UPPER MOTUEKA ROAD BOARD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 143, 19 June 1877, Page 4

UPPER MOTUEKA ROAD BOARD.

A apecial meeting of the above! waa held on Saturday to receive the balbnce sheet. . '

-'After the confirmation of minutes of last meeting, and the signing pfUhe balance-sheet, a letter from the Trea-

aury, WellingtOD, was read, stating .Ha \ the sum of £126 Oa lid had beerj remitted to theeredit of the district account at the' Union Baok of Aaa'trai lia^Nelaon, beiDg'th^ proportion' payable to the Board in respect of the! net earn of £630 4a; 7d, subsidies land revenues accruing to the County of Waimea. Bead, a~ letter from (the Pnblio Works Office, -Wellington,! requesting the statement reqoired byjthe 13th section of the Public Works Act, 1876- The; Secretary stated thaj he had filled ap tbe schedule from lthe ' pteaent balance sheet, as it would 1 - be almost, impossible to give _>' correct return for the year endiag March 31st as required by the Act. rßeceived a . t telegram and letter irom the Public Works ""Office, Wellington, with rejer- '; e_t_e"-_ k letter i'dtfrestHeo the Wair mea ; County Coaccil by I; the Boird, particulariaiog theexpebdilure required on the main- Hue 0^ road from Nelson v tb CW^atport, and^atatihgHhat l the Miniater for Public" Works ht^d given J inalruotidns for the sum pf" £1,900 to i>e placed to the oredit of the Board . to carry out the following works within the district, viz., from' Waiinea Road Board boundary to Motiieka;- ritjer, £600; from Motueka river to Newport's, .i£?ooj from Newport's to Hope Valljsy, £400,* from Hope Valley' ( to County, boundary, £600j on the -p^6, s gf ihe [ route from the Motueka -river~to the Buller river, to make gnod damage •done by flood, £100. The letter also : "'' Mated that an amount bad; aiso been placed ai the disposal of the Waimea Road Board for worka on the same rdad

witbin tbeir district. A postscript asked acceptance on condition and 'name of banker^ to be wiredv The telegram stated that if - mooey not .scheduled early this ' month it' will lapge. The Seoretary reported' having wired acceptance. Resolved that the

Secretary, ii_ writing to the Secretary -for-Pttbiur Works the" acceptance* of the £1,900 by the Board upon conta tion named, namely — that thtJYßoaVd undertakes to expend the same on the works-' abovementioned -i- also inform him that' tbe telegram of the 6th and the letter of the 9ih came by our weekly mail on the 13tb,, and that reply was forwarded by post to Foxhill telegraph station the sama'! day. A letter was read froth 'Mr D. Kerr, directing attention to the very bad state of the main South road. Resolved, That Mr Kerr •be informed that the repairs will be seen to as soon as possible.— Read a letter from the Motueka Board stating that it had no funds to make the road through Byrne's sections, Baton Valley, passable for carts, bat if this Board would pay oyer a fair proportion of the £300 received for tbat road, and the settlers interested an equivalent sum, it would reconsider the -natter.— Mr Griffith laid before the Board Mr Drummond's account for work doae on the Wangapeka Track amounting to £38 7e 6d, and certified ; ti»at work to that value h a d oeeQ duly performed.-— Resolved, That Mr Drnmmond's account be recommended to the favorable consideration of the Government.—Resolved, That tenders be in-

Tited for the new road over Spooner's Range as soon as notice is received that the grant ia at the disposal of, the Board. —Resolved, That the Overseer carefolly examine the above l.oe-of road, and ascertain if it i a possible to shorten it without increasing tbe gradients.-!- : Resolved, That the next meeting 6e r held on the 7th July as 10 a.m.— -Re* eoived, That the County Council be solicited to apply to the Government respecting the grant for. the Pigeon Valley Road so urgently needed .-L" Resolved, That Mr Symes be appointed to prepare suggestions for the-infor-mation and guidance of the Govefnbaeht in framing a Roau Board law appliclble to the whole colony. j