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ANGLESEY COUNTY COUNCIL.
ANGLESEY COUNTY COUNCIL. The fumual meeting of this Council was leici in the County Court. Buildings, Llan- gefni, on Thursday, there being present: Aldeiman W. R. Jones (chairman), Alder- t men Samuel Hughes, Captain Thomas, Dr Edwards, John Williams, J. R- -Dalies, J; Roberts, Chven Griffith, Thomas Williams^ 1. W. Jones, C. F. Priestley, Goune-illorn Tho.- inas Owen, G. J. Roberts, David Robert, Dr Roberto, Richard. Roberts J, t. Jones, William Prytherch, John Edmundt, O. Lloyd Jones, J. R. Hughes, Rev J G. Jones, ll. L. Edwards, R. P. Jones OWelll Pierce, J. Moretan. Pnchard, R. W. Ro- berts, Rol,ert Jones, Humphrey Owen, 0. H FoSkX, J. Rie", Roberts, David Wil- liams WT T. Jones, Thomas Williams, Hugh Thorns, John Hughes, William Thosnas, John Jones, Colonel Hampton Lewis, Henry Roberts, Robert Lewis, Evan Williams, Lewis Hughes, and the Rev David Rees- ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. L' Alderman W. R. Jones, the retiring chair- Inan, before proceeding with this business, ac-ked the members of the Council to accept his beat thanks for the gr-e&t courtesy and assistance they had rendered him during his year of office. Owing to this, he hoped that the dignity of the chair of the Anglesey CoulltyCouncil had not been impaired. Mr 21. W. Roberts moved the election of Mr Wis Hughes to the ohair for the ensuing yean1.—Thisi (was seocindfcd by tMT Oweci Pierce.—Before this was put to the meeting, iMr 0. H. Foulkes moved a vote of ihaaks to the retiring chairman, and this was unani- mously agreed to.—Mr Lewis; Hughes was then unanimously elected to the chair. He wished to thank them for the kindness they had done him that morning by fixirng upon him as their chairman. It was an interesting occasion, when they bore in mind that tune Countv Council had now been in existence for 8i, years. Very inifiny dear faces had left them during that period, some never to re- I ttm). He prided himself upon one fact in Particular in connection with his public life, <vnd that was that he had had the honour of breaking old traditions in the county by moving to have the first democraitao magis- trate in Anglesey, namely, Mr Hugh The- mes. The work cl the County Council in the past had amply justified that measure of ) loc-al government. A further measure was coming on quick enough. VICE-CHAIRMAN. I On the motion of Mr Thomas Evans, sec- onded by Mr Samuel Hughes, the Rev David Rees was unanimously elected vice-chairman. —Mr Pees thanked them for the honour they had etccie him. His consolation was that he hoped that kis superior would always be pro- 8ent at, all the meetings during the year. JOINT POLICE AND OTHER COMMITTEES. The following memibers were elected on the joint police committee —Messrs Samuel Hughes, 24 votes; O. H. Foulkes, 24; A. ^cKillop, 22 D. Reea, 22 Lewis Hughes, 19: W. R. Jctoes, 17; Hugh Thomas, 17; Thomas Evans, 17; Harry Clegg, 15; Iw- Jones, 14; J. R. Hughes, 13; J- • 12.-The finance and road and brldgo ^nimittees were also balloted for, but the Papers were not counted.—The rest of the coninutteea were re-elected, with the only alteration that those members who had not attended during the year were eliminated. It was decided not to eiecC a fairs I this year, Mr W. R. Jones remarking that it would be well to let the present arrangement °f fairs prove its own efficiency. W the secretary of the Humanitarian Uague was read, asking the Council to take into consideration the possibility of applying to the Home Secretary for an order similar to that obtained by the Middlesex County Council, with respect to the protection of I "vild birds. The protection of wild birds' <x>mjmifrlttee Tvtas TeHe&ectoedJ and Idie iWtier handed over to them. This committee had ^•een defunct for two years. OTHER APPOINTMENTS. The chairman was appointed) returning ofS.cer, and the vice-chadrman a representa- iJivc on the Court of the University of Wailm. 4 A BIG LOAN. The next business was to receive the re- tire of the oommititee appointed; to ootasider the question of borrowing £14,250 required for county buildings and additions to the Denbigh Asylum. The committee s report '>a'.oJ as committee, reports | that considerable correspondence has ttaken place with regard to the terms upon which tt>oney can be borrowed by the County Coun- cil but that it does not appear to the oom- mittee expedient at present to obtain a per- trianent mortgage, end that the money re- quired cannot be conveniently raised by the i^ue of countv stock, as the sum is too small. The Metropolitan Bank of England and "ales has offered to lend the money required for three years 3Ib three per cent. on the Actual balance due, with the option on the Part of fhe Council to repay any part or the ,hole earlier if it is so desired, on giving months' notice of their intention; and aa the expenses attending such loan are fcrifW, ^ouir tocanmjitltiee\ recommends that this offer be accepted, aiyi that tlie_ money obtained/1 as follows ^Immediately, ^2400; in June or July next, £ 3600; Janu- RTT, 1898, £ 4500 June, 1898, £ 1200; Janu- ;ily, 1899, £ 1350; December, 1899, t'ital, 214,250. Of tfchese amounts I-30th ^'ill be paid bacjk every year during the three at the expiration of one, two, and tree years from the date of each advance. J)r Edwards, chairman of the committee jnoyied the adoption of the report. ;-—Mtr Hugh Thomas did not quite agree with the re- V'-nnnendati'on to negotiate the loan in sucn lcistalments covering three years: Prew fent rate of interest was very low, j>ut pe_r- hapg in two or three years h^nce it would considerably higher.