WAIRARAPA EAST COUNTY COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 936, 28 November 1881, Page 2

WAIRARAPA EAST COUNTY COUNCIL.

Thb above Ooanoil met at the County V Chambers, Maaterton, on Saturday lait. Present—Cra Beethara, (Chairman), Pharazyn, Bunny, Mauneell, Mackay, and Smith. ELECTION 6F CHAIRMAN. i' Or Pharazyn proposed that Or Beethara be re-elected as Chairman, and teio< lution was carried unanimously, Gr Beetham thanked the Councillors for thi honor which they had conferred upon him, and hoped they would be abb) to work together aB amicably in the futura as they had done in the past. The minutes pf the previous meeting were then read and confirmed. CORRE9POKDINCB. Inwards.—Prom the Wairarapa TVeßt County, re proposed dog fees, and asking County Eaßfc to adopt uniform rates.- , From the Wairarapa West County, askin "SL for a return of license fees paid to the Council during the current year.—From James W. Baker, ferryman, Ohonga, complaining' that th» manager of th« Ohonga Station allowed people to oross cattle and Bheep at the mouth of the river, evading thereby the toll,, and asking for an alteration in the scale of charges.— From the Masterton Hospital Committee, asking for a grant out of the County sub. sidy.-From the Cashpoint Highway Board t enclosing a copy of resolution passed, re proposed alteration of th« boundary of the dißtriot, viz., That the Castlepoint Highway Board is willing to agree with the Masterton ono to a mntaalbouDtlary b'etweentbe distrioti, ' but must first ascertain the views of the landowners interested. 2. That in view of a conference between the Masterton and Castlepoint Highway Boards on the matter of arranging mutual boundaries it is desirable that the question of re-ad-justment at the Waitawiti andTtf&umea rivers be considered, so as to meet the wishes of the ratepayers in that locality 3. That this Board is of the opinion that the boundaries of the Masterton and Castlepoint Highway Districts should be v re-adjusted, and recommend' that the question of fixing the new boundaries be referred to a Committee, to consist of two' members of the County Council, two * members of the Masterton Highway ) Board, and two members of .the Caßtlepoint Highway Board, andjhat copies of - the above resolutions be" sent to the County Council and the Masterton Highway Board in order to obtain thoir concurrence in this matter.—From the Treasury, euolosing subsidy, £IO9O 19s 7d. ' FINANCE AND PUBLIC WORKg COMMITTBB. The Chairman and Crs Smith, Pharazyn, Bunny and Mackay wero appointed as.-a--Finance and Public Works Committee. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. It was resolved, on the motion of Or Smith, that it be an instruction to the ( Clerk to forward to each member a copy V ■ of the state of the general account with the notice of eaoh meeting. DOO REGISTRATION, Cr Pharazyn said the proposal came as a recommendation from the West County- ' Council. Y Cr Smith aaked if it were necessary to have a man specially employed to enforce the Act ? The Chairman—There will be a tremendous outcry about thisbusiness. A rabbiter will have to pay an enormous sum of money.

or mrazyn considered large packs of dogs were a nuisance. Cr Bunny thought twelve was the proper number of a paok. Or Maokay pointed out that 80 or 40 dogs must be kept in order to Bend out 12 dogs day_ after day, In a largo portion of the district it was impossible to do without large packs of dogs. Some stations would have to keep two or three hundred dogs^^ HHIK proposed that a committee ■■HMoreport, B^HBL^HbBb' c ' be registrar. ■KhHHP from the tax, considered two shillings said he would propose one shilling as the fee, pluj the cost of the collar and badge. This resolution was carried, v V The Chairman said the Rabbit Aot and tbeDog Aotclashed-the formerjxerdptT ing rabbit dogs from fees anljsßrtfater v imposing fees; but the latter Act, Mug subsequent to the former, overruled it. The Works Committee were appointed to arrange for the foal settlement of the question, Mr R, Wilsone being eleoted registrar pro tem. WHAREAMA FERRY, The Chairman said they must elose the ferryorpurohaseanewboat. He read a letter from George Smith, the ferryman, who said his boat was like Paddy's gun- • wanting lock, stock, and barrel. On the motion of Or Mackay, a new) boat was ordered to be prooured. / Cr Mackay reported that thepubtio complained that no scale of fees was exhibited at this ferry. THE OHONOA FERRY, The Chairman expressed an opinion that they had no power to deal with persons crossing at the mouth of the nyer, The Clerk was authorised to pay £lO due to the natives for tbe Urn reserves ' " ■ MaTOAYBOUKOABISB^'^Hp pointed a Committee' to confer with the Committee of the Highway Board re change of boundaries, -, •.,,

