Road Board Annual Meetings.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7816, 8 May 1905, Page 2

Road Board Annual Meetings.

FRANiiLEV. The annual meeting In connection with the Frankley Roud district was convened for Snturday afternoon at the office of the secretary (Mr M. Fleetwood), but lo]>sed for want of a quorum. The chairman (Mr H. Okcy) and two members of the Hoard, Messrs E. S. Allen and C. Hilling, were tiho only persons to put in an appearance. The balance-sheet shows : Receipts.—General rates, 190-1-5. £l6B 8s 8d ; special rates, £l2 10s 9d ; general rates, 1903-4. £9O 4s lid; special rates, d 0.," £9 16s lOd ; nteresl on rates, £1 la lid ; subsidy from Treasury, £sl 9a lid ; deposit, £lO ; transfer, from £2OO loan account, £I9S 19s lid ; paid into bank by P. C. Morton, £l3 12s ; debit balance, £143 8s 7d ; total, £7OA 13s Id.

Expenditure—Baiance, March 31, 1904, £lB 8a 5d ; expenditure roads, £345 7s 7d,,; cement, £3O 5s 9d ; Umber, £l6 4s 8d"; salary, £ll 8s 8d ; stationery and advertisjiijf, £9 S-'s 9d ; accident insurance, £1 .">s ; fidelity bond secretary, £1 iOs ; bank charges and interest, £9 13s (id • engineer, £l4 2s, audit £2 13s Id ; land, £37 17s 8d ; interest on loans, £153 5s : Egmont Road Board refunßT, £l3 12» • cash in hand, £35 9s 9d ; total, £7OO 13s Id.

Die various loans totalled £4066 13s 3d, On the first three interest and sinking fund hart been paid to uie amount of £153 ss.

Ihe assets included balance of uncollected rates on March 31, £O4 Kis 10(d ; estimated subsidy, £SO : FrankIo:gh Park loan, £SOO ; total, £614 lfcs lOd The labilities were £309 lOs still owing on FranUleigh Park C t .°o- " rt ',,f 2s on ""completed works, £ia<, a ,°, n oulst anding accounts. £J43 8s ,d bimk overdraft, and £lO deposit to be refunded, leaving. a credit balance of £lOl n 8 6d.

OAKI'RA

The unnu a |l meeting of ratepayei-s h?M V n a u kura I{oa<l "islrict was Held on Thursday, ]\jr ,1 Wer (Chnirman of the Board) presiding" ft was announced that Messrs F •I. Bmnie and F. Morris had been elected to fill" the two vacancies The balance-sheet showed tbnt 'the ■elicit ol the previous year had been wiped out, there being a credit balance on March 31 of £<). Considerable discussion ' took place as to the necessity for more active measures being taken for the eradication of noxious weeds in tho district, EG MONT. A meeting of the Kgmont Road Hoard was held on Saturday afternoon, when there were present : Messrs Rowe, Sahvny, Davy, and John Martin. Mr llowe was re-elected chairman for the year. Messrs Kirton and O. Hobv wailed on tho Board with a view to seeing what arrangements could be made lor the construction of the road through the Glenavon estate, near the Waiwakaiho. It appeared that Iho road had been gazetted about two years ago on the understanding that the settlers would take steps to raise a loan through the Board, but nothing had since been done.

The Hoard decided not to spend any money on tlio road, but intimated their willingness to consider a letitiun for the raising of a loan subject to its being signed by all the ratepayers interested, and their agreement to pay a special.loan rale.

Accounts amounting to £1.04 17s SM', to bo paid on the King and Hursthouse Roads contracts, were passed, as wore various other! uc•ounts. totalling £139 Osi 9d. Mr Davy was authorised to call for tenders for ten chains of Dorset Uoad, the cost not to exceed £2 per chain.