CITY FINANCES.
... _$ HALF-YEARLY RETURN. The following statement of receipts , and expenditure for the half-yearly period . onded November 30 was submitted to the City Council by the Finance Committeo last night:— RECEIPTS/ . : ', Esti- Eati- Receipts mates, mates, to Nov. . 1906-7. 1907-8. 30,11)07. Rates I.. .,£127,380 .£136,876 £67,389 Rents ... ... ... ... 16,671 19,4-87 12,596 Licenses 6,120 6.2G0 4,172 Water by meter ...• 8,475 9,800 ■ . 6,075 Building fees 1,600 , 1,550 1,031 Cemetery 1,550 1,600 1,259 Government subsidy .150 i 450 450 Intorest from Har- ' bour Board ... ... 507 '•— — Baths ..'.....■■:....... 400 " 820 160 Town Hall letting ... 2,500 2,000 1,297 Library ... ■.;, ... 495 612 551' Repayment for work '■ ... : ,-,• done .by City En■B.in«er.: V,..': — ! ..-..,2,500,.. ,1,946 Interest; on ' deposits 1,700 '. 5,180,' 5,180 Tramway Depart- , . ment rent ■ 1,000 .■' 1,000 — Sundries ... 600 ; 600 477 •• • ■:■ £169,488- £188,535 £102,583 i. ,;■.,:; EXPENDITURE.. ( .''.' , .-.■■-. . ■ Esti-1 . Esti- Expen- . • mates, mates, diture to . i 1906-7.1 1907-8. Nov. 30. Interest . ... :;. ... ,£35,91* £37,G55 £21,587 Sinking funds 5,342 7,132 . — Drainage ..." - 5,100 5,500 ' 3,293 Scavenging and street ■ ! ; watering ... 5,500 • 5,500 3,328 Destructor and refuse 4,600 5,900 3,487 City reserves ■...,... 3,670- 5,575 ; 4,119 Street works ...-_. 40,000 41,703 28,749 Salaries ... 5,700 6,016 . 4,142 Fire Brigade 4,970 3,800 (a) 4,662 Street lighting ;.. ... 4,110 . 5,330 ■ 3,490 Cemetery 1,600 1,615 T95 'Library ' 3,5!)5 3,608 (b) 2,711 Waterworks 24,240 33,680 18,559 General expenses:— Printing, etc!; fuel and light; cleaning, insurance 5,500 5,000 3,671 Baths-ordinary 5Q0 700 414 „ Reconstruction — 1,500 ■ — Town Hall ......... 5,000 4,500 . —■" Cleaning, \..jE267 - Fuel and light 179 Insurance and _ , sundries ... 421 Interest .' ... 1011 - - .1878 Hospital and charit- ■ ' ■ able aid 8,156 11,802 8,852 Oriental Bay wall — 1,500 — Technical School- ... 250 250 250 City Bands ..; ... 160' 200 250 N.Z. Academy 50 ' 50 — ' . £163,957 £188,596 £117,237 (a) Additions to building and new plant ' •. £1,799 (b) Additions to building and furniture .:. .;. 844
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 62, 6 December 1907, Page 9
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280CITY FINANCES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 62, 6 December 1907, Page 9
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