COUNTY COUNCIL.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 420, 22 February 1890, Page 2

COUNTY COUNCIL.

Tux above body met yesterday afternoon. Present: The Chairman (Cr Clark), and Crs Coleman, Tuohy King, McPhail, Murphy, Orr, and Stubbs. Accounts were passed as follows: —G. Moore £5 4s, B. Knox £lOO, Engineer's Survey party £l5 2s. W. Milner £24 10s, D. Q linn £7 9s, J. W. Smith £1 0s 4d, T. W. Bilham £1 Is. G. Maher £26 17s 61, G. and J, Smith £BO. B. Knox £2B 10a 81, A. Muir £6 2s, Gisborne Standard Company £6 14s, Engineer’s men £6 2s, 8. Oxenbam £45, A. J. O’Niel £9 7s 6J, Salaries £4B 16s Bd, P. E. Richaidsou{£s Is 6d,]H.”Hamblett £ll6s.

Tbe standing orders were suspended to hear a petition from a large number of settlers in the Waikohu Riding and Ormond Road District, praying that the Council would defer raising the loan of £4,500 for the Kaitcratahi Bridge, until the ratepayers roll had been revised.

Cr King opposed the recention ot the petition.—Cr Tuohy said the Council had used every legal precaution before raising the loan.—Cr King then moved to the effect that the decision of the poll ba accepted as final, and that the petition be not received.—Cr Orr seconded the proposition.—Mr Chambers, one of the petitioners, said there were many persons on tbe roll wha had no right to vote, while many larger properties were not represented.—Cr Coleman opposed granting the prayer of the petition. Cr King’s motion was then amended to read that the petition be not granted, which was put to the meeting and carried. It was decided to spend £35 on the Tatapouri road. The following tenders were received for maintenance contracts :—•

No. I.—P. McLoughlin £129 10s. J. P. Hurrev £ll4, Henderson andQnin £250, W. Jones'£l39 10s, D. Malone £146 7s, S. Doleman £259, J. A. Weston £127 10s, J. O'Donnell £l4O. No 2.—P. McLoughlin £9O, J. R. Hurrey £B7, J. Bidgood £9l, A. Neall £l7O (including No. 10), D. Malone £123 4«, 8. Doleman informal. J. Blain, £65.

No. 3.—P. McLoughlin £l5O, J. R. Hurrey £49, A. Neall, £6O, O. Gallagher £370.

No. 4.—P. McLoughlin £lO2, P. Rodgers £B6, D. Malone £lO6, O. Gallagher £B4 10s, J, Hendeison £9l 10s, D. Quin £BO. No. 5.—P. McLoughlin £95, C. Dette £52, S. Jones £65,1. O’Donnell £7O, J. Mclntonh £137 18s (including Nos. 5, 6 and 7), D. Quin £47.

No. 6.—P. McLoughlin £lOO. C> Dette £6O, A. Diohorty £97. No. 7.—P. McLoughlin £lO5, C. Dette £6O, A. Dooherty £lO3, R. Sinton £59, D. Quin £55. No. B—P. McLoughlin £7B os, 8. Philp £4O, O. Gallagher £47. No. 9.—P. McLoughlin £26, J. Bidgood £5O, A. Neall £32, E. Bennett £45, A. Dooherty £54, O. Gallagher £57, J. Henderson £33. No. 10.—P. McLoughlin £9B, J. Bidgood £6O, B. Gately £7B. No. 11.—P. McLoughlin £lOO, B. Gately £7B.

No. 12.—P. MoLoughlln £l3O, J. R. Hurrev £42 10s, J. Bidgood £6O, E. Bennett £OO, J. Henderson £76. No. 13—A. -I. O'Neil £132 10s. P. McLoughlin £ll3 Os, J. R. Hurroy £6O, D. Malone £238 10s (including No. 15). No. 14.—P. McLoughlin £lOO, J. R. Hurrey £56, G. Moore £B9, A. Neall £B5, J. O'Donnell £llO. No. 15—A. J. O’Neil £142 10s, P. McLoughlin £lO2, J. R- Hurrey £77, F. Hicks £l9O, P. Kane £ll4 10s, 8. Doleman £137. No. 16—P. McLoughlin £6B, D. Malone £57 16s, 8. Doleman £72. ■ The tenders that were accepted are as follows:—Section 1. A. Weston, L 127 10s; section 2, A. Blain, L 65 ; section 3, not let; section 4, D. Quin, L 80; seotigns 5,6, and 7, J. Mclntosh L 137 18s ; section 8. 8. Philp, L4O; section 9, P. McLoughlin, L 26 ; section 10, J. Bidgood, L6O; section 11, B. Gately, L7B; section 12, E, Bennett, L6O; sections 13 and 15, P. McLoughlin, L 215 6s; section 14, struck out; section 16, D. Malone, L 57 16s. The Makaraka to town section was not let.