—Mir J. Moreton Pn- "hard remarked that there was not the re- motest possibility of the money market going IP in that, period. He would not accept Mr Thong's proposal to fbcttrow Jfehe ^e amo!untj now in one lump sum before they deeded it, and plaoo the balance in the bank at nothing per cent.-The report wasi then accepted!. Mr Mweton Prichard, suggested that a small loan cwnmttr.ee be appointed, hut this question wap adjourned, to the next ordmary meeting of the Council. THE PROPOSED EXPLOSIVES FACTORY. The next business was to receive the report of the committee appointed to hold an in- quiry in relation to the intended application by Mr D. Paisley for permission to erect) Q factory for making nitro-compoundis on the elJlllmon- of Tvwvn Trewan.—The -conuiaitttee ^ported that "they had decided to elefer giv- 1;11,9 their decision until the applicant has de- Posited at the office of the clerk of the peace at Holyhead an ordnance map on the 25-inch s'<do showing the sibiatien and boundaries ?f the proposed factory, and of every build- *rig and mound proposed to bo erected thetre- -U1, and of the pools intended to be provided, Itnd .aftso ^ccwing the jpit|BLtion of effery S elling-house and; other buildings and rail- way within one mile of the proposed factory. The said map to be deposited before the 1st April, and the committee will report final- ly to the Council at the April meeting.—Mr Samuel Hughes, in moviing the adoption of the report, said the committee had not ar- rived a.t a final decision in the matter.—The L Report was agreed to. CORRESPONDENCE. &c. I Among the many letbers. received from ^any sources upon various matters, there Was one from the Tied Bouse Tenant^ League falling attention to the serious losses SIUP- tained by tied tenants' and other licensed retailers generally from shoTt measure in ales, beters, stout, &c., supplied by brewers 3ffid others. The Council could not make' out ^"hat they had to do with this malbter at all, 'Several mennbera remarking that the "tied" Petyple should look after their own interests, "nd the Chairman observing, amid latighter, even if this grievance bad a solid founda- tion, the temperance party might perhaps re. gard it as a very good thing that short mea- sure was meted out to the "pubLics." The letter was placed on the table.—A letter was received1 from the officer commanding the Anglesey Royal Engineer Militia asking per- mission to use some of the cells in the Bearu- miaris Gaol during the preliminary driil and training of this year. This wasi at once gratnted.—There was placed before the Coun- cil an order of the Local Government, Board conferring cci nine urban district councilsl in which Menai Bridge was included, and adso the Llangefni Urban Coutocil, certain powers of a parish council under motion 33 of the LocaU Gofretamient Aot, 1894—The draft scheme for the suggested .amalgamation 0 0 Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries^' is- tricts was referred to a committee-er was read from Mr J. R- Davies an ^ng the Council, oni behalf of himsel an e family, for the vote of condolence passed at the last meeting of the dered that an applaca/tion be made tO the Local Government Board for ^lotron to oorr- row £ 14,250 required for the^ere no county buildings and better bigh Asylum; but it was con»id £ not to order the seal of the afiixed to a mortgage aJJQOunt at present. OOUNTY ItsTE BASIS. The county rate basis as altered m Pr- ance of the Agricultural Ratmg Act.1896 Was approved of, the d^k expxai«,ng that the narlsh of Amlwch had been divackd into three sections; also Llaniestyn mto wo, and Holyhead tYro-urbain aaid ruTal. MAIN ROADS. Mr Lewis Hughea moved the following "That is it is probable in the revision, of local taxation subventions will be made from the Consolidated Fund towards the maintenance of main* roads, the. Council be requested to consider and decide what principal thorough- fares to the several railway stat,ions and other principal tihoroughfares in the county, should be declared main roads, and to place the same in the class of main roads." -The mo- tion was pessed, a proposal to, refer the matter to the roads committee being lost. TJGHT RAILWAYS AN IMPORT- ANT PROJECT. The last matter on the agenda was to read a letter from Mr Theophilus Rowland, Llan- erchymedd, as to light railways. The writer stated that he had come down to promote light railways in any part of Anglesey where they were wanted. Even before the passing of the Light Railways Act he had been thinking of constructing such lines in Angle- sey, but there were then great difficulties in the *'ay which the Act! hadj now" removed1. He merely wished for the consent of the County Council, as a preliminary step, and then a syndicate was ready to take the matter in hand at once.