NELSON BOARD OF WORKS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 238, 7 October 1871, Page 2

NELSON BOARD OF WORKS.

0 Friday, October 6. Present: all the members;; except Mr. D. Burns. A motion was brought forward by Mr. Webb to the effect that the Maori, houses on the Port Road which have hitherto been exempt from the payment of rates should cease to be so any longer. ' The discussion was postponed until, the next "meeting, of the. Board. ■-„ .■ /. ; ...A: stone 1 culvert was > ordered rto be across Van 1 Dietnari Street- near the Rising Sun Inn. c! „ „, „ A lengthy" discussion 1 ensued gupon the sewerage question and it was determined, that the members of the Board should endeavor to obtain the Requisite number of signatures. „ * The' assessment for Sjtfcks B, D, E, E, and Gf} were returned-com-plete. •^The- Surveyor was' instructed tfr remove the projections in the. 'Broo^: Street Bridge without delay. • lA : letfer^as te^^eaj frb&|Mesjrk J. Scottt and JVHarley offering to lend ? twp horses and carts if the Board would make up that portion of Halifax Street between Trafalgar and Collingwood Streets. Re-

solved, that the offer be accepted so soon as the prison labor can ba obtained. : ; The Surveyor was instructed to write to Captain Cock, complaining of 'the dangerous state of? the road crossings of the Dun Mountain tramway. . The Surveyor was iustructed to get a portion of Manuka :Streetig'rayelle t dJ'4eati:: ihe residence of Mr. Catley. The Board then adjourned until Friday, the 20th inst. ■ T.. '': '■;