To the Editor of the Nelson Evening Mail.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 115, 17 May 1871, Page 2

To the Editor of the Nelson Evening Mail.

Sir,—l hear that a request is to be made by the constituency to jthe members representing the city 'ta 'the Provincial •Council 1 to' meet theta -befoi'B- the Water Exteusjqu; and- • ■fx-as.works j.-jLa-y.-*- comes before the House, for the purpose of ex- : 'paining - to the ' r&t'epaVars/"th& 'probable effect upen;-ther ,present [income derived from the Water-*r.ates and tbe rate levied jby.-.th-Qj Board of <■- ,-• *.- y( * j ,-. It appears that a dealof misapprehension exists in tne minds of the ratepayers as to the source from whence the proposed ioaio js to be -derived.. Many of the townspeople 'have an idea that theS loan is to be part of VtipfS the fact ia, that the Loan is"fo~Be raised independent ■ -of* iM' jtfojecY tklo^eikS, iWI-tfiS' i&c&ity to be offq^Qji if $he Rregpnt jajej^ievied

works do not pay, the existing water rates and Board of Works revenue is to be impounded .to pay^the sinking fund aud ;i merest^ oh tlik nfvtf loan; Consequently it j;|s .a natter in which the .citizens are pertibeir convening a meeting of their representatives to explain the matter to them is quite constitutional, and warranted by the possible serious consequences which may follow the carrying into effect of the proposed works. I think that, for the satisfaction of the ratepayers, a balance-sheet should be published half-yearly of the financial state of the water works; at present the public are entirely in the dark as to whether it. is a Successor not.' ' ' '' ' ' (v I am, &c, . . ■ - .K.