MANCHESTER HIGHWAYS BOARD.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 98, 18 September 1878, Page 2

MANCHESTER HIGHWAYS BOARD.

' a „ B f; J - r i- r 'J?9u OiiU !tn ,0:1/3. '^OfT : As there- was no> quorum on the 7th September, itie^day^pp^ted/fbiiiWJaoaEd] to meet, ,fhe. m^ting r .was\ ftdjq.u.rned^tlie, 13tli when the .■foTltfwitfg^aWteh? ;^werev present :-^MeBSPB jMacarthiit ttfet ei^ai}^ Bailey, and Bartholomew. CQM-MirJSriOAW(MTa 3JBOEJYBD. , A; telegram was received from Mr Henderson .and other Bettler3.~-Tlie Secretary was : instructed to communicate with the Manawatu Board, as requested, _ . Petition were receivedt^rdin-lMessra liash: and* others, .Halcombe^j'Messra^'Spots and others, Eeilding ; ai^\M>s3r*"'(|[pTer and others, Feilding.^— fGMfev.Engiti&er^^ was instructed to. prepare SfTeport ap^dtftheir sub- ' jecfc: matter, to be submitted and considered afc the next meeting of the Board.. i t.EtorjDßßa BEOBfcpai^ -fra>Tfi'i<l Ifannestead's Eoad. — John Aitken—^clearing, and buahfalhng, £l"3s 6d pW'chain; diverting creek, formation, building .bridges, &C, £J32 — " accepted. 5 8. Poole— clearing and bu3hfalling,t£l 2s per oliaig; ; divecting creek, formation, building bridges, &c, x d635, — declined,, being informal; no 'deposit? J yiJ <^ Mr PPioest application -wa» granted v uppn payment of a sum to be stated by the Engine^. : cianilMQ^t^ Resolved — That tenders be ;f f called,. .^r work on the Bunny thorpe road. ' " '■' . AJ3COJTKTS. tfiSSB&.'J .'i(i'U[)<t H. J. Booth: £03 7a 6d,i P. Onrreeb, :£$ 10s ; J;-W.' ; BiackmSre^^7Wiim ii,%d'eW.son,£7 16s. The Board then adjqurngd until the 6th o£ October^ V^i; The foUowin^s District Auditor's report Board's accounts i — "■Feilding, 28th August, 18713. w Tbj9Proyincial District Auditor, has the honor to state/ fox^ th£ information, of the G^bvernment, * that" the bpbks and" accounts of the Manchester Highway's Board for the . yoar ending 31st Marcli last, have been m;- -; speeted, and to report that the affairs of this Bpard were- found to, be- m a satisfactory condition. f] T LO T TT "The rate boo^antt^-casli' accoujvb required by" law ta be kept, were iouijd to. be duly wsM!s^to&&ej aftaOiletftliyMißß rate levied for the- periodf m. question had been collected. The balance sheet of the Board, is at the special request d£ tb,e : Auditor General, transmitted, herewith, to be dealt with ag. recent legislation may require. Would the Hon. Wifonial Secretary be pleased to forward the latter document • to the Audit Department, with a request that it be returned to the Chairman ol the Board as soon as-jconvenjent. • . : (3ooi«iß(.oM)i(kßiirEa|jj'iO I District Auditor. "The Hon. Oolom»rSwre^, v 51 " WeUingtoni?io^rmri; >, ;,-isT