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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

[Road Districts]

Kaitoke Road District forms a portion of the Wanganui County, its boundaries being the Purua Road District on the north, the sea on the south-west, and the Wanganui and Wangaehu rivers on the west and east respectively. The total area of the district is 20,736 acres, of a rateable value of £113,663, the rate being one-halfpenny in the pound. The members of the Board in 1896 were: — Messrs G. Marshall (chairman), E. E. Fletcher, J. Blyth, R. Hughes, and A. Cameron, and Mr. E. Barns as secretary. There are about twenty miles of formed roads in the district, and the ratepayers number seventy-six.

Mr. Gifford Marshall, who has been Chairman of the Kaitoke Road Board since its constitution, was born at New Plymouth in 1859, and is a barrister and solicitor practising in Wanganui. He is a well-known member of the Masonic order, having twice occupied the chair of Lodge Tongariro, No. 705, E.C., as W.M., and is a “past senior warden” of the District Grand Lodge. Mr. Marshall, who resides at “Whakamaru,” Putiki, was married in 1890 to the eldest daughter of Mr. W. F. Russell, now of Christchurch, and has two children.

Kaukatea Road District, situate within the County of Wanganui, is bounded towards the south by the Purua Road District, on the east by the Wangaehu River, on the north by the Mangawhero Road District, and on the west by the Mataongaonga Riding of the County. In area it has 15,836 acres, which is valued for rating purposes at £72,690, a halfpenny rate being collected annually. The members of the Board for 1896 were:—Messrs. J. R. Sommervill (chairman), B. Tyerman, R. Old, J. N. Jones, and J. R. Wilson; Mr. E. Barns acts as secretary.

The Mangawhero Road District, which forms a riding of the County of Wanganui, has a population of 715, of whom 200 are ratepayers owning 276 rateable properties, of the aggregate value of £204,071, exclusive of unoccupied Crown and native lands, valued at £291,675, the gross area being 949,103 acres. The annual revenue amounted to over £730 in 1896, of which £434 was contributed by the ratepayers for a rate of 3/4d. in the £, nearly £300 being derived from Government subsidy. The members of the Board (1896) were:—Messrs. D. Ross (chairman), A. Georgetti, D. Mason, D. Fernie, and J. Brownlee; Mr. M. Jones is the secretary.

Purua Road District, which is situate within the Wanganui County, is bounded on the north by the Mataongaonga Riding and the Kaukatea Road District, towards the east and west by the Wangaehu and Wanganui rivers, and by the Kaitoke Road District on the south. The area of the district is 15,929 acres, the rateable value being £149,587, the annual rate of 3/4d. in the £ producing a revenue of about £500. The members of the Board (1896) were:—Messrs. W. Reid (chairman), W. Bamber, W. Pickup, W. Rodwell, and D. Higgie, with Mr. E. Barns as secretary. There are about 100 ratepayers in the district.

The Upper Wangaehu Road District, which is co-terminus with a riding of the Wanganui County of the same name, has an area of 216,911 acres. Of its population of 450, eighty-six persons own 132 rateable properties, of a gross value of £137,303, independent of unoccupied Crown and native lands valued at £60,135. The gross revenue of the Board for the year ending March, 1896, was £1657, of which nearly £700 was granted by Government, £133 being raised by a general rate of 3/4d. in the £, and £545 by special rates. The members of the Board are:— Messrs. R. Lilburn (chairman), D. Grant, W. Todd. S. Addenbrooke, Wm. Kellick, and N. Hearn. Mr. F. H. Allen, of Mangamahu, is the secretary.