WAIKATO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 925, 28 May 1878, Page 2

WAIKATO COUNTY COUNCIL.

A speciai, .^meeting of the Council was hold on Friday last, the for the purpose of passing .the -. annual accounts, and to enable Or. Clark to move a resolution to amend the representation of ridings, as specified, in our report: of the; usual meeting held eight days previously. 'Present: Cr; Claude '(Chairman), Cra. Clark, pumming, Gall, and Whyte. .• '> ACCOUNTS. •:■ r ; -■' The following is ' the abstract balancesheet of accounts for the year ended 31st March,lß7B:— -re! • • ? - ''■ County Debtor :'" To: fees! collected by Government, $863 9s ;' iGpvernment sub-' sidy received, £645 5s 7d ; rent received fromHanm^n^eTf^ieii3'(frTdpaidfrom separate account, £] 2s; rate j collected at Rangiriri,';iSiu'-28'4d; vqjuiitary contributions to roads, £52 10s ; 'interest on current account, £22 '-5s lid; total, £1,31G1055d. County-Creditor : By cash overdraft afc Bank, £86. 18s 6d; roads. and bridges, £469'18510d; salaries, £150; office fitting and furniture, £25 13s sd; petty cash, £1 11 ; printing and advertising, ' £33 15s 9d ; engineer and surveyor, £41 4s ; agency £1 Is; stationery, £l l 17s 4d; balance of cash in Bank; £5u4 10s 7d; total, £1,316 lbs sd. ' SEPARATE ACCOUNT: ■:■■:■ To received, from general account, £7' 2s ; from Government for extension of Piako Swamp Road, £933 5s lUd; total, ,£940 7s 10d. ' By refurided-to generaljaccount, £7 23 ; paid for road extension, i£G 9l 10s lOd; :engineer '. dnd* ;surveyorj £62 7s lOd; balance cash in Bank, £179 7s 2d; total, £940 7siod. A ' * '" ' • • GENERAL BALANCE. ! 'iT6' total receipts for the year, £2,256 .18s:3d. ; n ,:. ( ..; s .; v .,, Vj . M; .■ -' ; "uS ; . *.By "total expenditure during the year, .£1,57;3 0s .6d ; cash in Bank, 31st March, £68.3 17s ,9d'; grand total, L2, 25 6 18s 3d. --J. M. McPherson, Treasurer ; F. R. Claude, -.Chairman Waikato County .The receipts for the year were L2,256 18s Bd, .and the expenditure L1,573 0s 6d, •leaving a .balance at the Bank of L683 17s 9d, the. whole 'of which has been appropriated to ridings for immediate .expenditure on roads. Or. Clarke moved, " That the accounts be passed," which, being secouded by Or. , Cumuiing, was carried. ■';..■ •■'.■• .... . ; COpjfTY IiOA^S. l • ;■■-■- A communication was read front- the Chairman of the Masterton County, urging th 3 united action of counties in an endeavour to 'induce the Government to make provision during; the next session of Parliament fpr raising loans for county purposes ;by a Central Board of Works . with authqrity to distribute such amount^ among the., counties requiring loans on ; definite Alb'asis, taking, security on loc^' rates, as such, a body would undoubted! be abie to ! raise, loans on more favorable .terins than can be done by isolated loca e bodies. ' •■ : '■ ' *■'■'■'■'■' -. ' .■ \ It was resolved to support the Masterton. County as, requested; . " . ... ■- ' CA3EBBIDGK DOG TAX. " : ' .. . ; , The Clerk was asked i'f ; he ,had obtained the necessary information /from the Chairman of the Cambridge Tpwn Board to enable the County to take action to obtain payment to the County Fund account of the amount of Dog Tax collected at Cambridge. He replied that he had rot, and Or. dimming moved that immediate legal action be taken to cpmpell. Major Clare to give the informationaeiuired. The motion was seconded by Cr Gall; and uuaiainously agreed to. „ : POUNDKEEPEB AT CAJTBEIDGE. In compliance with a request made by the Chairman of the, Cambridge Town Board; it was resolved to call for tenders for tho appointment of Public Poundkeeper at Cambridge. P.IVER LAUDIXG RESERVE. A. letter "was road from Mr L'. B ? . _ Harris, , of Ngaruawahia, relative to the proposed, exchange 1 of land referred to at the last meeting. He pointed out that tli.B exchange would bp a debidod public benefit, arid that the' unbiased opinion of an Engineer had been obtained by the Government before they entertained the 'proposal. : , His., only objeotvin asking the exchange ! was to connect his land in one Hock! ( Practically lie would be a loser by the transaction. ,He deprecated hasty action by the Council, and begged that they would make further. enquiry before , doing. . what in his opinion would be prejudicial to the public interest, antl that too 'in a matter not even within the Waikato County. It was resolved to make some further enquiry, and communicate again with the Chairman of the Hamilton Highway District before writing to the Government. ■■•■'■• ■.:■•-. f KEPKESEXTATION OP RIDINGS. The Council having disposed of all pressing business, proceeded to deal witli the main object of the meeting— namely, the amending of the representation of Ridings. ■:. t ,-v Cr. Clarke,- Avho had given notice; of motion in, the matter, requested leave to postpone moving until Friday the 14th June. He stilted 4hat he- had not quite understood the position of the question, and waa not.prepared at present to go on. He would aJLsp. wish to sec a fuller meeting. Ors,] Leslie and Kukwood Avere unavoidably' absent. On the next occasion they would be present. Cr. Gumming said he failed to see the necessity for delay, as this meeting could not finally , decide., the The resolution if moved at oifbg. would have to be confirmed four; weeks henoe. He had an ■ amendment to move, and , the postponement ijrevented. ..his doing so. After a very' long discussion^ ,Grs. Whyte and Gall agrcjed to postpone'; «o tlie mutter was decided .as- requcs,tecl..l?y. Cr. CJarke. . „].' ..,,,',,' ;'.'. '"'.. ■f.'r. Oiunming- said that being dooidod tie would 'give libticre that at a special . meeting- to be held on the»gl4th Juno he •!

would move that tho representations and boundaries of Hidings in the County be altered and amended, by dividing the Ridin^i^^Damaherft between Cambridge jSJfflSttßplpSroiS^ in a manner which ho sWj|ppmore,denijafcely indicate at the next uie^^gr^J^.^ present he would merely a!!^ 1 *^ 0 ? 001 " 18^ B * ol1 * sa y from, theaffinth^^the Mangaone Creek to its 9oisHra,j as falpwn in the Survey Office paflß&p LBjß|6B, and from thence in a str^mxt ljS§P? Lot 147 on the boundary pi th§ Jp|^inty. He believed that 'diragjgjf^^uld answer as well as any ofcnerjbut would be glad to have a better pointed out. The County would thus be .divided into three convenient Ridings. > T6 c 'CSmbridgehe^wbuld"* propose to give three members, to Kirikiriroa three, and to Rangiriri one ; in all seven members. " ■■'■■• v 'GOOTBR^NOB/6P*O6t7OTTe ? <UQI!NCIIJ3. A letter, ,w^s.. pad from the Chairman of the libkmka County Council inviting the Council ,to send a representation to ; lpsJ^°n? ip W generaln.cblference of coun^ilß on mpters a'ffectingfffieir interest. The Clerk Was ordered 'to reply, and say that, the Council highly appro vd of the object of the proposed conference, and as it was probable a Councillor might be in Wellington about the beginning of July .on private business, he would be happy to attend.' . / 7; _• % This concluded the busiriWs of the meeting.