POHANGINA COUNCIL COUNTY.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9013, 28 November 1907, Page 2

POHANGINA COUNCIL COUNTY.

The ordinary meeting was heh\ yesterday. Present: Crs. Brown. ( chairman), Handley, Burne, Smith, Howie. Leave of absence was given to Ur. Jackson. CORRESPONDENCE. Prom Superintendent of Electric Lines, stating that there was a deficiency of £l3 (is 7d on the working of Komako-Ngaputahi telephone.— Responsibility of the Council in the matter to bo inquired into, Prom N. T. Beetham, Taurata, for pormisssiou to fence along edge of road formation. —Granted. From Hawke’s Bay Timber Company, declining to assist in raising a loan for construction of Opawa road. Prom Stock Inspector, Feilding, with directions for using rabbit poison. From P. S. Guy, agreeing co allow Council to take metal from pit on section 10, block 7, in considera* tiou cf his being allowed to graze on reserve No. 35. —Offer accepted. .Prom'Superintendent of Electric Wires, asking Council to suggest a Maori name for Table Plat Office, —The Council thought the present name was sufficient. From Mr R.- A. Dick, Apiti, asking that road to his section be fenced, —Held oyer. • From Robt. Richardson, stating that he could not finish his contract for delivery of metal on Apiti Yalley Road.—The Council refused to accept the surrender of the contract. From j. A, Smith, Table Flat, asking permission to transfer to his sou’s lease of reserve No. 40.—Leave given. From H. Sr. Muudy, with an account for clearing slips on To Awa road.—Payment refused as no authority had been given to do the work. I From P. McConnell, Apiti, fox 1 permission to erect a fence on Reid’s road to give a right-of-way to lead water to the Domain ground.— Held over, REPORTS. ... The Treasurer reported; The general fund dr. £3234 10s 3d, loan account cr. £913 Is sd. Hiding accounts in debit:—Awatou £352 11s, Coal Creek £375 2s 4d, Mangaono £255 14s 3d, Mangapikopiko £407 Cs Gd, Pohangina £483 19s lOd, Tamaki £7OO, Umutoi £1337 9s. The accounts to he submitted for payment totalled £420 5s sd. I have been advised that the Government has placed £750 oii the Supitlementary Estimates as a grant towards cost of repair of Pohaugina bridge. The Engineer reported on the progress of the works in the County. OTHER BUSINESS. At the annual meeting Mr B. W. Brown, on the motion of’Gr. Howie, seconded by Or. Handley, was anauimously reflected chairman. S The balance-sheet for the year end, tug March 31st, 1907, was adopted, It showed receipts from all sources —£14,385 17s Id—of which £5215 was * received from rates. . £3719 was spent in road maintenance. The priuicpal point, however, in the sheet was that the overdraft had been reduced by £1276. It was resolved — That Mr Hopkins be informed that the Council decline to purchase his laud on which protective work ito Pohangina bridge had been jjoiistrncted. That the Engineer bo granted f£lo travelling expenses from Apiti footpath loan. That cardans pycrocepbalns (winged thistle) and digitalis purpurea (foxglove) be declared noxious weeds within the County. The Engineer suggested on behalf ! of the roadmen that each of them : be allowed five days’ holiday each I year at full pay. ! Most of the members of Council i appeared to be adverse to the pro- ' posal, but no formal decision \vas j come to. ", That J.‘ Marshall ' as bead driver ! receive 9s -per day. | That tenders bo called for the dolivery of TOOJyards of metal on -Hnti • Norsewood road, from Dick’s mill to j Coal Cregkjbridges, and 50 yards on i Tnuipo road and that a date be stated : on the contract when the work must be finished. "T 1 >. That tenders be called for nOO yards' - of metal for Table Flat road, also 'for breaking ECO yards for main road, Apiti," tenders to be' iaby uest iug.

That the drains in Tni street, Pohnugiaa.' ho cleaned and require that feuces ho removed from Weka and Tui streets. ITint the necessary stops ho taken to raise a loan of £BOO toward the c 0 ?(; of repair of Pohangiua bridge. That notice bo given by advertisement that all rates unpaid by December 21st bo sued for without further notice. That the advertising for the year bo continued with the Rangitikoi Advocate and the Standard. According to the Land Act 1893 (section 13(5) the price or value of laud upon which such third or fourth is to bo paid to local authorities shall be deemed to be and to {have been the net price or value before any addition has been made thereto under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891. The clerk road the following statement to the Council: — “As some misapprehension exists among ratpoayers in connection witli their hypothecated thirds I would like to explain that the thirds book now shows in detail the hypothecated thirds received which are (allocated to the particular ‘sections in the respective special rating districts and how they are disposed of. The special rate has boon struck for each year on the valuation of that year and as the rating is on the capital values this accounts for the varying of amounts to credit or otherwise on sections. The thirds received from the Government is, I believe, based on the prairie value and is not as commonly supposed a third of the sections having thirds in credit, sufficient to meet the special rate. Credit is given accordingly to the ratepayer and when not sufficient the amount in credit is shown on the demand and the balance collected. Where the thirds are in debit, the whole of the special rate is collected and the thirds as received will reduce or cxitngnish the amount in debit. Had this system been adopted years ago it would have saved au enormous amount of extra labour and been more satsifactory to those ratepayers concerned. |