BOARD OF WORKS.
Friday, December 12. The usual feting was held;to-d&y. \..AU\tha members present except Mr ' Hooker. A ' A letter was read from the RegistrarGeneral, asking for a return of certain statistics of the rateable property, &c., In thej town, for the year endingSlst_)ocemr' ber, 1873. .•••..■;-. x. Tbe Surveyor called the attention of the Board to the discovery by Mr Scott of a large deposit of first-class sand "in Ngaiiawa-street. Good sand for building . and plastering purposes is -^extremely-' scarce, but there seems to be an inexhaustible supply at the spot named. Mr R. Burn moved that • persons be allowed to remove sand from Ngatiawastreet, under the supervision of the Sur,veyor ? upon payment of v6d per load.— Carried. (-: ' ' . [ ,' The Surveyor reported that , the qssess.ment for the current year was in the hands of the Collector, who would attend to receive the rates at the office of hthe Board, on Monday nest, from nine a.m. to four p.m, . , Cheques were signed to the amount of £61 155, and the Board adjourned.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 299, 13 December 1873, Page 2
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170BOARD OF WORKS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 299, 13 December 1873, Page 2
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