KIRIKIRIROA HIGHWAY DSITRICT ANNUAL MEETING.

Waikato Times, Issue 659, 20 July 1876, Page 2

KIRIKIRIROA HI GH WA Y DSITRICT ANNUAL MEETING.

I Hi: anr.ui! meeting of ratopayeie was held o)' BdUud.iV afternoon vi the Royal Hold, Ilamil.o'i R:\ht. jlimtu was a lull attendance; jul .nH'v suvc-ial ge'itlci.e!! iwd bv^n piopobcc' .'.iiu dv.cliu«il lv ceo lin »he oh-au-, jii ouiinoQueiico ot the lolh cUubtf ot tho Aoi, Mi- W. Colttiiriu cunsouted to occupy Lnat position. The secviary, Air (.Tilling, then read • the report, winui w«u neaiiy us lont>- us the fiuanci.il bpeech ot Iho („'olonul Treasuror, and tin, iollowiug balance-sheet: — '.Receipts: To rates, collected, £'JB~i 7b SJ ; amount roeoived horn (Joloni.il C'o\ernumnt, £100 .U Jl; !»aii(iiies, £[' i-, oJ ; total, £J2o l.jfl id MpcuULluie :To fonuiuy roj.ds, .i'ld Js Id; to luoUuting and cliaimulini^, .li ;S .», '.M . bi.dyos. and cuhoris, JLI 77 :ia oJ , other woi-ks, £17 2b; commission coili-cting- iMlt-s, £l'B liij lUd; biiUrics and rout, X'; ! ; priutiuy a-id advui'tising, i.4 L7->; legal ex peusuu, JBI7 11s Sd ; SNinidiit'.s (ijiolu iu<n debc o( okl Board, £108 Us .Id), £ll[ &, ; totnJ, i6GO Is 'Jd. , Mr kSeddon wished for an explanation us to why the d«bt of a, former fJoaid w.ts still left over unpaid ? aud iuv; Jong this debt was going to be handed over fiora oue sst of trustees to another ? He did not believe in the principle of ouo set of trustees mortgaging the revenue of their successors. Mr Honry said that the Board cf which Mr Seddon. was a membei had \cti- 1 legacy of debt of over £300 to succeeding Buai-da in oentracts issuud. Capt Steele corroborated vh.it 1\ r Henry had Siiid. , It was wrong JiouvviT to rake up old mutieia of this kind, ''lie losses by floods were the chief reason why tho present Board had baen unabla to pa-^ otf liabilities. Mr Potter thought Mr Seddqn's quest ion a Yery'fufir and just one, and complained that roads were now left impassable, because previous Boards had mortgaged the funds of the present lioard. Mr J B Whyte, the Chairman of the outgoing Board, explained that it was the breach of faith on the Dart of the Goveinmout in not giving- the promised Ji2 to £1 that prevented them pay-ing off thisiiability, v aud not the desiie of leaving it to their successors. If, under the circumstances, they had paid it off, they must have left the roads impassable. Mr Wood thought the district mijrht congratulate itself on having expeiienccd less loss by floods than many others. The report and balance sheet were than formally adopted. JMr Primrose, as one ol the auditors, boro \rilliug testimony to th^ exceeding great accuracy with which the accounts weie kept. Mr T Wood, ins colleague, corroborated Mr Primrose's statement. Mr Seddou thfn proposed, and Mr J Wood seconded, 'That bhe rate be Id in the .£ value to sell. Carried unanimously. The following gentlomeu were then proposed and ballotted for, the result being as follows :— Messrs J B Whyte,*Do;'T 11 White, 78 ; Coates, 75 ; W Upturning-, 67 ; Claude, 58 ; Potter, 24 • jlMalhew Vere Vere Hunt, 23 ; ivumifey, 15 ;

ifi.tie, 13; and Tues, 1. JUesars J f< Whyte, T O Wlnte, -Coafcs, Can.niing an<l CYmJe weiv cK'oLiicl <lui\ cVrtc' 5 . Mus-is I'iimiote aiui ']' V\ oo i weie ie pi'" tvi Aiulit »-s, }ukl Messrs Tippin and Llii. 'rij rVucij- 1 , lew 01 s. Aucr a. vo.c of tLdifes Le ihcCa^ir, tLc meeting FeparaloJ.