WAIKATO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1247, 26 June 1880, Page 2

WAIKATO COUNTY COUNCIL.

The usual monthly meeting of the Council wai held at the Council Chambers HtmiLton East, yestevdiy. Present — Cipr. Steole (Chairman), Cn. Henry, Pri;nio'-e, Cutninin-or and R. Kirkwood. The minutes of the previous ordinary and one speoi d meeting were read and coiifirmcd, and the outward correspondence was read. A lettpr was re. id from the Col. Secretary replying 1 to quciies from the Council, aud informing them that the total expense of ch.uitable aid within the piovincial district of Auckland for the year 1879 was £42r},), while the cost of maintaining (he Auckland hospital, was for the same period .£31 21. The piiuciple on which the vaiious local bodies are made to contribute, is to bs found in section 5 of Tne Financial Ariangement Act, 1878 which provides that iv any cue in which the cost of in nntain'nglK>pitalsor charitable Institution of any Borough or County is dctr.iyc'l by the Government the Treasury thrill deduct from the subsidies payable to such county or Borough a sum proportion it" to he lopectivo amounts'of such sub-nlic-. .md ,«s miy be cquii to the co.st Of Ml' h HI 1!11<"OII 'IKY. ilr i3ih\oitli \v ote refeiiing to the .su'/ject ofclo'-inj? roads in the Mangawhaio district a:.d to the piomiscs made by the Council to him when he waited on them, viz, that the Council would in a reasonable time lay out good roads*. He .stated that the action of the Council was not in accordance with the Public Works Act, as no provision was made for Lew roads when the old were closed. jSoiwithstandiug this lie would offer no objection to the closing of the roads, provided the Council agreed to make the roads promised at a reasonable time. Mr John Phillips Manager of the New Zealand Manganese Mine wi ote on May 28th. respecting the old bsidge at Yv hangaTvnvino adjoiniua: the tiding of the Miranda Cul Mines and which has long been out of use. \s he took possession of the mine on he Tuesday following and as he would require larger barges th, n could pass between the piles of the bridge he wiolvd to know wh it course the Council would bo prepared to take. The clerk reported that he had been instructed by the Chairman to take £10 for the br dge, and Mr Phillips wrote again on the Crd inst accepting the terms aud forwarding cheque for amount. He however stated that he would not be prepared at the present to remove the whole of the piles but oi:ly Mich as interfered in the trnilio. Cr Henry said thoy had made the best arrangement possible, anl the action of the Ch iirinan was confirmed. The Engincr-r to the Council wrote, setting that certain works had been completed. Cr. Kirkwood said he had come down to a--k them for '■ome money for the Cambridge Town Bo ird. They had only had about £S0 this year, while the other diitricts had had much larger sums. They were about £30J in debt, and as the pi'ej'.-nfc Board went out of office about the end of the month, th^y hoped the Council would give them some assistance. Tlio Glcik said that during the present road bo i rd year the several districts lnd received the following amounts respectively : — Kinkinroa, £S0 ; Cambridge, including the Narrows Bridge vote of 1 40, £150; Tunahere, £100 ; Taotaoroa, £7-3; Oa abridge Town Boa. d, £80. The Tamahero grant bad been divided betwen the ridings ot Cambridge aud Kirikiriroa, miking the tot il amount voted to the former £28 >, and to the latter £1.30. Cr. Kirkwi'od .said the country board had <j;ot more han its sh ire of the money vot 'd for 'he C imbiidge ruling. The ChaiMim -a1!a 1 ! Uie Council had something iike -t!1.30 m hand, of which £25 » \\ is a '-[fcial grmt f om Government, for roads m the outlying district of Kanghin Cr. Ki'kwond asked if the Council could let. tlvj Cambridge Town Board have the amount of uc< uses new almost due, a'H.l v hlch alt>axthcr would frnount to about i\ 40. TJio m „uld aid in getting them oat of their diflbultios. The Clerk : 3 aid the o would only be about €73 lvtt a'ti'L' |>.iynig sundry ac O'Hits, without i ouutnig the charges lor h.i's.pit'il and chu'iti'do institutions, which would soon ha male.' The Ch.urinui biid he Avould have no o"i>j 'ctiou to nia'an" an -ulvcincj of, say £100 to th^ 1 Cuubiidge Town Board, on ihe undei standing that the .mount would be deducted from licence ices which wi.uld shortly acoiu". Cr. Ivrkwood t'u 'iiirht the Board would aftt-rwaids be entitl d to looeivu a bhare of the lCiidiv of th* 1 funds. The Chair. a iv thought t'ler--' would be vorv little left to divide. Cr. H'-nry moved tii it CLO.I \ c .'ranted to the OauVbrklgi? Town Eo.\rd in nnticipat ou of the lie n->e-> to be paid on the Isfc July. This was sr eemdert by Cr. C'imming-. Cr. Primrose objectel to this because the Cambridge Ruling had already received more tlia'i its fair share, aud if they m ulo this gi nit Xii ikiriroa would hive nothing. By planting this sum, Lhev M -re not nicely advancing money — they were voting away the County funds. The Chairman slid they ought to look noon the matte r from a broad point of view. They ou<, r ht to consider that the N.mows B.'id<jfo and La-lie's Cutting wire C)untj r woiks 1 , by which not only the residents of the C nnbndge Riding, but tliOio of the whole County would benr fit. The motion was then put and carried. Cr. Primro'-e movel that the sum of CSO be paid to the Kirikiiiroa Road Boaid. This was secoodod by Cr Cuniming, and carried unanimously. The Ciiainnin b.iid it would bo very advisable to wait on their member (Mr Whyte) regarding the Thames-Waikato

railway. Cr. Kirkwuod th night it advisable also thit lie should be &e?n regarding the Cambridge railway. He moved tbat the three Hamilton members wait on their inemb°r with u view to getting additional contracts on the Thames -Waikato railway let, and also to sret one of the proposed routes for the Cambridge railway adopted. This was carried, and, after passing several accounts for payment, The Council rose.