Pelorus Road Board.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 64, 5 September 1890, Page 3

Pelorus Road Board.

1 A meeting of . tile above . Board jwas held on S^pternber f 3rd...present; Messrs i Davis (in .the chair), Dillon, . 1 DuncnnjS. 1 Looms,' J and - Inmanh,: U>The minutes.f ,of .the ; preyiqus r meeting were read and confirmed. The outward correspondence .having [been 'read.., a ] j letter,., was. mead from, the, Picton Rdad j j Board yaking for the snra of £3 towards [making a track.up the, left,hand branch I»t , : Waikalcaho, and £l3 IQs. for, making entrance into the. valley. ... : v : ■ j An application for license to mine ‘under the mohd- was received tfdm’Mf Coliri McDonald, and : was .grantell:subject to the same;; terms I and-j Conditions as; the pther licenses* / The Secretary, was instructed to wpte, to, the, Alice-Fyll [and the Mahakipa,wa Alluvial Gold Mining Companies re their renti < [,,,-Mr;-' Davies, reported : that he,, had received a,.suggestion frora..MivM a bpf’», the matter in dispute relative,,to 4he ■ flow of water through: )iis land should i be; settled byiarbitration. . .It was resolved that the matter be! subn|U|ed to the; consent "of,tae.fi ( ettTers interested. ■ The action of the Secretary ih'fegkrd to plans of the district and tresspass roads was approved and and endorsed, 'the Board considering that a. 'consider-i able amount would be saved thereby. A deputation'from settlers in the' .Kaituna . Valley, consisting 0f... Messrs T. Camefoa ,and Reader waited 'on; the Board to ask that a track be made . from Okaramio to the \Vaikakaho.; After hearing the deputation and the report of -the Inspector,thereon, it was resolved That tenders,, be called for raak^|f% o ikeic ? ffditf''OSftVaini i (i’to the

Waikakaho. Tenders to be in by next ■ ,y!X The Inspector’s report on the state ,of > rth«[ roa,dß , having- been .re.ad, [itho Secretary was instructed to write to the Pictpn .Road Board and ask them if they are' willing to pay half the cost of makingf a passable- road from, the VUairau to tlie junction of the right and left hand branches of the .^aikakaho River.’ i The Secretary w;as directed to inform ‘the Pictoh Road Board that this Board could not pay the £3 asked for, as it wap spent outside the Board’s district, but that they were willing, to pay.half, the •actual cost of making the entrance into the.:valley. !i TheThspectorwks author! Sed'tbspend a sum, not exceeding £5 on the triu-k between Mahakipawa' and Waikakaho. It was resolved that an application’ be madeiio Government'fora subsidy of £ for £: tb the extent of £2O0 ti -tovyards making and improving the track between Mahakipawa and Havelock. The. Secretafy' was directed to prepare a'• Statement of the receipts and expenditure in, each sub-division for the ■past year. • ' After 1 passing accounts the Board adjourned.