The Marlborough County Council occupies what is perhaps a unique position among corporations of its kind in the colony. The duties customarily assigned to a County Council are, in the province of Marlborough, undertaken by minor bodies—chiefly road and river boards—and the only work left to justify the existence of what is usually regarded as the premier governing body of the county, is the distribution of goldfield revenue. For this purpose the Marlborough County Council meets annually, during the month of March, in the Borough Council Chambers at Blenheim, and the sum dealt with varies according to the state of the mining industry in the province; in the year 1904, it amounted to about £197. The Council is elected triennially, and the members returned at the last poll, taken in November, 1902, were: Messrs R. F. Goulter (chairman), W. L. Clifford, F. M. Foster, G. B. Richardson, D'Arcy Chaytor, James Gane, W. B. Parker, W. Pickering, and J. T. Storey. Mr. C. J. W. Griffiths is the County Clerk.