LITTLE RIVER ROAD BOARD.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 206, 9 July 1878, Page 2

LITTLE RIVER ROAD BOARD.

The mml jneitfng jof this- Board was , held at the office on Monday, July 1. Present—Messrs T. H. Parkinson (Chairman), Goop, Gebbie, Birdling, and Goodwin. , " ~ ;e CORRESPONDENCE. . A letter WWs WejVed ;fiom the TreA- i sury, r Wellington, intimating that the sum of £60 had been placed to the credit of the district fund account for tbe purpose of making a bridge and footpath to the 'cemetery at Little River; also, from the managercpf>the Bank, acknowledging the receipt thereof. ..From :Mr Jacob^, Bamett, asking for assistance in draining off surface water from his property. '. "From Mr P. Sorendon, of Little River-,-- ; requesting payment for two gates oon- , structed by. him for the pound, and threat- . ening legal proceedings in case his demand was hot com|)ii-d with. A circular "was irecived from the. Akaroa and Wainui Road Board;" the object of the circular bVlo|* to advocate the acquirement %f land fe'nilowinents for local bodies, and the setting .forth of the advantages to be derived hereafter when Government subsidies should cease,, and aaking for the cooperation of' this -'Board, and others, in securing the sanction of the General Assemblyto the proposal. ; The Clerk reported having renewed the msutiEHice on the office and stable; also, that he had insured four Government cot*' tages situate in the r disirict. Mr. Barnett's drainage was ordered, to be " reported oni at the next meeting.y It was' resolved to invite tenders for ' -letting out Lake EUesmere; also, for quarrying and breaking 1000 cubic yards of road metal on the Ahuriri joad diversion. % With reference to the suggestion of the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board, relative to* the Road Board endowments, the Board -was of opinion, that it would be inadvisable to affirm the pnncsple of land endowments for road maintenance, or public t in general, tbere being already, as far as the Little River district is concerned a land locked up in reserves WMc.bcbntributeS' nothing ,to the'public account. . The Boaid was further of •endowments in general are , I Subversive MW t apd that &c, lapd if ..ih the band. &Jjjmp. jme con? tributei towardsi'fneiadvancement arid pros-' '; of the country. • • Clerk was granted a month's leave oi absence, and sundry accounts were passed and payments made prior to adjournment, exiey-