Committee.unless the inquiry were conducted on a legal basis, The Chairman urged that the Commit- . • tee were .only appointed to. make a re- ".'.'. - Commendation', and could not be placed ■ v;.. in : any difficulty: : ..--'■•:; ~.Cr'.Smithsaidnone of the settlers who ... .desired the change had made-ahydefinile •- ". "quest. .If. they did not bow.their own ' :' wiah'es, hovr was'.the matter tube settled 1 ■ The Highway Boafd Act: laid down a certaincourse of procedure fur altemig boundaries, and they ought to follow that course. FINANCE COMMmfifi','''''' fThe following report was read,'and the recommendation contained-in the latter portion of it adopted:—lt slated that 1123. would be available for Blairlogie road. Debentures to the amount of £270 had been disposed of. With reference to the Hurunuiorangi bridge, a deficiency of £'s3 lfla Id on protective works would have to ba defrayed out of 101 l fund. The hundred pounds required for protective workß would have to be-paid for out of the general account, and repaid out of the tolls. For the Awhea road £144 3a was requited by the Featherston Highway Board ;' Mungapakelia Road -11,500 worth of debentures would bo takon up if the Council agreed that it should bo expended by the Cashpoint Highway Board partly in metalling Iho worst parts of the Kaumingi-Tinui road. The Finance Committee was authorised to make the necessary arrangements with Mr Nathan, who took up the debentures, and with the Cashpoint Highway Board, who, would have the superintendence of the'-work.'- ' 'distribution of funds. The Chairman said that last year they divided 1802 between the Highway Boards, giving £305 to Mastertoh, £'36o to Cashpoint, and £'l36 to Featherston. •Their pri3ent position was, geneial account £539 in hand, special account £990. The balanca they would have available for alloting to the Highway Boards would be £llß2. Of this sum £B2O was in hand, and the balance was receivable almost immediately, He recommended dividing this money, as no part of the County required any special expenditure. With the debenture and the Government vote the Council had for expenditure a Bum of £4,100. Cr Smith would like to see all the money spent as speedily as possible. CrPharazyn feared that if the expenditure of the money was left entirely to the Boards] they might apply too much of it to maintenance and too little to new works. He recommended that each Board should first be invited to specify the works on which it would spend its County subsidy, Cr Bunny did not believe in tying the hands of tho Highway Boards, Cr Pharazyn said they could not expect the Highway Boards to look at the question of opening up new country from . their point of view, The Chairman stated that he had recently been all over the district with a view to ascertaining where the Government vote' could be most usefully expended. He recommended that half of it, £760, should be Bpent in connecting the two fines of road leading from Gladstone to the Coast. Below Longbush the natives were willing, to give the land for i road purposes, and the • settlers were willing to contribute an amount eoual to that given by the County, and advantage ; ; should be taken of these conditions to ; push on with tho roads, He also recom- '

mended allocating £2OO for opening up / road between Tinui and Tirnumea, and £2OO for connecting Makirikiri with the Masterton line. Another sum of i'2oo he. proposed for opening a road up the Ohonga river, the balance to be spent at Pakowai; all these roads would open up good land and promote settlement. After considerable discussion and a careful inspection of the map, the following division of the vote was agreed to :- Two roads from Gladstone to East Coast, £700; Awhea, £SO; Ohonga," £IOO ; Tenui to Napier's, Tiraumoa (meeting roads to bo made by West County), £30o"; Pabwah'oad, i'lso; and Masterton to Makirikiri, L2OO. It was understood that the Highway Boards interested should be informed that amounts above named were available for expenditure, and that the Engineers of the Boards • ; should report as to the best method of . expending them, and that the Public Works Committee should be empowored to agree to the proposals of the Boards, and pay the money when the works were completed. The following accounts were passed for payment: -T.B Price, balance of Blairloßl3contract,.Ll27 j R. Wilsunejilection expenses, Ll6 Gs 3d; J. Payton & Co., ■ advertising, L2 14s;' Bimmsli ia!cs, L2 2s 4d: Featherston Highway .Board, Awhea line, LlO4 3s. .It was resolved, that £BOO bo divided among the Highway Boards in the same proportion as before, but that Boards be requested to indicate the works which " they consider most desirable, and obtain the consent of the Council before the money is paid over. It being explained to the Boards that the object of the ■ • ' Council in making the request is to ensure the.expendituro of the amount in such a ■ way as will best assist in opening new country in connection with the special vote of £ISOO now available for opening Crown JJands, The Council then adjourned.