MANAWD HIGHWAYS BOARD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 92, 13 July 1880, Page 2

MANAWD HIGHWAYS BO ARD.

The'Boar^ißiQtflifePalinejJßtoa on" Thursday last! * Present'— Messrs Dalrymple (Chairman), M'Kenzie, Farmer, Brace, M'Ewen, M'Pherson, and Gifford. It was resolved to remit one-half of the rates payable by Mr Akers, of Karere, on account of damage done tp his prdp'erty throjagh the floodl "With reference to the proposed separation of the Carnarvon and SandpnTVards from r the Board, and their .formation' into a separate jEigh-'j ways District, the Colonial Secretary wrote, asking if the B r oard had any objection to the proposed course. Resolved, '* That the Board .has no' objection to the separation of Sandon and Carnarvon, and that the Chairman be authorised to inform the Government of the financial position of each Ward.."- - . Mr Govrer applied for a reduction o_f rates ou VI r Larkworthy's jiropcx'ty. if The application, which was similar to that recently rhade to the County Council, was granted. The following tenders were accepted : — For the erectioa of a bridge on the Halcqmbß-F^ilduigroad, £25 '18s 6d, J. H. Ihle^; for work on Moutpa road, £39 9s, Michael Soanlan ; and for works required on Bank's-, road, .€l4O, E. Buchanan. „ The j j resjolutions : were . passed :—" Tfiat on W4 after the Ist October, 1878, the accounts of the Board should<;be adjusted' so 'that the executive.; expanse, be, at a percentage on jjl money -.expended by the Board.". ..V :,,;;.. • c: Th.as thrpe months' notice be given, to theengineor that bis services be dispensed with," " That v after this date, the expenses contracted by the members of tho insTOadN>f as at present out of the funds oi'tlie Board." A ttotioa to reduce the salary of

the secretary, from £125 to £100 per iMiuum, was negatived. •''That the secretary be instructed to make out a balance-sheet, from Ist October, 1878, to the present date, for each ward, of money expended, and how expended." " That the secretary prepare a statement of the amount of expenses of members up to date by next meeting."