••■ y' '■''"'■>:.:

: THIS BRITISH VOLUNTEERS, fe The 'jVar Office authorities havo made up the full returns of the Volunteer force at the expiration of the official year > •1879-80, which closed on October 3Ut. ( During the season the general attendances ' :;iV St inspections haveßhown'a slight diminu'ion, which has led to the belief that there would be a falling-off in the number of efficients, and this turns out to be the case, .though not to any great extent. • There are 190,901 Voulnteers of all rankb and arms coming under that category, against 197,485 on the last day of October • ■ in 1870, or a decrease of 684. By the alterations in certain regimonts the maximum establishment ofthe force has fallen from 245,185 to 243,546, while the enrolled strength has risen from 206,250 to 206,401. The percentage ot efficiency has thus slightly decreased, the undesirable item of non-efficients rising from 8776 to 9609. As already fore-shadowed, "the number of officers is reduced by 41, falling from 5586 to 5545, while the certificated proficient sergeants bliow arise from 11,825 to 11,850. Tho number present at. inspection was 174,646 in . 1879, and only J172.464 in tho present U year.