—Mr -Rowland being pre- sent, the Chairman called upon him to state his case to the meeting. He said that the syndicate, cf which be was a member, was prepared to construct a line from Holyhead to Amlwch. It wasi generally agreed that the direction of that line was all right as far as Llanfechell, but between that place and Cemaes there was a difficulty, some being in favour of having it constructed in, a cer- tain direction and others in another direc- tion. But that was a matter which would be better left to the engineer. Another line which they proposed to construct was from Llanfair P.G. to Llangoed. The matter had been before the Beaumaris Town OouncaU on the previous evening, but unfortunately, owing to illheatlth, he was nob able to attend. However, he understood that the town coun- cil were uftranimoulsly iin favour oif) the scheme. With reference to any other line or lines tthe syndicate would be glad to re- ceive and consider any suggestions which the County Council might make. But the great point—and he wished to ten them so straight- forwardly—was to have the coast clear to start something at onoe, so that the syndicate might obtain a footing in the county before anybody else came along.—Mr Rowland1 was evidently indisposed, and he was accommo- dated with a chair.—In response to a call for an (explanation firom BetauTnaris, Mr Hugh Thomas said that this mafttter had been brought before a special meeting of the town council the previous nigfit. The council, on the proposal of Sir Richard Bulikeley, re- solved that they would nob offer any ■obstruo uoni to the project, and in. fact they were prepared to support the oonøtruotoon of the line from Llanfair P.G. to Llangoed (sup- pressed applause). He understood) that ib was intended, according to this scheme, to have a narrow gauge liJne along the highway. -The Chairman (addressing Mr Row- land) said that the matter iiad, been brought forwardl at such a shore notice that it coold not have 'been properly indicated in the agenda. \But the Council quite under- stood the harry. The Light Rai.wavs Com- •mfcssikxniers received such afppucations only twice a. year, in May and October arid un- less the preliminaries were gy\ through at once, it woula throw the wh ).e thing back for another twelve months. He could tell tMr [Rowland that the Council were in favour of such schemes, and of oourie* Mr Rowland (himself having been a. promoter of scores of other lanes, they saw that the matter was in good; hainds>; tm. at the saJte time, legal ajidf other technicalities would have to *be ob- served.—Mr (Rowland: This is only, the first step. Wo are seeking your consent as a County Council to bring th-? roauer before the Light R'dways Oommis ioners.—The Chairman Just fco —■—.—A Member But, Mr Chairman, I want to know what is now before the meeiting 1 There is no motion of any kind, as fir as I can see.—Several Mem- Ibers: Let the clerlk gitve his opinion.—The Clerk then said they couzd not. give their consent to adif puch thing unless they were definitely informel where it went to. There nvas nothing before them. They couldt not gpe their cdnient without firist t-f a. sce.jg the ma(p and) ptans, &c., of the propafcd 'lines. His oipinioai as regarded the Beau- maris line wa*. that if they h.-id it con- structed, they :wou[H spoil Beaumaris.—Mr J. Riice Rql-vrts re mark ed thv: if time pressed so much, there was a solut'oi) of the difficulty by reiferring the wHoL- matter to the Light Railways Committee. It might be a serious thÙf, if the Council that day re- solved to givi> Mr Rowland a centra sanc- tion, without first of all considering the de- tails.—(Mr Rowland said that, if the matter I waa postponed for another lli(p,21 or so, the syndicate would rot be <i/bV to come forward for mother «we've months, owuig to r mesons iwnion nadi already been explained. But if they ofotamed the consent of the road autho- rities now, something would be done at once. They proposed' to go along the roai Is, in every case, aaid not through any private property.— Dr [Roberts remarked that trie Beaumaris road' was 81 narrow one as it was, and if a tramway was coinstrueted along its side, he couldl not understand how it co'ild be aad^ without m^iruJctmg the whole length of tihe road.—Co.onel Hampton Lewis said that the syndfoate wou3dl halve to compensate every householder from (Menai Bridge to 'Beaumaris, and the making of that tramway iwou4 therefore, cost themlilllOootJhan making ling a main line of rauway, (H0 did not think •they couldl find in the whole of the United Kingdom a similar length of road in a rural district where more compensation would be required) than this.—Ultimately, it was re- solved to refer the matter to the Light Rail- ways Committee, the said committee to meet I as soon as possible. Our representative had a ibrielf converaa- tiomL with Mr Rowland) at the dose of the meeting, and elicited fromi him the fact that all the lines were inltended to be run along existing roadfe, the gauge to be narrow, and the traction electric, the overhead wire to be used, with ornamental iron posts, which, Mr -Rowland1 said, were far better looking than the ugly telegraph posts íOOW to be seen along almost every road in the country.
