Wirikino Road Board.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 279, 20 August 1889, Page 3

Wirikino Road Board.

The usual monthly meeting of the above board was held at the Chairman's residence, Totara. on Satur. day 17th August at 1.30 p.m. Present — Wardens J. Davies (chairman), J. R McDonald, J. Kebbell, and E. Gascoigue. The following resolutions were agreed to. , That tho rate of three farthings in the pound bn the rateable value of all proporties in the Wirokino Rop 4 Board district of which due not'ji cc has boen given be now confirmed That owing to the great df iman^ on the funds of the Board for felling the bush on the road lines i v t }j 0 pastoral sections sold by JJiq Wellirigtoii and Manaw*_i*tuEaiWa;y Comipany it is hereby resolve^ that for the present the Board w.o'_i not agree io pay for felling the ,> JU8 h on the road lines in any <•£• the townships laid off by the Of .mjrpany, provided that if the adjacfjot owners choose to fall such, bush and wait for payment until such time as the Board is in fund-*, they may do so. That the ac'don of the Chairman in publicly noti-iv ing that a special rate of five Sixteenths of a penuy in the pounc lon the rateable val h of all pro pc rtv. s, other than Crown and Native lands within the meaning of the Cr.'O'tvn and Native Lands Act 1882, iti the Wirokino Road Board distri<*fc for the purpose of paying inter* jst and other annual charges on tb iq loan he now. confirmed. 1 J a/At the Chairman and Warden J£eT;bell be appointed to sign the rat' 4 book. ' jphat Mr Bartholomew be granted le ave to erect two {rates across the district road running from Horo '."■ flhenua to the beach, provided that he agrees to remove them after re--ceiving due notice from the Board to do so. That the f ourpounds recommended by the c ngvneer as an allowance to Jjj* Retter to. keep the road in repair until lis contract is finished, be granted. That tke Chairman and Warden jfcTcDona'ld be instructed to get the bush cleared otf from section 16 Block 2, and from Essex street ad- ' joining. Th,at the report of the committee j re s'a ection of Road Board site be [ adiflpted. That Mr Douglas Wallace be appointed clerk to the Board at a salary af £30 per annum and rate collector at a remuneration of five per cent on all rates collected, except on Crown and Native lauds. , That the Chairman and Warden McDonald be a commit .cc to receive •and accept tenders for the Muhunoa ' East road. That the report of the committee ) te toll g ate be adopted by thi. Board, who also under ake the management ] of the t( )ll gate, and the Chairman is t hereby authorised to take all neces- ■ Bary stcjps to carry out this ariangement. < IgjThaA applications ba called trom { JKrJ.ed mm willing to undevtake ] tße duty of permanent way man on the 1 'ouuty and District roads near , Wirokino :»Aid col ector <• f tolls. I Applications 'o be sent in ou or 1 V>efore Fnday, 20th Sep ember, addressed to the Chairman Wirokino ' Koad Board, Post-officH, Koputuro. ] The fo.lowing acccouuts were , pawed for payment: C. Richard, , £7 :T. w ells v £3 lis 6d ; J. and W. < <Gowie» £2 -^s and £1 9s; Mark i Williams, £\S 19 6d ; 'Ihos. Bevan, £41 lis 4d; James Hreen, £4 15s; ! R. Gascoigne, 17s 6d; C. Retter, .£35 ; D. and G. Partridge, deport, , £5; McAuhffe and Y.ung, £7; O'Leary, £80, £7, and £4 8s; H. Ud dsen, £8; postages, £5. The Board then adjourned.