GENERAL ROAD BOARD.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2771, 4 January 1872, Page 2

GENERAL ROAD BOARD.

Tifis Day. A meeting of the General Road Board was held to-day. Pr.sent-His Honor the Superintendent, Messrs Reid and Bradshaw. The following rates were sanctioned : Meadow Bank, Deborah Bay, 6d in the pound ; Jacob’s Eun, 2d per acre; Clai’endon, Is in the pound ; Lambton, 4d in the pound ; Warepa, Is in the pound; Waimatuku, 3d per acre. Postponed for report, Mount Royal and Mosgiel. It wq.s resplyed that on condition of payment into the Treaspry hy the N. E. Hajrbor Rpad Rqard of yearly rates amounting to pot less than LI 00, the Government WjU pay the outstanding vouchers tq the amqppt of L 175. On the application by the Pine Hill Road Board for permission to borrow L2OO, it was resolved that the Board will be prepared to decide the matter .at its next meeting, and to sanction the loan on condition that the number of ratepayers is sufficient. The road applied by S. E. Green to be closed was agreed to be inserted in the next Roads Diversion Ordinance. It was resolved to proceed against Mr T. L, Salmond for permitting gorse to be spread on to the road line under the Provincial Acts Validation Act, 1867. The local road board at Kurimito having collided, directions were given to fill up the vacancies under part 9, section li}, P. R. Ordinance, 1865. In the case of the Kaikorai toll gate, it was resolved that ft is inexpedient to interfere with the existing arpngerpent, Mr James Tait’s application to purchase the rqad lipe, South Molyueux, was provedRegarding hfr Short’s road, Pipe Hill, it ■yyps agreed tq adopt the propqspl epibodied in Mr M'Glashan’s and the Conppissioner’s report. In regard to South bridge, it was resolved to cancel the previous precept, with a view of enabling the Road Board to commence proceedings de. novo, the former proceedings having been irregular.