CAMBRIDGE DOMAIN BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2105, 5 January 1886, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE DOMAIN BOARD.

The annual meeting of the C.uubiidge Domain 13'iard was held yi.*>ti ¥ id.iy aiternoon. Present : Mc-i-ri T. WVNs (cliauman), Kirkwood, Hewitt, <md Fisher. It was agreed th.it a, well and windmill lie supplied to lot 90, 2~> acie-, Cambridge We-t, also tli.it tnnden be called for a grazing lease for three year*, and th.it no portion of the propci ty bo cut for hay nvire th.in twice. Cvm.u TiiKsmss.— David Camichan wrote, protecting against the injustice i>f having to pay impounding foe-, as well .is a oi fine whim any of lnt> cattle wpiv found on domain property. — The board ugrcwi tlut Mr Ctrn.ich.uiV cmipl.mit was a \eiy j i«~.fc one. It was ngieod, liowe-. et, to mf.irm Mr C.irn.ichan th.it the fees wort' charged uudtsr Iho b.i.uu'a ivgul.itions, and that nothing could be done in the matter. Nkw Leases. —Mr F. A. Whitaker supjjlied a list of n. unes of le.sS"e-« who h.id not called for their Je.^es and a«ked for co^t of same. It was agreed that the board would | advance the £27 Gs, cost of le-ts.es, conditionally upon Mr Whitakor guiranteoingtoabsist the board to collect tho samo free of cost to th<* boaid. It w.i. further [igrocd that Mr Whitaker bo icque^ted to inform tho defaulting les-.ivs that unless they took up their lea-ei and paid for the s une before the 10th of February, action to 10-cntjr on the propertie"; will bj taken. Baiaxce sheet.— Tlie Cji tirnian detailed the various items of c\-pundit>ue n r ,th the me )in-3 for the year. The receipts ,nn Hinted to £555 11s 2d. The expenditure for the year ,i mounted to £320. Tlic "itatement of accounts whs ad ipted. ELKurrox of Ch virman.— Mr Wells, in utiring from the offic, thanked the other munbcis fur the valuable assistance they had rendered him as chairman dining the past Jtenn. j\lr Kirkwood in prop huir Mr Well*, for the ensuing term p.ud him a liicrh compliment for tlie in-inner in wlncli li 3 h.id conducted tho bjaiuc^iot the boird. In proposing Mr Wells, he did not seek to pay him a compliment, for h» considered the c impliment was on the other hide. Mr Fisher spoke in a similar strain. Mr Wells was ac'-ordingly re elected ch.uunin, and suitably acknowledged the honour which the boird hai shown him. Considering that they h.»d only been 15 nvmths at work, he thought they had n {jieit dcil to s* foi fj.s tiir 1 . He took a gwut i-.iteresc in the domai.i improvements, and .mticipited that in about three v jar-.' time Cambridge would have one of tha most attracthe domains in the colony. His duties as chairman wvre Ciuisideiably lightened by the fcelina; that he enjoyed t!ie confidence of hm col!uaguu-i.