AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 158, 22 January 1878, Page 2

AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD.

Saturday, Jan. 19. Present—M. Piper (Chairman), S. Curry, niid B.Shadbolt. The minutes of the'last meeting were read and continued. Big William and other Maoris from the Kaiugii waited on (he Board in reference to taking the diversion of the Oniiku road through certain portions of the Maori Reserve. Mr George Robinson acted as interpreter, hut was himself interested in the matter to a certain extent. A Maori named Kaikoura first explained that ho objected to the way Mr Fen ton had taken the road through his garden, and wauled the direction diverted to the front oi.' his house. 'i'iie Chairman said it was impossible to take (lie road that way, There was no nse in taking a road into a place where it would be impossible to carry it oat of again. Mr Shadbolt said the road must be taken so as to obtain the host gradient. Mr George Robinson .said' that the Maoris wished some of the Road Board moulders to come down, and that they would then see that it could be taken in the front of the seetimis required. They complained that the surveyor woidd not listen to them, and that he always cause when they were out ot' the way. The Chairni; , .!) replied that this was? simply ,'ibsnid. for how could the engineer know Avhen they were there or not. The laying out of the road was place' , in the hands'of the surveyor, who was required by the Government co be an authorised jne and he had "•■said, at ihe last medingoii-t!/:.! Board, that lie couid ruu alt r the road at the place demanded without spoiling the gradient. Old Martin, another Maori, here said he did not want the road taken at the back of the whare, through the garden, as so

nYuch fencing would be destroyed, and as he was so old a man it would be so difficult for him to put it up again.. . The Board, however, resolved to adhere to the line already laid out, and only to o-ive such compensation as had been agreed upon at the previous meeting when the Maori, Kaikoura, had waited. upon the Board. ; Kehoma, another Maori, also required the direction of the road diverted, lower down on the line, and to be taken in front of his house. The interpreter said that he himself had visited the spot, and knew that the line could be changed at this place without altering the gradient for the worse. Mr Fenton, surveyor to the Board, who had been sent tor, explained' that it was impossible to alter the line without affecting the gradient, which was now one,in nine and a quarter, but if the road were taken where Kehoma wanted it, it would be one in five. The Chairman advised the Maoris to write to the Government, asking theinto alter the line if they were not satisfied with the way in which the Board's surveyor had laid it out, and to get them to send down a surveyor of their own. Big William suggested that the Board should write as well. This the Board agreed to do, and the I deputation took its departure. CORRESPONDENCE. From Messrs Bain and Warner (a circular), contract engineers and surveyors. From Mr Jules Lelievre, furnishing the Board with information as to the amount of compensation required by him for hie land taken in by the Long Bay diversion, to the effect that he would require £10 per acre, the Board to fence both sides of the road. From Mr A. I. M'Gregor, stating that he had found the work of valuation more heavy than he had expected, so that he had been unable to furnish the roll by that day's meeting, but that it should be handed to the Clerk the first thing on Monday morning. From Mr Louis Le Valliant, stating that he had explained to the Clerk what he required for the new road passing through his'property, and that he would be glad if the Board would instruct the surveyor, as he wanted to use it. Re Mr Lelievre's offer, the Clerk was instructed, to say that the present offer was not in accordance with the one held by the Board. From Mr Worsley, stating that the only letter he had received from the Board was their favour of the 21st ult., in which they stated that Mr Morgan's concurrence in writing would be required ; that he accepted the offer of the Board to pay half the expense of road ; and also that he might be permitted to form the upper half, at the same time suggesting that a ford over the creek would be just as good as a bridge for his bullocks to make use of. It was resolved that in future, where the Board agrees with any person to pay half-share of the cost of the work, that the money must be paid in before the work commences.

The Clerk was instructed to write to the Chief Surveyor in reference to the bad surveying of the roads on the Peninsula, the On uku road to be cited as a case in point. Some portions of lines lately laid out being actually at a gradient of one in one. From J. Glynan, in reference to his moving survey pegs on the Onuku road, a charge which he denied. The pegs removed by him were on his own land, and placed there by the Board's Surveyor, Mr Fenton. The Board's arrangement was that they should take 33 perches of his land, not 39 perches, and the pegs were in the land not to be taken by the Board. If they required 39 perches instead of 33, he begged to withdraw his claim, and make a fresh one. TENDERS. Okairis Bay Road. — J. Wardlo and P. Shadboit —three months; benching, £2 10s per chain, culverts, £2 each; lump sum, £150. T. S. Johnson —four months; £4 per chain. £2 5s per culvert, contingencies, £20 ; lump sum, £240. J. Woodill—riour months ; £3 18s per chain, culverts, £2 ss, contingencies, £20; lump sum, £284. On the motion of Mr Curry, seconded by Mr Shadboit, the tender of Messrs Wardlo and Shadboit was accepted. TENDERS TO BE CALLED. It was proposed by Mr Shadboit, seconded by Mr Curry, that tenders be called i'or the Wainui Valley lload. duvauciielle's bridge. The Ciiaikman drew attention to the dangerous condition of the Duvauchelle's Bay Bridge. The matter was ordered to stand over until next meeting. PAYMENTS. The following accounts were passed for payment: — Survey £30 0 0 E. C. Latter ... 1 12 3 E. Leprou 1 11 0 Arbitration fee (Mr Imnan's case) ... 5 5 0 £.•58 8 3 . The Board then adjourned.