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ICARNARVON COUNTY COUNCIL-
I CARNARVON COUNTY COUNCIL- THE ANNUAL OVIEETING. The atonual meebing of the Carnarvon County Council was held at the Shire Hali, ai Thursday, when there were present: The chairman, Mr Robert Thomas, presiding over the first part of the proceedings; Aldermen í Hon. H. Lloyd Mostyn, J. R. Pritchard, Moses Evans, J. Menzies, D. R. Daniel, J- E. Roberts, H. Tudwal Davijes, Edward' Jones, Elias Jones, D. IP. Williams, W. AL Williams, W. J. Parry, Councillors John Jones, George Brym- er, R. Conway, Willianx Evans, J. Jones- 'Mbrris, Richard Daviels, Robert; Thomas^ C. H. Barbishire, Robert Hughes (Liaaifair- feohan), E. J. Williams, p. Mclntyre, J. Evans Jones, Hugh Owen, Hon. W. E. Saekville West, John Hughes, W. Jones, Owen Roberta;, R. O. Jones, Thomas Jones, Griffith Hughes, F. W. Francis, J. J. Ev- ans, Robert Rowland, Edward H. Owen, O. Wynne Griffith, William Williams, T. C. Lewi* Richard Thomas, J. R. Hughes, J- Issard Davies, Charles A. Jonee, R. A. Pri- chard, D. E. Davies, Henry Williams, and Abel Williams. THANKS. Councillor O. A. Jones rose to move a vote of thanks to Ma* Thomas, the retiring chairman, tor the impartial way in which he had presided over the meetings during the past twelve mo)nth«. He believed he ex- pressed the sentiments, of all members cf the Council, when he said that all were satis- fied with the way in which the work had been carried! out. Alderman Rowland teecondcdl, and tSie motion was carried with acclamation. The retiring Chairman, in returning thanks, said he appreciated the honour which had been conferred upon him. There were, however, many things which ihe would like to suggest to the Council, but it would hard- ly be wise for him to do so that day. He had only to thank them for their kind for- bearance during the yeas. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AXD VICE-CHAIRMAN. Councillor G. Brymer proposed; that Mr Edward; Jones, the vice-chairman, be elected to the chair. Alderman J. R. Pritchard seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously. The newly-elected 'Chairman saiid he felt some diffidence in accepting the honour. He would do his utmost to fulfil the duties of the office to the best of his ability. He would like to point out, however, that they had to meet a little extra expenditure during the next twelve months. w Councillor George Brymer then proposed the election of Councillor J. Issard Davies 1 to the vice-chair. He had been a, member cf the Council rince, its first election. Alderman J. R. Pritchard seconded, and said that probably some outsiders would be surprised at the selection, for generally these things were worked on political lines. He believed, however, it was better for the hon- ours to go round to gentlemen;, who took great interest in the work of the Council as Mr Issard Davies had. Politically, Mr Is- i sard Daviea and he (the speaker) were great; opponents of one on-other; but that did not. blind hiill to the fact that Mr Davies had at all times done the best he could in the interest of the county (hear, hear). The motion, was then put to the meeting, and carricd unanimously. Mr J. Issard Davies briefly returned thanks. THE ELECTION OF COMMITTEES. During the process of electing the various committees, it was continually pointed out that thoe attendance of &ome members had been very bad, and attempts were made to strike out) the names; of those membars who had not put in a single attendance, and in some instances they were successful.—The Standfing yioihit CoTTdmiittee wad 're-elected with the exception of Councillor J. Spinther James and Councilor O. Wynne Griffith, the names of Councillors W. Evans, Llatii- dudno, and Edward Jones, being substltu- ted. Councillor J. Jones-Morris propesed the re-election of the finance committee.—Coun- cillor R, Hughes, LlaJnfairfechan, seconded. —CouncIHor C. A. Jones called attention to the lluméber of attendances made on this committee. There were six members who had not attended once, and therefore he asiked if it was fair to put th-=se gentlemen on the committee again, as they never attended. Those who had not attended were Aldermen T. E. Griffith and W. M. Williams, Coun- cillors G. Farren, G. Brymer, H. Ellis, and H. Grey Edwards. He would propose that some other members be elected in their place. There were eight more who had not attended more than onee. Councillor Brymer said! hei had been a member of the finance committee for years, and had attended regularly until last year. The meetings were held on Saturdays, and often but half an hour or so was allowed to conduct the business. He contended that as the finance committee was' the most im- portant of aJl the committees that the con- venience of members should be consulted. It was impossible for the whole business to be transacted in half an hour. That was the reason he did not attend.—Councillor J. R. Hughes said that all days were similar, and they found that it was the same at the meetings of the Council. The last meeting was an example—everybody that could did attend, and remained until a certain vote had been disiiensed with, but later on when the Council went on to deal with a big item of £ 23. COO, these members left "to catch the trains* If they changed the date, then he moved that his n/ime be struck out and that of <Mr Menzies substituted.—Councillor C. A. Jones withdrew his amendment, and thought that perhapsi after this discussioai there wouild be lam imjprovement.—'Alder- man Rowland, thought there were tbo many members on the committee. He would therefore move that those who had nob at- tended1 once (with the exception of Mr G. Brymer, who had been poorly for a long tame) be not re-elected, and that they should be satisfied with a committee of 24.—Coun- cillor Brymer said he did! not want to re- ceive special treatment (laughter). He felt certain, however, that he had attended more finance committee meetings than- any other member of that Council.