AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 418, 23 July 1880, Page 2

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

>'■'■ ■•"-' 3H 'The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council ■m % &ii lieidr .at 'Uheir'Chambers, ! ißalgbeHe'Str'eef, 1 oh tiie . ',:-Z Present r'Hia'' Worslh'p the Mayor, Crs • Black/ Arftistrongi, Kissel; M ''' •■"•-'••'." I ~'''. Y-'.t. '■<.'! inMiNIJTEB.;';" r ;" r "'""., J • The mihiites' r of ** the previous <**tfm#& co'nfirrnedi ' :^U} ]\ !'!TJ?M :':i 'Cdßß^SPONDßNcfe.i'.'i :i ' i '-^ J'The.following letters were then read:— ; Mr AvD.ajJbarjloffering to supply at-9d eaclu- — - - ■ From Mr T. ,S. Johnson, asking permission to erect a fence in Balguerie street, and also to take a few loads of gravel for filling in. Leave was granted, subject to the approval of the Worku Committee. 4 From the Ashhurton Borouglh-G(iimc|l (telegram), offermgMo supply iron prkm pipeS at with :f eipWeet added. , rnr-.:i- " t The offer iras.ljeclined, the Council having no present use for them. „ _ From the Regi'Htrar^Grene'ral, x aßking for .-certaittreturnß*sawtfs*«K«2^^ t formSljaSHTr^ieAlMlfritablej} - - w-,*.--».«■«-«-»- f* — —j 1 -- thtj 3p|6Wajtftnj S'From ihe ;reqne6tihg^payment ( |of -LlVlßs alleW |o be Government by| the Council." : ! ; -Lite ! statement of laalt i [•llalfrye'aij's the , Treasury brought ftit borough in deb\ L 25; ios ; 4d.:They now. igave£tlie«'Gbnnoil-credit --for • LS'lws, fines, reducins:- the. liability to--th» P an)ount atfoveyftate'd: t „ 4 > \ ; V \ V As it appealed from a return fyrTUsheja jby theCJerk f of tWCoijrt that the-fines', "'paydbleSo'thrbbrorJg'li during tho period,' above peiiod amounted to LlO 15s, tlie> Clerk was instructed to forward to the Go--1 j Fromrthe Marine Department (telegram) 'a«kihg for "a! reply to their letter of April p?'re, t|king : o»fer tjejA^aroi^wharf. \ It was proposed "by Cr Cullen, seconded byCr Black, and carried, That the Council agree to take over the wharves, provided the net receipts from the same from the date of the Government taking charge of them—viz., from about July 1,1876, be handed over. M'SCELLANKOUS. VfThe Mayor reporteU'ihai h4 lfadVreceived l* ! *' "■ . :f,. / ' t i- £, , ~ a'summonß at f the Instance of Mr J. F. kmouhtihg 5 l|M '-Bsind costs. \ . ' ' a Kesolved—-That tho Mayor be authorised to"(?pllect;d!ttt a lf9r:defending-the case, and s C,all a; special meeting on the subject s I? Five {applications for; carriers' licenses were three ;for. petroleum ;'.; ..,■'/ ..,-,■ : ,; . ~- The applications wore granted. ; >, - The Collector of Customs informed the Council that he had paid L 152 to their : credit, being tho amount of five publicans' licenses, and one transfer of the same; ' " A list of outstanding rates was read, and it was rosolve'd that all defaulters be Rumnioncd who have not paid up by"the 23rd inst, WORKS COMMITTEE. Cr Cullen reported verbally that the Committee had repaired ft culvert in Aylmer street. They had ako cleared out the the Bide channels in the same neighbour-

hood. Theheaps of rubbish in Bruce Ter race had been removed (vide Akauoa Mail) They recommended the construction of a culVert'from Chadwick'e corner to'the Beach. * \. n .*ir??Sj£ : The report was receivjdY >"' ■v' > / f \ACQOUNTB. l ; -"[ Some small accounts amounting;' to; L 7 , 16s 2d were passed for payment, j i '' The overdraft was wpqrted to' stand* atLl5O lis 2d. ' -, ' '." \ jj '' / ' ' TENDERS. "' . ' - . ***** The following tenders for grazing were opened :— Lelievre's Hill.—B. Lelievre, LlO ;C. Brpwn, Ll3 ; G. Sadler, LlB. -** IfcC. Reserve. —E. de Malmanche, L 24 ; E. Ditely, L 26. were Y.vr/?!" '!;•>. { Cr Kissel arid HfanWorahip the' Mayor■ Sverraf^oiTO^^ iiehalf of. the Council."" ;.. ~ _. I . , ..... DEMCIBIfCY:,- ,-.,•, - , -rx-i-% j it W*a|rU that pWti(*lW <jf the latejßlerk's account be furnished to his Burety, and that the latter be requested to comply with the .^rmso'f'hißdjofidHt) ' i : 'J ~ ; t) T:M <""'.'T Cr 4 bej . asked^jjepl# letter ,rel^-,' t)ve .'tp the charges, m«4ft*gftin»t.the&>«nr cil for the maintenance of .tlie 'Akaroa, .. • ■~«■•» < r »,• ».f i) j x'tn if. j . •■■ / j?-> ~<* ;>| I /.., y. ' '■ ■" | Pursuant f ti ' notjeii'Or 1 that rate .qf%ls,in,.tb.e; £ :'be r .strflqk,.|^ojb # e > payable-in pneisuniiion tl»* next. —Carried* ]>■>:■„ n-.-.h.uiiA ■A , r-i'h'.n*:

TheiGoijncJilithen ; adjourned. 1 *=.< .n f.l-.vi