MASTERTON ROAD BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1985, 8 May 1885, Page 2

MASTERTON ROAD BOARD.

The annual statutory meeting of the ratepayers of thoMastortonßoad District tois held shortly after mid-day yesterday, inthboiliccdoPthe'Boatii, There was a |botJ 'atteiidai(ce, :i and' : Mi' W. ilrßeetham oMpied tlieehaiiv 1 ' '■ ' ' In. 1 ' WMe< (MMlifl Heai'il, jai'4 on'tjie taWe a slatemeiit of the i;efci/fj)tfi"#llfl "tW '^asl. From this it "appeared that"'thie' ; lncbmo had consisted of £1292 14s 4dordiiVaiy rates, £'s3l 19s 9d special rates, and a loitn'of £0313 2s ljd, • making a total of £8959 Is s'd. 1 Th'i eipebdituro left a credit balance of £l4r6s : 'Bd'. " 1 "' 4'be .Ql'erlt,' iii reply to a'question, said jWt <£p> thS Itoads'and Bilgeslpt ;i ' 1 ' ' l '' ! a#lf haye to make up this amp[iht before tjiey could very well expmid much ([loney' <>ii !!"!!'WI.?: Ibi IfflM f«vy"ii gen.efi}| rjjto fif §)}!*s:« fovjilpgs jn tjip Jjptmtf, whjch would P'laWp thpjn tn get rid pf the liability, and pi'flPml V'itji a ni)ii)ber pf njqcJi i|oef}e(i prkg, jje (f WliM express an opinio]} whether they should levy a three farthing or half-penny rate. Mr Perry was of opinion that before they could do that they would have estimates qf j;l|e next year liefqre The expjafped tjiat it be diflifiult to furnish them until rater payers had given them any idea of what works they wished to have carried out, Mr Woodville proposed that a rate of a halfpenny be levied. He believed many of the ratepayers could not afford to pay more.

The Clerk, replying to a question, stated that a rate of a half-penny would yield about .£l2lß.

Mr Macaw remarked that that would not go far, because after paving off the £4OO they wfiiild only liiwe'abeut £BOO left for works,' salape's, etc. *'' % Meredith' askeif the 1 ' ratepayers to consider also what 1 they would have to pay in rates to the County Coulicil. The County Council had a carefully prepared estimate submitted to it, but seeing the position of niany' of the ratepayers, ijie prospects of war,"' and tiie'chances tha| the property fax woplll jjp ippksed; they had recjiigef] materially SP a§ iipt tft crjnpi'e any pf tjje settlers. At the §ame time fhey'apkpp.ivledeed that the estimates of tjiejr engineer were not at ajl QyenJppV " " Mr Perry seconded tjje regqhitjan. The Ohairitiap said he agreed with the resolution. If they found that they would require more money, they could exercise their power of increasing the general rate, or levying a special rate, when the proper tirno arrived. The resolution, was cayried, and the meeting then broke up,