The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-03-08 00:00:00

11(11,111) 4IF HEALTH.

The M 4V..111 mewled Up the 4 'ountiil the several meet-
ing, which 100 l been had relative to the visit of the
Bath and West of linglatel Agricultural /Society to this
town in ISnu, and the putting in motion the machinery
iieeiniaary for collecting the auto required by the Society.
Ile conclude/I hy laying on the table a bid of subscrip.
timis which lin-I helm already handed in, and (ruled
that It would SI,JW receive a liberal aiblitom.
The read the totaln of meveral bilk dna from
the Miura, which a ere approved and ordered to be paid.
Mr. 4*. IoM Its 1101.11 11.111 11110 point to which
he winheil to call attention, namely, the 3a. MI, rate
which the Roanl made the tither day. An much
heen '441 out 11 11i1.1111 shoot that rate, he thought it
right to elate OA it wail a rate for a year and a half,
or nearly aii, luvaune the local I ;overwound Act alter* the
periml 14 cloning their 111.10/tlllllll f(11111 July to Angina ; au
Ili:it in order to tiring under the dinction of
AEA, they instal make a rule comprining the espenill•
lure of thirteen month+ indeed iif twelve, and that
thirteen month' included three inatelmenta of their
liodeiel ii 'WM ; and that wan the reason of the
a ',trent increane the sum of LTA being the 'Mi.
timid *mount reseletval tiecenaary to provide for by the
Act referred to. He thought that (hone facts nhould be
generally known. They plumed no fault iiii the part of
the Mica& nor wiu the town put in any worse ;million
than before, . . . .

rt.r.NK reed the eleuee of the Act which con•
firmed Mr. Coombe' sktinuriit as to the obligations of
Ike
.Ititsril. .

Thu M ;t id( remarked that an erruneuita impreseion
prevailed that this MC of da. MM. was requlrml alone
for the drainage Mid Water Whetella the mensunt
'trees sty for those works was only Is. rid. in the loutish
the sliff. 'I nce between la. AI. Anil :b. MI. being ru.
setiresl for 041.4/11,1011 independently of the military
woo his, anal' as lighting, Kowtowing, ko.
Mr. grati lox gab' that they were allowing the rosily
1., get Into a very bail state, and by and by It wool.'
coat a great deal of money to put them Into a proper
.4 de of repair. He thought the Inhabitants of !tor.
clissder ought to consider themselvem very lucky indeed
to get ollf with a rat. of Its. MM. In the pound.
Mr. tlat.ellt himself looked forward to an increase of
tliot amount of 3e. 101, In the tionnil, while he was, at
the 4111... time, a. reluctant as any one to create Mine.
rea.ary shirts,. Ile took the opportunity of remarking
that it hail 4.A1110 ble knowledge that a gentleman
ot this town bibi a granger that our rates at this
moment were 12.. ii, the pound, leaving it to he
inferred that nor military rate amounted to that large
sum. " Mow is it," said the stranger, "that your water
'wilily and drainage .....int to ao much ?" Now such
a Oat...went us that was manifestly unfair, anti certainly
ought not to have been made ; but at (ho, mine titue It.'
thought it luipolitio to say, or give anybody to suppose,
ae sit
r.);ae.mnt.4,nlieoulticlathpli:
that our expenses would not be higher than thetAvere at
expenditure. They ;the Council) knew, indeed, that
worst 1111 l ney weuld be wanted ; they ought to put
p10t,,. that he
1. believed
lb' core. wis
their shoulders to the whorl and let the people see that
atiniething is really ,lone, and hot leave them, as they
are now, contemplating the fact that they have paid
their money and have nothing to show for it. Let them
litsten to give the ratepayers the benefit of these worka,
suid a CaWie of much dissatiafaction anti tlisuotitent
wonhl he at ones removed from the mind of every
reasonable man.
'The NATOII reail two letters from Mr. Whitehead in
one of which the 11111Zilleer statefl that he had sent • Mr.
Mention to 'superintend the sanitary works, and to remain
at his post until the whole were completed ; in Use
other letter Mr. Whitehead said that he would be in
Llorcheister on the Nth of this month.
The MAYOR then read the notice put on the paper by
Mr. Stanton. relative to a 'notion for keeping Use pumps
in action for a given time, in order to test their
efficiency sin' the supply of water in the well.
Mr. Sr.isron amid :—lt is in constouenoe of the
lethargy suanifceted in the pmgress towards' completion
of our drainage works, that I have been induced to put
the notice.on the paper that we have just heard read;
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the money that has already taken place. Fur mouths