M*£ 'M'J^tiight secpnde d-. the ■ n>otib|L Somfc ; dufcumsidn jonsu.ed, in v i|h§?saroe of which .Mfcv-W.5 Miller made;*a state ment respictiTjSjg tive^oircuraat^nces under whiojbHhdi^sWdi^jir^m^lielporpbraiioQ and'/ft«»cST"^Hb;\ ! in^rance, ,^^fii^were arrayed,; v • Tio^fift^,q^qtfe-i^^ajriß(eiit. of tlwB'el|iisBsie^ and it" was left to him to" decide the"appor tionment ofCjttie "the' two, brigades. (Heiiad-.accocdlnglyj^yidgd; the) amount aa tie considered was fair, and the Several tf&dies^liitarqste^iYe/rt 4 u it Q .<i&ati§fied^wspt rtlia^he ha/Tdone. KEhel n*ftH>n? of I MriEtarJtley was? ihen} carried unanimously. ,/iIU li L V:. { T>i "> The Chairman said that another matter I^e,jmeeting i would.h^ve,t^o / gonsider wWaVto tne cbu\BeitKa%VshQui^*bV taken a i'ffih^ Ijajd insisted should be paid over' to the. Spit Brigade. Mr Miller said he had ' spoken to Mr "Wilkie, the Superintendent, of. the 1 Spjt Fire Brigade, and he said at oncefthat he knew the Spit Brigade was not entitled to the.io£6f!&uife hadJabfleift Sjjopped^ by^Mt Kemsley, and though it had been repaid itfw&uia'ibeiretiirneldi/ J )iThefcir(3iim^a'nQea respecting the £5 members would pro l?ab.ljßi..l;emembdi-hn.' ; TheJa Hawse's; rf Bay, Insurance Company had made a special donatjontefe c fe> a the f brigade irr! and i he < haa apportioned the amount between the two brigades, paying £15 to the Napier Brigade, and £5 to the Spit Brigade. The Insurance Association had, however^ claimed that £20 donation from "the Hawke's Bay Gpmnan^ B.ljpnld ]fl be sre-v 5 re- v garded as part of the Association's subsidyj and had deducted the amount. The Corpo ration had in turn deducted the £20 from' the payment made to the Fire Inspector on behalf of the brigades, tfendl insisted* upon the deduction being made entirely from what <vrka receivable by 't^he Kfapier ; Brigade, ignoring altogether the foojgtha| the Spit Brigade had received "*{> out oJ»the*^wkelsJßay^.Company^& i ,donftti,Qn, of £20. "Ha held iheyCdrppratibn ougnt^to^havl 1 takSn nor rfotrce oP the claim made hy,the i A'3iQciation4nr reference t&% e^oflßn*ou#ha^4 Mtoth|tj  it should W^^gaa^jKagg-dptended', a special donation. 3S 1 to c&e £5, he con sidered that there was a misc^nAf JRtjo^u of the circumstances, and that there* would be no difficulty inSha7igg>Jh;e matter sot .right. * '"* Mr Gillter4,as:d3aafc think they should look to the Spit Brigade to set the matter rigISEQJBEhe £5 had been paid at the instance of the Municipal Council, and that bod^aommp^tied to. 