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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 254, 2 September 1879, Page 2

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2d. I expect that the first vnuioty of the Government subsidy on last year's rates Will be paid to the Board during the month of October next; it amounts to £785 13s. lam, &c., JOHN P. KUS.-JULL, Treasurer. The report was received and accounts amounting in the aggregate to £2GI 15s Id were passed and ordered to beipaid. The Engineer then read his usual inontlily report, from which it was foutid that the cost of repairing the main roaw during the past month had been £ll3 18? lid. The report was discussed at length, and several suggestions were made by mi mbers as to [improvements required. ! Mr Robert Yule, of South Featherston interviewed the Board, and urged that some money should be expended on the road near his property, so as: to make it more passable. It was then: resolved to levy a special rate of one sliijUing in the pound on the properties at South Featherif for the purpose of installing the s where moat necessary. le following correspondence was then ;'om the Kaikoura Road B mrd, asking ii copy of by-laws re widthjof tires, mm East County Council, sending [ue for £53 2a. com the Colonial Secretary, advising " The Regulation of 1 jodal Elections , 1876," hud been brought into force ;he district. Rom West County Council, forwardreturn of all rents received by that y from the lessee of the Waihenfa gate. Rom the same, stating that some proves had been omitted to bo rated, and jesting the defect to be remedied, 'rom the Colonial Secretary, asking for atoment showing the expenditure of Board for past year, the indebtedness ihe funds in hand, as the case may be, 31st March last, for the purpose of inling the information in a tabulated jrn to be presented to the House of sresewtativea. •"rom Mr McLeod, asking that some nta on the Hautot&ra road be widened, is to make it available for dray traffic. Trom the Minister of Lands, agreeing [land over to the Board the rents receiv--0 from the of the Waihenga From the Uominittee, [uesting that the ditch artd gravel pit ir the Teacher's Tesidenco be secured, as to prevent the possibility of accinta. From Mr D. Morrison, asking that a na of money be expended on fcho cutting ar his place. It was resolved that the Clerk of the est County Council lie requested to int out the properties referred to as litted from the Rate roll. —That Mr cLeod be informed that all the prent funds available for vroi'ks in the ist Coast Ward had now Ween expended, it that Ilia request; will bo Jomplied with soon aa funds for the purpose come to ind,—That arrangements be made foi 0 transfer of the properly known :ta the r aihf:nga Hotel, on the conditions men:med by tho Minister of Linda,—That io Board cannot undortu ih the worl; jinanded by the Kait,am ,School Comittoo, but that the Committee be granted emission to perform the .vork at theii vn co»t, provided no nbHtruetion to traffic 3 created. —That; the Board hast no funds ir the purpose of repairing the cutting oar Mormou'n. —That tb« regulation at > the width of tirer, to be permitted on irts efliployed in the con.structiou and laintonanco of road be altered ho as tc substitute a minimum width of ft.:ur inches, in lieu of five inchea, as ordered at last *" meeting. I Tho Clerk was authorized to cause all bstruction and dangerous objects to be emoved from the public roads in the disrict, pursuant to the Public Works Act. The meeting then adjourned.