Annual Meeting of Ratepayers.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1410, 16 July 1881, Page 3

Annual Meeting of Ratepayers.

The animal wectmg of the latepayeis of the above district was held on Wednesday last at the iesici tt nee of Mr J. J. IWugh, W.irtle, Taniahere. About thirteen ratepayers were present, and the chair was occupied by Mr J. A. Douglas. The Secretary to the Board xeacl the balance-sheet, as follows :— Annual Balanck-.shdct, Tamahere Highway Boabd, 30 ni Juxn. 1881. RiCHns.—Balai.ce cash in B.ink, ist July 1880, 1,s 8s id : rates collected during the j ear, L2i7 ns^d; contractor's deposits recci\ cd, L 32 10s; jjotcrnmont subsidy, LBB 15s tod ; eonnt> subsidy, L4O : contributions to works Lo 10s qd ; sale of land in stopped roads, L 238 i^s Bd , balance debtor, h^ us scl —Total, L 750 . Emm mm ii-ur.— Roads, 1^44715^ id; bridges and cuhcrts, Lo7 (s; pntitinff ,md .ifhcrtiMiiff, Ll6 12s ?d; books and stationery, 1.2 ,ts yd, cnirineiTintrandsunoyinfr, Lo I4=> 6i\; salaries, Its- contractor's deposits returned, 1,\2 10s ; miscellanies, L 2 4s Cd : bank interest, L8 8s nd, legal evpciftes, L 62 7s 8d . commission on rates, Li- V> 2d ) 'compensation for Kind taken, LO7 "*>. valuation of district, L7- Total L7SC The following ratepayers were then aortiinated to serve on the Board for the ensuing year -.—Messrs Rhodes,, Runciman Wheeler, Ormerod, Barugh and B. Wood. A poll resulted m the return of the first five. Messrs B. Wood and H. Reynolds wefe elected auditors, and Messrs fc>. Seymour and J. Taylor, were elected fence-viewers. . Mr H. Reynolds, the chairman of the retiring Board, referred to the loss the district had sustained by the 4^ath of Mr 0 C. Wood, in a short, sympafcVW address, and Mr B. Wood thanked the meeting for their JfW»/ expressions pf regard.