Masterton Road Board.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2821, 13 February 1888, Page 3

Masterton Road Board.

A meeting of the Masterton Road Board was held on Saturday last. Present :—Messrs \Y. H. Heethani (chairman), R. D, Dagg, and A, Johnston, The previous meetings minutos were., continued. Correspondence was read as under : From Railway Department re level crossing at Dreyertown saying that the Board's request would receive consideration. From Commissioner of Crown Lands notifying the legalisation of the road from Te Ore Ore to Ruamahmiga River, From S. Donovan regarding the fencing of the road leading to his property. The members for the ward through which Mr Donovan's rod passes not being present, actiou was postponed until next meeting, From Wliareanm Road Board again deferring payment of the balance due to the Masterton Board, until still further consideration is given the jkutter, Also from samo forwarding of a later date requesting the Masterton Hoard to hand to Mr W. G, Beard the conveyance of the TJriti Road duly executed, before the sum claimed can ho paid. It was decided to write to the Wiiareanm Bjard, and say that as the matter had been already finally settled between the two Boards, there was no roason for delay or for further consideration and that immediate payment of the amount is required, From Treasury Department saying that a voucher for £2OO had passed audit, and that the moiipy would reach the Board in a few days. From sauio requiring payment ot £203 13a 7d, being the half-year's interest due on the Coaid's loan from the Government of 1814/ 4s 9d, From Property Tax Department forwarding amount of £77 9s. due to the Board as general and special rates on Crown Lands, From Treasury Department that all applications for loans ®ist i.e in by the 18th February, so as to lie available for consideration on ' the "20th instant, From the County '.■»!... Council continuing resolution of ratepayers re closing a road at the Upper Mania and opening a new one. From the Treasury Department notifying the Government's intention to cease paying general rates on Crown and Native lands after 31st March next. Accounts to the amount of L37Cf 14s were passed for payment. Mr J. Campbell waited on the Board with reference to payment for land taken from his property to givo a road to Mr A McLeod, a chain having been taken instead of ball' a chain, No action was taken. Messrs rioftham and Dagg were appointed a deputation to wait on the Minister of Lands on Monday, 20th February, regarding roads not legalised and other matters. The undermentioned tenders were then opened and dealt with, that of Mr Girdwood being accepted conditionally on tbo Government granting Jj|!ie loan:—3B chains of metalling TMatahiwi road—Blaue and Basseit £37, accepted; D. McKenzie, £47 3 8d; Chapman and Allen, £49 8s; H. Stegens, £SO; T. P. Girdwood, £OS mation and metalling, Uppor Fbi'iiritlge —D. McKenzie £6l accepted; tl. Stevens, £69 6s; T. Brittand Co., £B6 8s; Chapman and Allen, £81; Blane and Basset!, £79 103 ; Cornelius and Shetshyn, £138: T, P. Giidwood, £SS 4s, 23 chains formation and 77 chains metalling Burnett's road—T. P, Girdwood£ls2, accepted; Britfc and Co.. £15717 a; Cornelius and Sheehyn £205 ; H. rftevens, £209 18s 3d. The meeting then closed.

NAPOLEON'S FORTUNE, One of the most remarkable liistoi'lcul incidents of this century was the disappearance of the First Napoleon's enormous fortune, In 1810 he was fur and liway the richest individual in the world, He camo out of the Italian campaign ended in 1800, with 4,000.000 dol,, according to lib own account, This ho maintained was his private property. Taking the statements lie trftde to his friends ami others at St Helena, ho must have lmd hidden away

tlio (mormons suui of 40,000,000d0i. or 200,000,000 franca! This would make him very muoh the wealthiest man in tne world, for that sum then was equal in influence to 200,000,000 dol. now. No sovereign of his time could begin to approach him in personal fortune. Marsli.il Soult, the last of the Imperial Marshals, (who died in Novembor, 1851, just about p year before his groat antagonist, the I)uke of Wellington), told a venerable French officer, who repeated it to the writer, that when Alio Emperor went to jjMglba, lie had 60,000,000 francs oovered in Paris alono. Of the 12,000,000 dol. hard cash paid over at one time by the United States to Napoleon as First Consul in 1803, it was common rumour—not very general you may be sure, however-that 7,500,000 francs of the sum was never

accounted for in vouchers. This might easily have been. Nnpulenn was then First consul for life, Ho could do just what he chose and no ono could call him to account. It is not very difficult to hide money in largnsums, too so it cannot be found, bo the search over so careful. Ferdinand Ward has some millionsthuscovered up and no human being has ever yot found a clue to the stolen treasuro, Itis said and believed by many people, too, that Stpphen Giravd of Philadelphia had a large sum belonging to Napoleon 1,, which he would have handed to him had he succeeded in getting away to the, United States after Waterloo, as lie trind to do. Louis XVIII., tliroug'i his Minister of Finance, did all in his power to discover the hidden treasure, but those who knew it would never tell. They probably took it themselves when the timporer died in 1821. But it is a very interesting and romantic story, the disappearance absolutely of the greatest fortune in the world's history up to that time, leaving not a trace behind.—Washington Herald,

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