WAITAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 630, 10 May 1878, Page 2

WAITAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

On ro.sumiiiL; after tin; adjournment for Ir.ncli yvrti-rilny, the Council fixed the l'ato for the year at one penny in die pound, A hitter was read from the Clerk to tin.' Otop<>;>o 'Road IJoard, asking for a refund •v LiVlh die amount expanded 1 >y then: on tito jiahuno-fvik.-uitu road, uinco it ho«!V>io a Ooumy road. — Oa the castinu vole of tin, airman it was decided not :•> i-oiilply v.-ifi the re<iu -st. Tiie Inspector's report, dealing with a .iinidplieity of m;uk:r«, was read. On tins lengthy report of the' i-Jtiginuors b. iiiLj read. the following deoisi'.'.'.-.s wore ■rimd at : —lt w;is "".Mered i.'iat tenders i'G called for the amount of gravel reinired on tin; iiioeraki road, and. that as vii!ii as the Ivikaimi road li'is settled sniHeieiifly the j'ingimier should, bo em;lowered to call for Djndevn for metalling i'. It was agreed. than a footpath lie t 'rmed from thy junction of the Weston road tu the town boundary, as suggested by the jfCngineiir. Wit.ii reference to the ••oiid at- Elderalie. it was rusolvact iliac the Eirjiiieci' report on tin 1 . pivihiiblo cost of r,!ij s road, ;i; i d arrange with I\lr. i\.eid a.s no the UHjpi.t'aon to bo paid by him. Tenders were ordered to be invited for rbo i*i-ui)ir of the bridges 011 Pjjj .Island Mill, Vv'a arekn. On tl-.o tiUii ion of Mi', Johnston. tond-. vz were rj-d.-.red to be called for t he 'oi'iuati <ll of the road from I/iviug.iton to iV.ii'ii'oka. (Pi ;:io nio! to;i o? Mr. Mureoit, it was reso.ved, '■ Tuat all aero be surveyed oil the northern portion of the eastern

division of block XXXVIL, Hampden, as a reserve fur a nnnnd. and that the survey be S3»t t.> I;i = ■ V. js.o L..uJ.s Board for approval."—Carried. The offers of Messrs. Newlands and Williams to give land required for roads, the former for LSO and the latter at LlO per acre, were acceptod. On the motion of Mr. Duncan, it was decided to call for tenders for metalling certain portions of road in the Pnpakaio district. Accounts to tho amount of L 1123 lis, (itl. were passed for payment. Mr. Craig sent in his resignation as a member of the Board for Otepopo riding, as he was leaving the district. Tt was resolved, " That the resignation, with an expression of regret at his departure. lie accepted." The Council then adjourned.