Page 3 Advertisements Column 2

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 931, 1 May 1883, Page 3

New Advertisements. SPECIAL ENTRY. SATURDAY, MAY 5. Gold and Silver Watches, Studs, Pins. Ear-rings, etc. A really valuable lot of jewellery. Absolutely without reserve. A. LFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer. 976 A SHBURTOIS BOROUGH COUNCIL. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure foe the Year Ending the 31st Mabcii, 1883. Receipts. £ s. d. Rates, 1880... 8 0 Rates, 1881... £ll 15 0 Rates 1882 ... £1,200 13 10 Rates, 1883... £IOB 12 61,321 9 Borough seal fees 8 8 Rants of reserves 483 18 Licenses dogs 110 10 Licenses excise 334 10 Licenses under bye-laws ... 58 5 Licenses per Collector of Customs 160 0 Fines under bye-laws ... 54 16 Earth sold ... ... ... 72 1 Culverts and bridges 15 10 Bye-laws, sale of 7 Water supply, pipes sold ... 35 3 Sale of cottages 130 5 Horse sold 23 10 Closet pans ... 6 9 Old timber sold 13 Nuisnaces, removal of refund 7 Salaries, refund from Road Boards 40 0 Asphalt, refund 41 13 Formation, refund from Road Board Timaru wrecks subscriptions Rents of cottages Deposit on contract in hand... Union Bank overdraft on 31st March, 1883 ... ... 1,424 610 33 6 10 5

Expenditure. Union Bank overdraft on Ist April, 1882 Formation Channelling Wages, labor at formation ... Asphalt Water kupply Planting ... Gas Company Repairing lamps, etc Lamp-posts ... Purchase of section 918, etc. Insurance Ashburton Fire Brigade ... £73 14 0 Western Fire Brigade ... ... £ll 8 0 Horse feed, etc. ... Hospital and charitable aid... Timaru wreck relief fund remitted Salaries Borough Engineers’ commission ... Borough Solicitor ... ... Removal of nuisances Charges on sale of cottages ... Difference in price of safe exchanged Charges Printing and advertising ... Excise licenses—costs in connection ... Share of alteration to bridge approach Dog licenses refund to County Council ... Dog licenses — cost of collars Oxvrra grairfrfee ... ;.. Valuation Borough seal—refund of fee Fire bucket pumps ... Interest on overdraft £4,376 10 4 £ s. d. 89017 8 334 9 11 382 2 4 802 17 llli 9 212 13 115 14 245 10 39 1 44 12 46 14 3 3 29 82 65 85 2 135 16 95 4 5 11 250 1 173 1« 11 15 5 8 10 43 3 0 20 0 0 17 10 6 0 l 1 23 0 1 1 13 11 78 18

£4,376 10 4 Audited and found correct. W. H. Gundry \ „ ALFRED CtJKTISj CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. STATEMENT OF RESERVES, Slsx MARCH 1883. Rural reserve, Hinds, 422 a Or 18p, let to R. S. Jeff for 14 years, fixed at £147 14s 4d for the first seven years, and £295 14a 8d for the second seven years. 134 Ashburton town sections, containing 33a 3r 3p, of which 16 sections are let for 21 years at L 390 13s 4d for the first seven years, increasing 50 per cent, each period of seven years. 42 sections let for five years at £64 IQs per annum. CHARLES BRADDELL, ' Town Clerk, ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. Statement of Assets and Liabilities at Stable and cottage ... ... 70 0 0 Western Fire Brigade ... 20 0 0 Cottage on Reserve 1689 ... 20 0 0

Lamp-posts and lamps ... 22 10 0 Rates, 1881 ... 23 2 0 Rates, 1882 ... 27 18 10 Rates, 1883 ...1,172 0 0 £3,735 14 6 Liabilities. £ s. d. Bank overdraft on 31st March, 1883 1,426 6 10 Contracts— Channelling 275 0 0 Asphalt 28 6 1 Sundry accounts 97 4 0 Balance, assets in excess of liabilities ... ... ...1,908 17 7 £3,735 14 6 CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. AuDiroKs’ Report. We have audited the balance-sheet of Borough of Ashburton for the year ending 31st March, 1883, and have comparr d it with the vouchers and Bank pars book, also with the dog register and collars on hand, rate-books, and list of arrears of rates, receives book, and list of arrears of rents, and find the same to be in order and the balance correctly stated. We would suggest that the list of arrears of rates prior to 1883 and the arrears of rents be placed in the hands of the Borough Solicitor for collection, in order to make the check on the books complete. We have much pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellent manner in which the Borough accounts have been kept.

W. H. GUNDRT ALFRED CURTIS Ashburton, 21st April, 18f Auditors. i. 980