—AldenMaji Men- zies refused to agree with the suggestion cf Councillor J. R. Hughes; whereupon that geiit,lema,n seconded the amendment of Ald- erman Rowland.—Some further diisoussion took place, and CounciHor John Hughes saidi he felt certain that after the strictures which had been passed at that meeting upon de- faultint commiiMeemien, they wtouldl (have better attendances.—The amendments were withdrawn, and the committee re-elected. Aftr a short discussion, the North; Walee Counties Lunatic Asylum committee was re- ejected- with the exception of AMierman Rowland, who was replaced bv Councillor R. A. Prichard. The names of CounedHoi: J. Jones-Morns <md G. Brymer were sub- stituted for those of Alderman W. M. Wil- Kams and Councillor II. Ellis on the county rate committee. Councilor Afbeil1 Williams proposed the re- eEeotioli of the weights and measures com- mittee.—This' was agreed to. The light tfailHvays cotmmittee was also re- elected), and' the name of Alderman W. M. Wi-lSams added.—On the motion of Coun- 'cillior R. Thoanasi, thle railways commitjt.ee was not reappointed. The imeimbersi of tthe joint counties can> mittee were re-appointed. There was an atteimpt -niadoto saddle the work of the ajIo.t!m!ents committee on Caraar- von members.—Mr J. (R. Hughes protested against asking Carnarvon mietmibers to do all the dirttv work and drudgery. They were already oil (most df thte connmiittees, and be- sides knew very little about Hand.—The com- mittee was re-elieoted. THEf QUARTERLY IMBETINGS. Councillor R. Thomas (proposed that the quarterly meetings of the council for the en- suing year be held on Mayi 6th, August 5th, Novetmiber 4th, and February ;)00,. 1898, and that itftae annual (meeting should be on March 17th, 1898.-DoilllCiLQr J. E. Roberta se- conded, and the motion was agreed to. THE DlENlB'JG'H AiSYtLUIM AGBEE- GVfflENT. The report of the committee appointed, to inquire into the, possibility of dissolving the union with Denibigh and other counties, rela- tirve to the maintenance of the asylum, was submitted as IfoJlows: —The cot remittee hofv- ir-g considered the resolutions passed 'by the County Council' at UiJeiir last (meeting, with re- gard) ,to obtaining counsel's qpinioni as to the power of tthe County Council to contest the validity of order to pay callla made Iby the visirtoirs, and as 1* the couree to 'be pursued in the direction of dbtainiing a. dlibsolutiom of the earisting agrdoinontbebvveen) the five coun- ties relating 'to the maintenance of the a&- yjuaiu at Denlbighi, it was resolved, an the motion of Mr W. A. Darbisliire, seconded by IMr Jdhn 'Hughes, "That this County Council: be adiyiste'd to postpone the taking ( of counseil'i? opinion for ;dre .present, oan the groimid that in the main the present, legal position i, well' ascertained, and that in the event of the- further recommendation of the committed being cajriroed out, it wiU then be aesnrab-e and requisite to obtain the aavice df counsel1 in, regard tiherieto. The oom- inittee reports that in their opinion: a die- solution of the present union can only be oibtained by Act of Parliament, and they ask that the! County Council will authorise them to imake pneliminary investigations and in- quiries with that view (but it is dcdbtful whether County Councils ha-ve power to pro- mote bils), andl to dio aZll! such acta as in their opinion may ibe n-eces&acy, with a. view of obtaining the lbeEtt advice to enable them to report further to the County Council. Councillor J. R. Hughes thought it would be well if it went out that tire Council were thoroughly supporting the visitors in this .tl_ matter.—Alderman D. P. Williams said they had given this committee every support, and it (Would be reasomafixle that their travelling expetnses should: be paid, for the committee did everything in its tpower to protect the interests of the county in the matteif.-The report was adopted unanimously. THE AMALGAMATION OF FISHERIES DISTRICTS. Councillor J. Issard (Davier, called atten- tion to the draft echeime for the, aimalgamar- tkwii of the Western Sea. Fisheries Dustrict with the Lancashire Sea Fisheries Distriot, and ill proposing the adoption of the draft scheme, he said that a, coanSerence had been heJdj in Liverpool, wheat the íbaBiB of &mal- gamation was agreed upon. The Scheme provided for a diistrict extending from Haver- igg Point, in Cuimlbecland, to CeniinaesHe4 in the South. The committee would be con- stitu,ted, of 104 members, of which Lancashire County Council would eflect tem, the Cheshire County Council and each oif the County Coun- cils of North Wales wou-d elect three each, and Cuimberland1 one. Theire would be 20 members from the oountyfboroughs, ten se- lected! by the boardls of salmon conservatore, and) 42 appointed1 by the Boardk of Trade. It was estimated that the a/ranuaf expenditure on supeaiintendling the fisheries, and en- farcing the (bye-laws, would ibe about J55600, but I\lJldle!1" no cercuimfetences ghauM the con- tribution. froan: any county in the Western District exceed onie-sixteenth of a penny in the £ in any financial year. The expenses of the Westem District would be j3720 a year, and a preliminary oapitail of £ 450 would have to be made up. To meet the expenses, a. utJe. of one-thirty-seooofuS; pafrt of a penny in the JB, on ail contributory authorities, wouJdl .produce £ 0441, andl of this the coun- ties in the Western District would contri- bute JB162, the share of Camarvon being £66.. The average conitribution. in the Wes- tern District for thle .past 4 years had Ibeen £ 222, of which Carnarvonshire contributed £86., Thus, it would! be seen that the aver- age expenditure ¡qf! the Western District would be reduced, if the amalgamation took place, from £ 222 to £162, and! yet £720 per annum would be expended1 on the objects of the committee.—Oouncillor R. Davies se- conded, and! said that their expenses would be I'ess, whilst they <wouMl have better con- trol1 over the fishery.—Aider man J. R. Pnt- chaa'd' considered that it was right for Wle richer counties to mH'P the poccer in the eoqpense of presenting fish, yet there were two or three questions tie would like to ask before voting. Would it be (possible to^ die- solve the union? 