MASTERTOJN ROAD BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2290, 8 May 1886, Page 2

MASTERTOJN ROAD BOARD.

The annual meeting of the Board was held at noon- ydaterday. PresentMessrs W. H. Beetham, R. D. "Dagg, A. Johnston, R. R, Welch, and W. B. Buick.

Mr W. H. Beetham ,was appointed Chairman, Mr R, D. Dags Treasurer, Mr R. WUsone Clerk, and Mr M. McKenzie as Overseer.

It was resolved on the motion of Mr Dag? that Mr Crawford be paid an extra shilling a day for supervising work. The Clerk was authorised to get assist-, anceto enable him to arrange accqunts between the old and new Boards,

CORRESPONDENCE, Mr Cnnhal, District Engineer, applied for permissian to utilise and ■ withdraw' water from a limestone spring, at the, Mauriceyille station. -Referred to thei new Mauriceville Road Board. The Pay-', master-General notified payment of £ll9 14s 6d for rates on Crown lands for 1885-6. MrO;E. Bremner applied for

p ermiasioii for County Council ty remove gravel from pit bii diatriot road for repairs to To, Ore, road. Mr D. Carmanobjeoting'to defray,half cost of cleaning drains running past, his property at Manaia, on. the ground that he received no'benefit from his rates, and had already to''attend to over' a mile of ditcliihg:; through his land, which, if neglected, would render the road impassable.;'. Mr. W. Bectham in reference to the works near the Taueru for which he had provided horses and carts. Messrs' Wardell wrote calling attention to the necessity for doing someto the portion of the Te Whiti road passiug through the swamp on Mr K Cockbums property. • A petition was read from Mr' J.. Montgomery and fourteen others, asking that.the road to Upper Manaia. leading from: the main to the railway crossing and twenty, chains further on be formed and' metalled ; and from Mr Win. Falconer and nine others, asking that thirty chains through Mr R McKenzie's property at Fernridge be. levelled and gravelled. It was resolved to expend £4 on tho Te Whiti road, and to make some slight impropements to the Upper Plain to railway road; also to see what the Masterton. Borough Council are prepared to do with the Upper Manaia drains. ,

ANNUAL MEETING OF RATE- . PAYEKS.

Only two ratepayers attended the annual meeting Messrs 0. Gorringe and G. W. Woodroofe. The,statement of. receipts and expenditure fur the year ended March 31st, 1886, was submitted.

RECEIPTS, .„ . £ B D Balance ... 141 5 8 General rales..,, : ...;■' ... 1243 7 G Special rates ... 935.9 G Loans under R and BC Act 783 0 0 Subscriptions , ... 12 1 0 Subsidies ... ... ... 208 18 5 Upper Taueru Board■,..' ... 8515 0 Sundry recoipts '■ ... ... 81 18 0 Debtor Balance ... ... 281 GlO » Total ... ... ...3773 2 5 . -EXPENDITURE,

£ a D Road repairs... 718 17 6 New roads ... ... ...1493 22 Tools, &q. ... ... ... 10 7 5 Interest on, loans raisedunder R. and B.C. Act.,. ~.1052 18 10 Refunds ... 149 10 0 Salaries 152 10 0 Compensation for land ... 93 0 0 Printing and advertising ... 30 0 8 Sundries ... ... ... 66 910 Total ;.'.. „ „, 3773 2ii

The asset? showed £lßoll7s 3d and the liabilities £1519 0s sd, which would leavo a balance to credit of £34216s lOd. Mr Woodronfe, onbehalf to the ratepayers, trusted tho members of the Board would see their way to make this year's rate rb light as possible. He acknowledged that the Board had done a ureat deal of useful work,.and had expended their funds judiciously, but he pointed out that betweenJCounty rato and Property Tax the settlers, big and small alike, were asked to boar a very heavy strain. Tho Chairman replied that the sentiment expressed would have every attention and consideration from himself and colleagues.

Some t considerable discussion took place on the question of special rates, Eventually it was resolved that a rate of a half-penny in the £ bo struck on all rateable properly within the district. The meeting then adjourned.