COUNTY COUNCIL.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4830, 2 July 1884, Page 2

COUNTY COUNCIL.

:_. ■■•--•,,:->-:, .. ••■.*■•: The . usual monthly, meftinß of^ihe Thames County Council was held &f*2Ss this afternoon *in the Chambers^;-:3^a-ry. street. Present—Crs'BrpSie (in Oi&ir), .JBagnall^" Bull,^ Coutts, ;Deeble^\E)e|ser, ■^Hurdoch. Porter, and Thorbor|Vi\ t; • The usual routine business;w^dijj|^scd ■ "ofr Treasury rTouc¥ers jwere srcceiTld- as follows:—Goldfields revenue for Apnland May, £230 Bs. 3d; progress" payment's under Boads and Bridges :O : onstm|ti6n Act, v £l496 10s; On accijunt"of subsidy Karangahake track extension, £38 6S 4d ; do. Eauaeranga to Otunui track, £188. I.BTTEES WEBE BEAD FBOlfc — ' v. '.'' T. A. Dunlop, pointing out the advan* tages which wpjild 'aeorde to the Back districts could a%gh level i||ker supply be brought in discharging some distance up the Waiotahi creek. He asked that the SurVeyor,report on thp practicability of the scheme.-—Eeferred. to theEngiiieer to report on, and give an estimate ofvthe cost if it was feasible. -ilrfe' ■-<-•- • . ._•■•/' (I»eft Sitting.) ,|g";' '; •,-.' ■ :;

The following reports were received .*— BOABJ) OF WOBKB BBPOET. „

The Board, after stating^the tenders received and those accepted, during the j month, reported :•—" John Dugganhaving declined to take «up the contract forre.forming and metalling the road from Gprbett'^otel to Hikujwa bridso, your board endorse the recbmmiodation of the Surveyor that the -^ork should remain in abeyance until the weather is more favorable for the wock. Your Board ■ also recommends that; if satisfactory arranges ments can be made with the contraci tor, the completed;, portion*. of hu con* tract be takep|jiiff his hand*; and tenders- be invited for a bridge ,pver a. creek near McLpughlin's old hoip; th^ road to be metalled under the Eoads and Bridges Construction Act, for which itenders be invited, and the balarice^f the vote bo expended as soon as possible.''; . :■■ ,m ••.■•■•-■ - ■-* !',:■:-■ '-V: •■;.-.; -i .". BE FBIITNa KAUEIS 4TiT^C. ' h-\

The Mining Inspector wrote, asking the Council whether, in the event of his t»fe, inij proceedings in the cases referred to in Mr Hill's (Crown Ranger) «P»ffc asEtp ■ the illegal|cutting of kauri treepin the; Tapu district/ the: CoudcU wonld^tjaran^, tee the ei^ienses in case of; the acti&ig' failing.; Mir^EiH's repprt stated >tfeat|lini the> Waikawaii block, opposite' Biro&D.;! shire's homestead, selections, pstmissioa twas given to 0. Manuel to ©ut instead of which G5 had boe^gfeli^jj; Manuel stated that *fe& only *?cqt;| 4 trees; selling the retnsttnihg 16 tj^Jt.v|p &awfceß-j:*;bufc;'frqm;.HM^^ man. named Bogers, I^nqei had-oat||i-trees;; and t^e?efo?e had no right ita transfer 1$ to , 'sfffakea.- '\ Hoftesteji# selectors 'named LudWig an;d -Iss also 6ut; trees presumably; oiivJ^||wMig!v' aathoHtjv' In fchel Ulacfc Sw«ri%CrieW: I district Maniiiel had permisifdn to.cul^g 1 trees, of which he wu| he bad f«li|d Sj^. I but 105 had> been feltedi Tho^Ba^in^ and "V^.'Good, senr,, and AY.* Goed/juiiir^ stating thaf Manuel cat the %no!e *of thom.-r^lMpr> Kenrick's «ie;ißQ Vtb^AtiyV Mcltareq ro this report w«s as foHoVi*?^- ---•' ;that proeeedlings ■ sHbuld ]#s■ taken in *U the oases, referred to bj; ii r Hill, if the witnesses namedi are prepar|4 .tb;subltantiajte their statemehts,':' 5-* v:;™; ■; ■ •,; ; V.': MB J. W^Wi.lKM^^CHßM^''i'*.-| : ;f : The Committee flppoibted to report oil Mr Walkers sclfci&o; for woirkicg theioir gjcbd?^jeefa in ; Uppe,^^^©^^!^ ;ppi£edv'as--;fdlto:ws : :^^YpffljPvGbmmitt^ ;haj ;;'ii^e;jttJv;pTMence;^iii: relatioa -t» thi a ;ma6ter» ibcl ['ttlsb communicated wUhJJ4 P Goj^GDii the Deputy Eafineer for tKe North jfslaud, and after dv« coneideratioo" i? of q^iuioft tu>""iph^m©'iß a practi«^

ysn4'i and would^materially|asßist;prospeflt^ :jfing fnthfe back country, arid proVing th« ] «jraTue; of the large, low-grade reefs, well;i| known to ex»|t .in the district. \ Your: Qoramittee tli|eretore jrecpmmends^ th«%J Council to give; the^promoters as, mi|o|i sssistauce as possible• to bring thefscheme fp a sqcceßsful issue. 0 attached.~AiEXjMU)iE;; Brodib, Chair:oian.v;■•■--• ; -m^;- v :;f>m ..-;;: : ,V.:-:. ■," : Mr jGrordon's memo lo l|£r Aitken was as; follows :^V.,The'^^eudleJJ|.•; ■:■W]|^e:>"^pp«' ■*.. trkm^ay of Globe Cainpany, -Eeeftbn, is ' ;'mbety>six (96) chllns in^lengtli'; it coneys, five (5) tons.' of-quartz per* hoar Ib the battery; labor employedin working it |: amounts td%iine|fence (9d) per ton; cannot >tfll the exact cost of maintenance, buY I s hink it does fiot exceed sixpence (6d) per ton ;^ iear;Jnd wearj; is not cgreat J total - c^stof transit and maintenance: say;;one I' shilling and threepence per(ton; hardly I think Government would grant subsidy launder .existing^ circum9t»ncesl will get | yott" ic#fe and Iftilter particulars if rer fquirie'd." -:-: v, ':>'::" '^■■■, - '^> ■•'.' •■'t-^'f:\^ .