'Was! there any provision made that the (bailiffsi who Itooked after the fishing on the Welsh coast iwould be conver- sant with th,e Welsh language, otherwise greiat injustice nuglut (be done to WeCsh fishermen, who understood, no English. He wouldj aiilso. like to know if the Welsh vote wou-dl be swamped by the English vote.— Councillor Issard Davies said that the Wes- tern District was anxioms that a provision should ibe made to dissolve the union if that were found necessary; but he did not know whether the Department would aiow that or whether the Department would aiow that or not. With regard to the bailiffs, it was un- derstood that they (would be controlled oy the local' committees, and he did not antici- pate any change in that respect. It was obvious that the, Enigtlish vote would; swamp that of the Wellsh counties, but he did not think there was reason to fear any injustice. —Councillor J. Hughes pointed out that Car- narvon had1 a greater sea board and a higher ratable value t-hani Merioneth yet, it wafe not allowed greater representation.—Coun- cillor Issard Daivies explained! that the repre- sentation was for the d,istriob more than, for the counties!—24 mietmibers for the Western District, and! divided' among the six Welteh counties.—Councilor T. O. Lfcwis And, it is very poesibl'e that Carnarvon will have a lrurger representation than the others, be- cause of the memfbers who will be elected by the board of conservators.—The draft scheme was theiM adopttedL MINOR MATTERS. The date for the election of guardians and. rural district #ouncillors ww fixed for April 3rd.Dr "Voeltaker was re-appointed district anailyst undietr the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs A.et, 1893.—It was, however, pointed out that so far he had not been called; upon to analyse one sample.—The Clerk stated that the Act was not pat into operation any- where ini the kingdom, and that the same complainife were lieaawl on all1 sides—that no saanples were being analysed.—A complaint was received tfrom the Fisheries Department of the Board of Trade, to the effect that no reports had) been, received from the Dwjfaofe Fishery District for the past year.—Several councillors stated) .that it was a pity that the old conservators would not act, and1 that, consequently, the fish in that part of the county were not preserved.—It was stated that they were killed1 wholesale with lime and dynamite; and, eventually, it was agreed that Councilor R. Davies should taike upon himself to find conservators who would be ready to act, and submit their names to the next meeting.—A letter had' been received from Mr D. H. Davies, fwho was selected frofm. among other candidates to stand the Board) of Tirade eixamiinations for inspectors of weights and measures, stating that his coach had' adivised hitm, not to attempt the ecaaninatioai thtis. tilraie. Consequentb-y, he had not gone to the examination.—Several members spolke upon the question, and point- ed, out that one off the conditions of selection was, that The candidate would sit for the ex- amination.—ElvemtuadEV, the matter was re.- farxOOJ to 1the weighita and measures ooim- mitte,e. THEi CLERKS OF COUNTY COUNCILS. Councillor J. !R. 'Hughes moved, and it was agtreedl to sendl the folCowing resolutions to the Secretary of State: -"That this Council is of opinion that the obligation to appoint the same individual to the separate offices of clerk of the peace and clerk of the County Council in administrative counties, contained in section 83 of the Local Government Act, 1888, shouOldl, as to future appointments, be removed, and that the appointment of the clerk of the County Council and' of his de- puty in an administrative county should be transferred) iroon the standing joint ooan- mitroe to the County Council, and that the court off quarter sessions should appoint the clerk of the peace." THE EXPENSES OF JURORS. Councilor J. R. Hughets proposed the fol- lowing motion, which was seconded) by Al- deifinaei Pritchard, and raxTi:edl:That in the opinion of this Coumcil, jutoxslxttencliaig assizes and quarter sessions should nob be required] to pay their own. expenses.—Coun- ciLor C. A. Jonesi, in reply to Alderman PtriiUdiard1, said that dt was idlegai to summon the same gentliemail to act asi juror more than once in every twelve months.—Alder- naaai) Pritchard thought that that should be generally known, because he knew of some who had been1 suimknonedi four or five times in the same year. THE EDUCATION BILL. Alderman D. P. Willialms proposed! "That this Council most emphatically protests ag- ainst any re-opetiing df the Sett- etment of 1870 which' does not secure (l) equal treat- ment from Parliamentary grants for Board and Voluntary Schools; (2) adequate provi- sion) that increased Parliamentary aid shall be di-rectedi to secure increased efficiency (3) that substanital jlocal contributions to school maintenance shall be required' as a condiitiom of puiblic aid; (4) aal effecEve audit of the accounts of all in- stitutions receiving P&rliaanentaay grants, and the publication1 of the reports and ac- counts off taffl such schoolb so aided; (5) an ex- tension of popular representation as a condi- tion of further aid' and "That this Coumcil begs to Ifeoordl its protest against the ap- pointment off a person not conversant with the WeAsh language to be chief inspector of schoolb in Welles, and that a copy of this re- soiutioni be forw^mded to the Welsh M.P.'s, to the President of the Council on Education, and the Leadbr of the House off Cdmcnone." —Councillor Abel Wiiliaims seconded. -Coun- cillor Issard Daviefc, whilfet agreeing with the greater part of th'e re-solution, moved an amendiment, thafti (tho ipocrfciona numjbered tiixeo and five be omitted'.—This was second- ed by Councillor R. Con/way, but on a vote being taken, six only held up their hands for the amendment, and! the original resolu- tion was (passed.
