HAMILTON TOWN BOARD DISTRICT MEETING.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 655, 1 August 1876, Page 2

HAMILTON TOWN BOARD DISTRICT MEETING.

The annual meeting of rateptycrs was huH on S.itUr.lay eve.nnu in f.he Hamilton II »tfl. Thdhrco billiirJ room was orowdel on iho oc;>'Sion. AftM-co-ieiler-a'jle Kkirm^Jii >g, eacli puly trying to fut i i as cl ainn in one of tbo oj po»ito c.' o having atfuh pluralit/ o( tote >,' dpi

Si-lnlfielil consented to tako tho chair* The follortiug s'atemont of accounts was then Tf,ad by the Secreturr, Mr Q-elHng : Keeeip-*, — itates collected, L 137 S la ; amount in aid recaived from Colon'al Government, LlOl 3> SI; undar Do* Nuisance Act, L 6 19* ; Impounding Act, L 3 Is 3i 5 dsviiturmg teens ?a, LBOB 01 ; sundries, L 23 17a 6.1. P«rrr lea»e 'LlB5. Total, L 465 4n6d. Ktoenditure,— Forming roJds, L 223 lit 81; metslbng and cb.<u.n*-l ing, L 122 17* 6d ; bridgei arid oulveitj, Lll 2* ; oth^r works, L 32 G*; c.jminitg.on cjllfc ing rates, Ll5 6j It) 1 : B^aues and- rent Llo 10s; printing antd. advertising, Lll 14»; legal expjnsos, Ll2 15s; under Dog Nu'.sance Act, Ll4<-; Impjundinjf Act fLi 1* ; sundriee, li 6 17»Gi} Ferry expenses, L 29 15j lid. Total, L476-3*4d. The balance sheet shows that tile amount of rates payable fjrtho yenr'wat L 144 16a 6 1, and the amount coll<?c«J, L 137 ti Id, leivring a total amount of arrears of ratej for for past year* of ' L 22 15s. The airear* for the prospnt year, it waa »t ited, were some L 7, the balance 1 beiilg ior the preoedmg year, Mr Vi^lou thought the outgoing Baard should hare produced somtthing a little inoro like a tin«aci*l stitoment ; it was not pleasant for incoming trustees to find, a Jarge amount ot outstanding debts. The balance sheet showed only the actual receipts and expenditure. Mr J £ Me' Donald as one of the auditors, wavpropar«d to state that the liabilities consisted only of an orerdrafc at the bank'of L 9 13s '3i, L 24 3s fora ntfw punt rope aud other g<*ar, L 3. Mr-Longbottoui, UJuaimnan of the retiring Board) would state for the mf arination of Mr Vialou, who ' seemed to throw a doubt ou the accounts, that tlie outstuud ng debts am'jumed to no more than a sum of LM. Th jre wero no *o itstandiug accounts ercept fcr the 'punt rdpa aud pulleys and the orerdraft, anl when the uirenn of ratei wero paid, the balance against th« Board would not exceed Ll4. Mr Johns thought that the baVica sheet should not state matters generally but spacify items of expenditure. \ Mr -Hay said this was quite unnecessary At any ratepayer could uscertain the details by applying at the office of the Board. Mr Whitaksr difforsd with the lust speaker. He' thought that when largo suns' were paid, the meeting ought to be informed what prices had been paid f6r work and where tho moaej -had -been exp nded. Mr Mofherson 'proposed that th 9 balanco shout as read' bo adopted. Seconded by Mr P^at. Mr Johns had an amendment to propose, but he would withhold it and voto lor Mr M -Plierson 8 mjtion on tlio undorgtundiu^' that ho did so to bury ill feeling and rocriuiiaatijn, but no further. Mr Mcl'hiraon's resoLut/iou waa then pat and carried. On tho motion of Mr MjDon.'ld seconded by Mr G-audiu, a rate of 1 i in tha pound was cai-riod. 'i'be following gentlemen were then proposed ai trustees : Me**rs R G-irynne, Hay, Hume, Vialou, -Kidler, G-audin, McDonald, Alfred Cox, sen, Ljngbottom, und Puat. ■ It was then proposed by Mr Knox and Mconied by Mr, McPherson that Jcandidat«j cjiiu forwarl and explain thair viftws. A lively discussion eniued and thr) motion wui ulnin*tbly vrithdrawa. Mumi'S & iux and Lt O'Nvill wore then appointed iinuin ew and- tho work of oieuiion proceoiicU. At Liio close the poll stood thin : W MjG- o^or Hay, 104 ; J Hum 3, 9J ; Gaudin, 78 ; O^nim, 7s; Viatou, 04 j JtUdler 0i; ■V Cox, GU ; Longbottotn, SI ; Pjug 7. The u*b live were declared duly e.i-cied Mejsrs Johns un 1 T C H-unuViud were then ap <oiuiol au Utuva, and Mjarrd \V" DaviiaudlXiiuui, fdiicj viewdt'd •A ■ vjte of l.iaiiks to tht> Caairmiu cloted tlio jiiocecdiii^s.