Hospital Levies for 1948-49

Chronicle (Levin), 27 April 1948, Page 6

Hospital Levies for 1948-49

i > -The proposed levy on local authorities in tfie Palmerston Nortli Hospital Board area "will be equivalent to'^d in the £ of the rateable capital value for the whole district; the estimated revenue from the • levy is £66,790 2s 2d, as against £65,938 9s ld last year, This was decided by the anniial meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board yesterday. Against this levy the. estimates provide , for a Government subsidy of £163,763 10s 5d, last year ,'s Goyernt mqnt eontribution being £144,886 6s 3d. The'net total requirements for maintenance this year will be £183,771 11s 6d, as against net req.uirem.ents for maintenance last year of £150,557 12s 9d. "The increase in the maintenance requirements this year is to a iarge' extent offset by a drop in the estimafed capital. reqnire- . ments, this being £46,782 ls ld this year as against £63,267 2s 7d last year," stated the managing-secretary (Mr. fA. J. Phjllipps). "The valuation figures disclose that there are no substantial alterations in the valuations for any of the local authorities this year'. . The greatest variation is in the Levin borough where the valuation has increased by over £100,000 on a previous valuation of £1,300,000, and consequently Levin 's share of the levy is some £200- more than last year. " Fqllowing discussion of the estimates in committee the board decided . . ."That the estimates as submitted be adopted and that the levy be Maintenance £53,237 12s 2d and Capital £13,552 10s and that the levy be payable in four quarterly instalments in the months of May, July, October, 1948, and January, 1949." The proposed capital levy on local authorities in the Palmerston North Hospital Board 's district for the 1948-49 financial year, will be as i'ollows. The figures shown are rateable capital value, levy i'or the financial year at kl. in the £ of rateable capital value and .the levy for last year respectively.

Capital Value. Levy. Last Year. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. Kiwitea 2,630,221 5,479 12 . 6 5,509 6 4 Pohaiigina . . . . 1.233,803 2,570 8 6 2,565 '3 3 ' Manawatq x. ..- 4,138,406- 8,261 13 7 8,648 10 8 Oroua ■ " . . . . . . 3,266,768 6,805 15 4 6,816 ' 3 6 * Kairanga 3,878,482 8,080 3 .5 8,122 9 6 Horowhenua 4,488,506 9,351 1 1 9,234 14 8 Feildiug' . . .... 1,433,836 2,987 3 2 2,957 2 6 Palmerston North .. 8,682,804 18,089 3 6 17,571 13 6 Foxton 347,977 724 19 0 695 16 1 Shannon 147,390 307 1 3 296 9 7 Levin 1,428,380 2,975 15 10 2,764 2 11 Otaki 382,679 797 5 0 756 1'6 7 Totals: £32,059,252 £66,790 2 2 £65,938 9' 1