The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-10-07 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

URBAN BANITARY AUTHORITY MEETING.

A meeting of this b,dy wee held on Monday even-
ing under the pretideocy of Mr. William Attwooll,
the following members being present—Meilen. Thomas
Comben. (1. Mitchell, J. J. Petten. F. Pearce, Henri
Season), John &riven, Thom. Girds, Christopher
Gibbe, sod Henry W. Smith.
Tbe CLIME reEote I that the Asian°e at the bank
In favour of the FS Ard was MS 4. 14., and that the
amount of hills 4, be pun w. £154 14.. 14.
The Surveyor rec nnmended toot the road in King.
street be rep tired, an I oo the proposition of Mr.
PeTTES, e.condeel by Mr. H. SANISOM. this Was a..r tel
to.
The Collector mooned that he had collected the
into of £537, the excused hat sod • Ids amoonted to
£6l, and that Shoot £lB euly a ••• remained to be
collected. Mr. J. J. P.M.) and the 11e•. J. Meigh
Ea I pro laced rec-ii,te which ehnw.,l thst they had
paid • rate tol., snd he recommended that they should
be excused the next rate. .

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The eetimati for the twit rate was elnaidered, and
it WY decd al that • rate nf 14. in the 2 oh tied u,
m•cle, and the Pell was affixed to the e4timat t.

THI 1.,T1 RiTE C)ILLECTOB.

The attl (Wes rep oit wan t ban real a, followe :
Bay field House. Bot h, 18'h Sept, Inot.
Gentienam,-1 hays to report to you reap c hog my r vent
au it of the amounts of your Bond an I of your °Meen for
the yem° en-led at Lady Day last. I found a dc fieviscy it
Lilt fea Mr] rent.. aco,,rdio 1., yCr I Agar, in he
soco soot of your la.e c diem fr, J. Stone. Ito tho rate male
M iron 22n2, 1883, I found the rates ion two hero 'name ila
amounting to £3O 0. al and £5l 2.. Yid re Da tively were
°lnitial, and nit arc m toil fdr, althouth h y ninon, to ha,
ban ;mid ti Stone On the 7th Joy. 1813. Bost leo On. the
• ,renble arre.r. on the first of the at. 0114 hared tom nits
(Vern. Th•orntoola) am oUfltifl to £32 6., DI, le also mi-
aow:moiled or. This makes • further dead nov of gl 30. 3pl.
In addition to tlll4 the tremvsrable arream of that rots are
enters' a. £217 go. Sl_ but It •.,p ,4rs Lhst £1.19 13. 701 id
this was, in tic', recooreable, and the II have b•en accounted
lon'. Many mt,payern hove r.einte fir the pa meet 4 t rir
rate., centered a• Into iverable, Stone havlne used duple o •
receipts. Thio m aces • total deficient, of £687 12s 1011., ..nd
Ills amount 1 have percher:el upon Stone. and you will no
doubt take titans to ree iver thin amount fr im hi. sureties.
My certificate Is einem fin the coll. log and dep oat book 1
pitted out to y tar eleek at my last year's • oda, a cl aloft in
any report 'he oromtlefactory r..te f ottoni.'s account,. I nine{
point out the neceeity for your Dom I to examine ctref,lllV
the current rate belie another rate Is all iwed. You will
know whether tin voids, Sc., are correctly ewer, d, aid
whi titer any mien mops/ I ohm ol be paid before the new rate
Is al owed, and if all moneys c 'Sect.l have been ac .ounted
for.-1 am, $ y.,ur obedient Mr

J Taunt.
To the Chairman an I mmibers of the Portland toed it ard.
The following letter wee remi from one of the
bondsmen for the rate collector
To It N. Howard, Esti
Dear Sir.—Some few days ago I root.. I a letter from you
In reference i, the Hain Ides of the I Ite t the
porti,s,d Local it,ars. 1,, most sincerely retret the unfortu-
nate rata of off Ir., but Ino nt rapectfolly e.i o smears
you that I cannot Add anything to my lost tette to y In
reference to lame. I am toi in any position, 114 you may
e ally imagine, to =ha any payment., to the Loc.l Hoard In
reference to same, if the 11. bi itr still to awns
the will Rod you well, with kind regards. 1 rectum 'ours
ory respect/idly,
J. P. iIMITOOD,
S. Ryli.ton-roed, Fuliam, London.
Wlih refrard to the defi et of £667 12.. 10/ L cur.
cbergrd ou the late coll. ctor'. amount, it Ir.. reeolved
that the Cleric write to each of the earetim ag tin. and
ascertain exactly how they stood se regattis their
liability to meet this rum as when they signed the
bond they had cottsiderable property standing in their
names. and the Board required t know how this has
been dealt with.

It was resolved that the Clerk take the necessary
steps to obtsia a leash of the piece of laad regoinsi for
the Fortatte'a Well Water Supply Improvement for
99 years.

THI LIOIII7IE/ OF THI raLutn.

It wa• unanimonely cmsidered that the charge of
per lamp was too much, and the Clerk w
instructed to submit the matter to the Gas Company
asking for a reduction.
The 13 sard rranted the Governor of the Prison per.
mission to more • house at Waketiam " Stony Croft,"
and an application for the erection .1 • lamp near the
Itse.T. Matthews. The house was promised oon.l lets.
tion.

With regard to a letter from Mr. Rob.rt Hodder
c,,mplaining of persons removing the scavenging from
the street., the Clerk was in.tructed to rvply thd the
Board considered he had neglected hir duty, and that
the 00•1111111013 g should be removcd by him when
required by the Surveyor.