Lavers, O. Meuser, E Quackenbush, and the Acting Secretary.
The usual formal business is transacted.
Road Extensions in Sinn.—The offer contained in the following letter from Mess. Morrison, Gratton and Scott is authorised for acceptance subject to the stipulation that the period in which the road connection is guaranteed be- increased to eighteen months.
16, The Bund, Jha, 12th June, 1901. half of houses o1 Gatisttal Lot 71 West. that we propose shortly t from which Lot the Council propose to cut U. 9 4. 3 for the purpose of Widening roads, as per the Municipal £1 gineer's plan dated 4th December, 1900.
We consider the land, to be worth 4,500 per mow, or say i portion taken, and adding 10% for compulsory. purchase the total amount due by the Coun cil on this basis would be Taels 4, We that the general value' of land in bourhood will be increased vy the construction of roads, but against the i provement la the case of this lot we hi consider the fact that nearly one muw ix taken from a lut originally containing less than 34 mow (a much larger proportion than usual).
must further be remembered that the advaigaye to this lot arises not from cutting land G#the lot itself, but from cutting it off. the wi joining lots, s0 that there wilt be no improvement unless the road is carried through full w n the Pekin (or Sina) Road to the The full unprovener until the other roads are finished, but as portant we do not make a po carried out at once. If, howouucil will undertake to ea Acting Secretary, Municipal Council The Council learns of the conclusion of negotiations with Mr. J. Steuhouse for the surrender of 2 fun 5 li 1 hao of land ex lot 2614, of which he is the registered owner, for the sum of Tls.552. The valuation is based on the method adopted by the Land Commission in the award published with the minutes of the meeting of the 16th May Jast, taking the market value of the lot 3,000 per mow, and estimating the improvement to the property due to the new road at one-third of the value of the land surrendered.
Public Lighting—The offer of the Gas Company to transfer the 8 specimen incandescent lamps in the Whangpoo Read to the Council is accepted. The initial cust is $80 and monthly imainte. The Company's furtherotfer to convert the entire service in the Settlement to this system will be considered with next year's estimates. As a result of a letter from Mess. Drummond, Phillips and WhiteCooper, on behalf of Chinese, an estimate is submitted for the better lighting of the district of Sinza, to include the erection of 8 gas lamps and 15 oil lamps at an initial outlay of $566 and
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