MANGAPIKO HIGHWAY DISTRICT.

Waikato Times, Volume 491, Issue VIII, 13 July 1875, Page 2

MANGAPIKO HIGHWAY DISTRICT.

oArV^evWAiKATO Times. Sib, - rWv£calWully\||a?!s^fo*m>ort of our District Board meeting, anct tlianl^oir torS^; but I am all at sea wit • retpeefc to some ot tue\teuas of expeuditure :— lst, fees under Thistle Act, '£19 lSsdld. To whom were they paid, and was the work dove by tender? 2nd, salaries and rent. £2 < JB3 6d. to whom was tlis money paid? I'lje^uluei^rec^ved" £3o; a^nd the cull ciois' commissiou ainViun%^,i>»tbe eSXravW2^»pun of £14 11s lOd, which wouttt, begone halfpeau^»pe^ Hnld lor the ais aucts he travelled* These amounts wbuldtffft m ike the £26 10d 6d. Myself and otUers are auxous to know how this money was spent. With respect to rent, lam sure it would be *u iDSU.t to Mr iSeucujube, to suppose that he would charge for his^tble, a^iueel^pga^counected «vich the Board were n^j^^hera; • TKhe^lii w^om was the rent paid ? Another rteqjsis |ftat ot aHQ *^Q -i^i^ tor cutting trees* After a moa^ carVul insWcxion l< wthe district;, 1 cannot discover how it was possible to spend that amotmt in cutting trees. It was current lyT*e ported ,that an uuderstandin^ was a rived at pteviuus to the m^e^ing, that the chairman was to retire an, intake ttie_ex tjted pjsicion of collector and valut-r to>^^\v J^»r^\ior-his own sake, and that oi his large Yfrinuy inVthe district, L trust that such is doc ohe<ca?eNiB u wooMTWk ''fishy," he being tue peraon who proposed doubling the rate, which will have the effect of iioubliug the commission for the same work. It 1 urn not mistaken, k was the Uie c» airman who proposed clerioMl asj^stai^e\tor Jtbssj3o-ird I regret having to trouble you wIljU thete ijfffßgs s but what (£ue>%tionB you are unable to answer ex-clbairman wilL \ lam, &c, Alexandra, July 10. A Ratepayer. *,