THE MAN IN THE RESTAURANT.
THE MAN IN THE RESTAURANT. Have you ever happened to notice how much some thin persons eat ? I was in a restaurant not long ago, and sitting just near me was a very thin man ordering his dinner. His face was pale, his cheek bones pro- nounced, and there was no evidence whatever that he bad any blood in his body. I wondered what such a man would eat, and very soon saw the greatest quantities of food imaginable disappear before his ravec- ous appetite. Surely, thought I, that man eats enough to fatten ten men. What becomes of all that food ? But a lady has written a letter which ought to be presented before I answer that question. Before I heard of Scott's Emul- sion," the lady writes, I was in a very weak state. I was unable to walk any distance without feeling very bad, and was wasting away to a shadow; in fact I got frightened for fear I was going into consumption. My arm got no larger than a child of four or five years, and when I ate my food I was never satisfied the more I had the more I wanted, but it did not do me any good. Instead of getting fatter I got so thin every- body I knew kept passing remarks about it. When I heard of the good Scott's Emulsion was doing, I tried it. I commenced to take it on June 22, and I am glad to say that after taking one of your medium-sized bottles I was able to walk about without feeling so bad. I got more satisfied with my food. and it seemed to be doing me more good, but when I had taken one of your largest bottles I could get about easily. I went for long walks without feeling a bit tired, in fact I never felt so well in my life. It hardly seems true. I am recommending it to a lot of people I know, as they can see what a change there is in me. I hope this letter will be of some use to you, as I should like people to know the good it has done me. I remain, yours truly, (signed) ELIZABETH MAUND, 111, De Beauvoir-road, Kingsland, N., July 28th, 1896." Now there was nothing in the world the matter with that man I saw in the restaurant, except that he was unable to assimilate his food. His system craved nourishment in a discreet and easy form, and instead of getting Scott's Emulsion to start it back on the road to health, it got nothing but ordin- ary food. Not being able to assimilate such food, the man literally eating his way to starvation. I hope he will see the foregoing letter.
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MERIONETH COUNTY COUNCIL. THE ANNUAL MEETING. On Wednesdiay, the anttmal meeting, of the Merioneth County Council was held at the County Hall, Bala, when Alderman J. Parry Jones, Festiniog, presided. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. Mr J. Parry Jones, the retiring chairman, proposed that Mr Edward Griffith, the vice- chairman, be elected to the chair for the en- suing year.-The Hon. C. H. Wynn second- ed1, and the motion was agreed to unanimous- ly.-The retiring chairman then rose to ex- press his thanks to the Council for their kind assistance during his year of office. —On the motion. of Alderman Lewis Lewis, seconded by Mr H. Haydn Jones, Dr Roger Hughes was elected vioeHchairmaii. Both tlie chairmaji and thei vice-chairman briefly returned thaniks for the honour accorded to them. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE DENBIGH ASYLUM. Mr H. Haydn Jones submitted the report of the- finance committee, and' said that the balance in hand on November 12th, 1896, wa<9 JB4015, which, together with other re- ceipts, made a. total of £ 10,000. The pay- ments were, £3749, so that a balance was left on February- 18th last, of £ 6753. He pointed out that the criminal prosecutions caused an increase of £ 107, but as the case of Regina v. James, the clerical impostor, had cost £ 96, and the most serious of the crimes, which that man had been guilty of, had been committedf in England, the com- mittee thought it was unfair that a poor county like Merioneth should I)o asked to bear the whole cost, and had recommended that the Treasury ahouir be asked to pay a portion of the cost. There was an overdraft of j5295 oil the Police Pension Fund, but the demands on this fund! in future would be less than formerly. With regard to the sicheme for enlarging Denbigh Asylum, the committee found that instead of this costing £ 50,000, the expenditure would amount to j380,000, and the county of Merioneth, in- stead of being asked to pay JE6000, would be compelled to contribute jj9885. The com- mittee, therefore, recommended that sanction to bor row £10,000 be applied for. The com- mittee believed that it would be preferable, and less costly, to borrew this whole amount in one sunn than to borrow two or three small sums and it was found that the clerk had already an offer for a. period of 30 or 50 years at three per cent. The committee further recommended an increase of the salary of the inspector of weights and mea- sures (Mr E. J. Evans, Towyn) by jS50 per annum, and that a. county rate of 4 £ d in the £ be levied for tlie half-year ending Septem- ber 29th, 1897. This was an increase of iq 2 in the £ on the present rate, which had been rendered necessary mostly by loss which the county would sustain under the new Agri- cultural Rating Act. The committee also I recommended the levying of a ^di educational rate.—A long discussion ensued upon the question <rf the Denbigh Asylum. — Dr Hughes explained that the extra money rev quired for drainage and1 water supply, &c., had caused the estimate 110 be increased to £ 80,000. Merionethshire had all along urged thati the cost th ootid not. exceed £ 49,(XX). aaid as a matter of fact the tender received was jM8,000, but it was found that certain items had been omitted, and the estimate was subsequently increased to £ 50,000. But an- other question was raised which did, not como before the Council, namely, the heating and ventilating apparatus, for which a. tender had been accepted of J37829. This, together with the waiter supply and other items, had at last brought up the figure to £ 80,000.