MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.
During the sitting of the Council the following accounts were passed :--F. K. Crowther, 18s; J. W. Liddell. £1 Is9d; J. Coley, 12s ; Manawatu Times, £8 5s 6d ; J. Linton, £5 10s; T. Mitchell, £1 10s; W. Osborn, salary, £12 10a; J. McCulloch, salary, £12 10s. J. Birchley: Refund security and construction break wind, £13 ; repair of roads (March) £169 19s Id, (April) £75 3s lOd ; building groins, Awahuri Bridge, £145 195. . Bow & Mangan,contract, £200 ; E. &C. Corporation contract, £228 j Blockings & Bickles contract, £373 14m 6dj J. Barton, engineer's services, £77 13s 4fcdj P. W. .Ruck, clerical assistance, £3 10s ; F. W. Foster, copying Valuation Roll, Manchester Highway, £3 j Manchester Highway Board, forms of copy of Valuation 801 l and carriage, £1. .-■'.'- The following memorandum from R. "Ward, Esq., was also read :— ,' ''Population of. the Manawatu County according to the census-taken March, 1878. *— Kiwitea ; population, 46 ; dwellings, 14. Manchester ; population, 1765 ; dwellings, 897. Orouas population, 607; dwellings, 130. Kawakawa ; population, 656 ; dwellings, 135^ Tabnui t population, 772 ; dwel--179. Awahou : population, 824 ; dwellings, 171. Horowhenua t population, 192 ; dwellings, 43. Total population, 4862; total dwellings, 1069. [It will be observed m the foregoing totals that J have not in£luded Palmerston North, as that is not, a part of the County of P^anawatu]— (Signed) R. Wabd, R.M."
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 65, 25 May 1878, Page 3
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220MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 65, 25 May 1878, Page 3
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