The Report of the Municipal Council for the year 1880, to be submitted to the annual meeting of Ratepayers on' the 23rd inst., was circulated on Saturday. From it we gather that in June last, two members of the Council, Messrs. C. M. Dyce and J. Bell-Irving, resigned in' consequence of their proposed departure for Europe, and Messrs. J. J. Keswick and A. Barman, having expressed their willingness to serve, were unanimously elected in November to fill the vacancies thus created. Mr. Alexander Sim also resigned his member-in December, but a successor was not appointed.
The Council are glad to report that during the year the various ''members of the Volunteers have taken more than the usual amount of interest in the Corps, and thatin consequence the different branches of the Service are in a more efficient state than they have been for some years past." The Report states that the new scarlet tunics, supplied by the Ratepayers to the Infantry, have added very much to the soldierly appearance of the men, and the attendance at parades and drills during the year has been most satisfactory, Including Artillery, 49 members of the Gorps have been supplied with uniforms during the year under the conditions agreed to in 1879, making 226 in all, since the scheme was inaugur rated. The Council have to thank Major Holliday and officers for the interest they have taken in the Corps, as they feel that it is in a great measure owing to the energy displayed by them, and the attention they have given to all details connected with the welfare of the Volunteers, that they have attained their present state Ronds—Land for widening and Tis, improving. 4,094.00 Pablic mowing machine 804.55 jibes, Ponies for Ai ell, &e., &o, 791.36
Tle,...8,662.61
Loan of 1872.—Eighty-seven Debentures (balance of the loan), amounting to Tis, 8,700, were paid off on 3st October last, Land Assessment.—At the annual mecting of Ratepayers on 16th Febraary, 1880, the Council were directed to havea now assessment made of all the land situated within the boundaries of the Municipality, by a Committee consisting of not fower than three Ratepayers, such assessment to come into force on Ist January, 1881, Messrs. J. M. Cory, R. Francis,'
Morrison and A.G. Wood, having expressed their willingness to serve, wore in Juno last elected as the membera of the Committee, and the Council have to thank them for the time and attention they have devoted to carrying out the wishes of the Ratepaye The now assessment was comploted in November lust, and from the subjoined figures it will be seen that the value of the land in the Settlement has advanced very materially since the previous assessment made in 1875.
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