DEDWOOD HIGHWAY BOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1675, 1 July 1875, Page 3

DEDWOOD HIGHWAY BOARD.

(To the Editor of the Evening Slar.l i Sm,-At a meeting held in the ib:.<V;.l School, Dedwood, Mr Morton rtated' ;;/a.L '.] | was the means of keeping a sim of ;i» iney | from the Board by means of a p-otestj The protest was lodged on the 18fti, ant? they received the!money on the 29 h. I Joined the protest with the collector jn acctfant of Wo** being done not ordered b' the Board. as the mimitet-Jbook will shew. I asked Mr ' JJacre for Ae'*minute-book on fee 16th, and i ieceivedi«% the 17th. We h& no meeiing I from the Sof May np tdthe 28th o! a' ■M?3 8' rifnient grant of mUey £182 7s and only t^p roads are formed md metalled with scoria] ash. About 60 lads at 6s per" «»<i, according to contract, -rionld be £18. I wuat it took for forming the ritd I have no j jdea, as nopay-aheet was ever presented for Übour. The next street is Wallace-street. . itoat was ordered to be done (Ji the 14th m TJ£ Y> *°, be, formed and metalldi with scona W .Th e l«>gth of the street!is 1076. feo*, a«h J r« adth °f 12 feet- 120 M^ds of SCO- a aau at 6s per load, contract, £38. These two' roads are made with Governmeot grant. As l^f rDg the road ' J have n?idea what it cost, as I never sawa pay-eheeif or labour. A oP~*T account has to be priented to the ; 2p»tendent how this monet is laid out, jjl&^moiint of rates collected dp to the 28th £364. On the sTuth side of: College E^d, £164 18s 7d has lfeen collected, wad not afcve £12 worth of labbir done. Th«/ £164 18s \d forms part of thl £364. Mr j Si-iLi: 'vt '' ■" ■*r V ' f*• -^ f'

$^Wt3 D g, stete( i thai a v]^W tZTT 1 Purse- intend, whethj r on thf faking he pr OXleß | legal, as he ban put °-F- o his namef-I am, &c. §• A. Black, • A]!|mber of the Board.