MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 98, 26 September 1877, Page 3

M ANA WATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

An adjourned meeting of the Countyf Council was held m " the County Chambers on Wednesday, 19th, Sept. at? 30 p.m." ' , ; ■■'■ present; : "■'<■'■ ■'■■ ,€jrs; McNeil, Loudon, Simeon/ MeIfonald, and Thynne (Chairman). The minutes of the previous meeting tferereMa^d confirmed. ; '■'■>, ,A letter was read 'from the Colonial Secretary's office stating that it is the intention of the Government to pay the ; fiSlib'sidy for the current year ty two Instalments m October and March next. . Also one from the Treasury informing - the Chairman that subsidies are payable under the " Financial Arrangements ; Act," and must be computed, for each 'year, on the amount received as general iates up to one shilling in the pound for the year ending on the 31st March previous. ;. , . . The Chairman a'slced' the Council tp pass the sum of ifiiß 8s lid, for Mr xJook, the Eeturning officer; In answer to a question hestatedthat^fr Gbot had ' Been appointed only for '■ tb7e' j(£#ai Hou "Biding. ' Cr. McNeii was of opinion it would be better to ( haVe toe Returning . officer for the whole County. Cr. Sanson thought it wo^tPd be cheaper to appoint an official in the various Bidings s&<£ moved that Mr George Hedges," of Sandon bie ap- .': pointed Returning officer for' the' Oroua ' and Kawa 3£awa IKdihgsV ,- . Qr. LotiDOßr moved" as an amendment, Crl MdDoiTALi),' seconding, that Mr, J.U. Cook, be: appointed Tleturning officer for the whole County; witn power to appoint deputies. He thought some of the iCeturning officers might; , hereafter a'spire to lfe Councillorsi ,: After some discussion the amendment was put and carried.' , . Cr. Samson proposed the motifeh adjourned frotil last meeting,' '' That a rate '■■ of sixpence m the £ on the annual valued of properties m the Manawatu County be levied ih' accordance with . clause 107 of the Cbuhties Act 1876 at . the next meeting^ of ffss ; Council!." He would. liKe to Keep 1 the rate as low r as possible. , . Cr. M6lSei£ a'sl&ay now would it be iQgjj.that Palmerston .has become, a ifi^P^h? fle would tie pleased^ if a r'afeof only sixpence m the £ were struck. \ The ChaieHa^n said that owing to the increased valuation of properties By the &st lists it gjaVe th© County 'a ; .suin ; of £1400 by a' sixt>ehhy rate excluding tW Palmerston Municipality. This idjournnient having been agreed to Upon ft motion' of CounciUbr McArthur : to «ffprdj^CoiL&ilU) t Bfeicpmbe a further opppi'hiniiy of dhallerij^g the estimates >nd eipectihg that wta hftye Been present,' he had prepared a statement shewirigithe.re'veiiuetOnd expenditure for the Sidings of and Ewitea and f or the five othe? Bidiiigs T^hic'h shews as w follbws :*' ; MANCHESTER AND Kr^ilSlA 4 ; , . Expended 1 arid 1 yotedii^^^Kimbblton Ifoad £300; : Palmersttin to Gorge Road, £150} Kiwitoa x Eoad, £210; Lower Gforge Ferry," £314;. Cohtingencitfs, £20 ; r Dog tax, £6 ; Percentage of cost, Working Expenses and .. Expenses mcunfed, £345 jfTotal £1345. TAONUI AND 4^ QTHEB HIDINGS. Expenditui'e.— Boadsmamtetfance£l23o; Roads Formation, £1135; Feirffis £130 ; Dog tax, £16 ; P^rcerifege of cost Worfctig > Expenses, £865 : Total £3376. MANCHESTEB JOSfT) XXWITBA*. Eevenua^-Halt year's itftsidy rdceiv'ed; £377;&Half year's sttbridy to be received, £238. ; Half year's. Subsiay td be received, £119 jJßafce on £17291,ut 6d, inthig, £432 • Public house license's £120 f Dog tax' re--(Jeivedi andto b> receiW £30 ; Eental Lower Sorge Ferry, £25 : Total £1341. „;v v :>-. .TAONTTI, OEOUA, KAWXKAWA, AWAHOU^; '„. JtST> HOBb^HENitfA HIDINGS. : Berenue— ailf year's etHwidy Aceived, £591 ; Half year's subsidY to be receiyed' £806 ; Half ye^s .siibßifiy tor be received " £403 jßateon %7M;;ai6.€ftnthe4 £967 •/ Public house Ucense, £2TO;^iEfeg taii 1 , £170 ; : Fqxtpn Ferry, £74 ; Auction^nf aMd Saw-' ler's licenses £90 ; Total £347 T. Frdin these the expenditure" and re*."'

venue w^ll be seen to agree within a pound, j&r so. m both cases andtKerefore give the -clearest answer to tHe accusa,tionß,that hate been so frequently levelled m ptitside prints against the judgment,of a- majority ; of the Council. He therefore trusted that". the general pttblic would see that the Council had been actuated thrptighout by a sincere desire t6 do iirh^t wtts" fair to all parts of the cottntji. ..It seemed that the representatives of the would be injiired Eidiifgs had but d poor case seeing that on no occasion, had they been ready to urge m thejr .plage""in . the Council the icharges ifliich had eminated from their head quarters. The case seemed to be either that the charges of unMrness whidh pittside i the ; Cpuncil^^^ithey hstd so freely charged upbfi the majority of tne Council would not stand good, seeing that m their place m the Council.they Had never applied" for any further sum's* of inpney. tha,n what they obtained; shewing therefQre that they had got #hat was fair; or to suit some ulterior object thfey had ch^p^en to grossly neglect the* interests of their constituents by not applying driringtlie past four or five months during which the estimates had be'eri before th'e Council for any further expenditure within their Hidings, axrd that ef en after, as an Act of coottesy,; Hie majority df rUie Council had agreed to an adjournment to meet their convenience they had not seen fit to be present. ..._/. ,i ' '[. ',-. The motion w'Ss put arid carried. (To be cpntinued).