—Dr Edward Jones said he feli very disappointed over this affair, and askeid, whethefr there was no possibility of modifying the great expenditure on drainage and water supply, which was nearly equal to the cost of erecting the building.—Mr Jonathan said the old asylum which provided accommodation for 500 pajtieats had only cost £ 30,000; and now they were asked to spend j380,000 to provide accommciQation for 240. The SA500 provided fM the architects was monstrous, and,he believed it was quite possible to ob- tain architects to do the work well for lests than five per cent. It was ridiculous to think that J37003 was to be paid for heating ap- paratus whilst large chapels and churches could be heated for £ 250 or J5500. He had been told that Carnarvon was contemplating getting an Act of Parliament to dissolve the union.—The Hon. C. H. Wynn: In that case the quota to be paid by Merionethshire and other counties will be very much greater, as the drainage and water supply will have to be provided, no matter how many inmates there may be in the asylum.—Dr Edward, Jones pointed out that the furnishing and j Odgh^ftig woould! not be itaicluded in the I £ 80,000.—The Hon. C. H. Wynn stated £ 80,000.—The Hon. C. H. Wynn stated tha-t whether they were disappointed or not, I the expenditure was a necessity which the visitors could not overcame. There was no alternative. The difficulty had existed 15 or 16 years ago, and it was fortunately they j had not attempted to supply it at the com- men cement, in view of the recent great in- crease of lunacy in North Wales. As to the water supply, it was once thought that the water supply of Denbcgh would do, but the Commissioners said thje inmdbes mutst 00 supplied with pure water, and the visitors were compelled to go eight miles to get it. It was intended to lay down six-inch pipes, so as to give sufficient power to light the institution with electricity. With regard to the architects' commission, he might say that it was absolutely necessary to engage. no-one but tho-roughly efficient men, and he did not think any first-class firm would accept less than five per cent.—The report was then adopted. THE MAIN ROADS COMMITTEE. The Hon. C. H. Wynn proposed the adop- tion of the main roads committee's report, which recommended, among other things, that the sum of J5900 be voted to the county surveyor towards maintaining the county roads and bridges during tho next quarter. THE COMMITTEES AND THE INDIAN FAMINE. The report of the committee of selection appointing members of the ordinary commit- tees of the council was then adopted and it was at this stage agreed that a communacai- tion be, sent to the various local authorities urging them to imvite contributions towards relieving the distress caused) by the famine in Lidia. THE EXTENSION OF DOLGELLEY. Dr John Jones submitted an application from the Dolgelley District Council for an Qrder, to extend the boundarios, of their dis- trict.—Mr John Roberts (Dolgelley Rural) opposed the application, which after a short diecussian was refused. BARMOUTH INCREASING. I Alderman Lewis Lewis made an applica- tion on behalf of the Barmouth District Council for an order increasing the number of members on that district council from nine to fifteen. He pointed out that there had been an increase in. the ratable value from JB2000 to £ 11,000, and in population) from 1000 to 2000, since the council had been es- tablished!.—Councillor John also made an application that the number of guardians representing Barmouth on the Dolgelley Un- ion be doubled.—Us was agreed to hold an inquiry into the two appJieati0118- THE AMALGAMATION OF THE FISHERIES DISTRICTS. Dr Charles WfiUiam^ submitted a draft scheme for the amalgamation of the Western Sea Fisheries District with the Lancashire Sea Fisheries District. The scheme provid- ed for the constitution of a committee con- sisting of 104 members. Eb Wagl estimated that the annual expenditure would be £ 3600 but under no circumstance should the contri- I bution of any one county in the Western district exceed onenaxteenth of a penny in the £ of the ratable value in any financial year. Ihe draft scheme was adopted. 'v T lrH*J EDUCATION BILL. Mr John 1 any proposed, Mr WT. Hitgn^. Do gelley, seconded, a resolution condemn- T i" aild the appointment of Mr Legardi as chief inspector for Wale*. MIM)R MATTERS. The meetings of the Council for the next year were fixed on the first Thursday in June, September, and December, and the annual meeting on March [17th, jggg Messrs John Hughes Jones, W. Jones, Aber- dovey, and J. P. Jones, were elected mem- bers of the Agricultural and Technical hiu- cation Committee of Aberystwyth Colleo-e Mr Allan Murray was reappoolllted agricul- tural analyst.—Dr Richard Jones, Bfaemau Festiniog, was re-appointed tk) examine the reports off the medical officers of health and tabulate the vital and health statistics for the year.—The dafte of tlie election of rural par- ish councillors and district councillors was nxedi for the 3rd April, the hours of polling to be from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.—Mr T. E Eitis, M.P., was unanimously reappointed to re- present the council on the University ours. Mr Evan Jones, BaJa, brought up a re- porfc of the committee appointed to take into consideration the pollution of the River Dee, a.nd recommended the appomtment of seven representatives to attend the joint Mifer- ence.
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