SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD BOARD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1759, 6 February 1888, Page 2

SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD BOARD.

The uiaal monthly m»ettng was held m Thnradty. Present— vuura 0 uter (chilrm»n), Lyttelton, end Tucker. Apologies were received from Meisr* Mulligan and Stringfellow for unavoldabl. absence. The Olork raported on the state of th roads generally and the works In hand. He also mentl< > n"d finding a patoh of the OillfornUit thistle near Dobbin's ford. Correspondence was received from the Oomtni s-otier of Crown Lands, stating that £86 2s lid, refund on lands purohasad m the Settlement had accrued, and asking f»r the plans showing the vaviou* works done m same to ba retaroed.— Tie Olerk was instructed to return them. From the manager of Acton Station, crup'alnJng about- the stite of Hooks' Wn-re road and oa»h»ln crossings. -Tbf C e*k advised tne B >ard that the nr-.d complained of wm one Mr A lan ha wrongly fenced, and that when t te other portion had been formed Mr Allan ha< undertaken to remove the fenet> and form the road, the feuce had been altered but nothing done to the road. — Resolved that Mr Allan's attention bs called to his promise. From Mr Allan endorsing an aoooun* 'or land, and half the o et of fencing b*lla«tpU9.— lt was decided to put £15 on the payaheet for the land, and let the other item stand over till next meeting. The Olerk wm Instructed to have the O*iifornlan thls'le destroyed, and to produce a specimen at the next meeting. 0 'O) plaints were made about some of the water*raoe cro'slot^s, etc.— The Olerk was inuruoted to have them attended to at once. It was resolved to re deposit £2600 fulling dv« on the Bih for 12 months, sou place £500 to ourrent account. On the motion of Mr Lyttelton, seconded by Mr Tuokrr & rate of one farthing In the pound was struck on all : rateable property m the district, payable In one sum at the Board's office oc Feb. j 24'h. I Mr tytteltoo oomplalnad about the number of stray horses on the eo»ds, and the damage they were doing.— The Olerk wmb Instructed to oall the poandkoepor's attention to the matter. Accounts amounting to £68 2- 5d wertpa<seri for payment, and as there was n< ceaieleif business the meetino; acjoorned