Charitable Aid Board

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 102, 5 March 1887, Page 3

Charitable Aid Board

' '-\ A^m^ting of the United Charitable $i<£ :?^ al^ °£ ' : Wanganni and. Patea was: held this morning. There »we present — Messrs Freeman B. Jackson (chairman), Beckett, Sanson, Pol«bn, Beunie, Macarthur, : .; Wilson, &Uotin, and Tyeinian. A litter was tread' from the Pafcea representative, 3Str il Adams, stating that the train Arrangements precluded his attendance. The solicitor's opinion on the levying" of contributions for the maintenance of children at the Industrial school was read. .Mr Maearthur took •exception, to MrFitzherbert's conclusions, and said the opinion was contradictory. A discussion ensued, .during which the voluntary system of <jontributibng was compared with the order of things. Mr Maearthur J characterised the whole system as trotten, and.protestedj as he had done 5n the 'Houses ' against a provision which allowed the levying of a rate on houses and buildings, while fche mortgager or the holder of shares was £pt laid under contribution. In ro«pect to providing for the maiatenof children committed to an industrial school, the following return <was laid on the table :— Total value district, £4,352,678; -total Value of Patea and Patea county '£680,436. A rate at lOd per £1000 'would provide £218, and lid rate £240 The 21 children were maintained at a cost of £401 9s. Mr " Beckett proposed a lOd rate per £1000 voreif the whole district, but an ob-leefiofr-was raised to the proposition r e : ffect that the amount for which oach subdivision was Kable should be stated* it was pointed out that

, Eangitikei under the present rate wojild contribute about £130, while th<a amount expended on relief there was only about £90. A discussion then took, place on the administration ' of the fuuds, an opinion being ex- ; pressed that the new arrangements had a tendency to encourage extrava- | gance among, the several subdivisions, as each local body would want to spent as much as it contributed. It was also pointed out that the districts would take exception to paying for a relieving officer for Wanganui alone. Both Mr Peat and Mr Poison said, as far as they were concerned, the local bodies with which they were connected would just vote their contributions and have done with the matter. The Board then adjourned till two o'clock, the Secretary in'the meantime was to prepare a return showing the contribution which would have to be levied for the maintenance of industrial school children and charitable aid. •....■