CITY ESTIMATES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1159, 21 June 1911, Page 8

CITY ESTIMATES.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE. A very important document wa6 treated with scant ceremony by the City Council last evening, when it adopted the estimates for the current, year. Following are (he estimated receipts and expenditure, on the general account, for 1910-11, compared with the actual receipts and expenditure for the previous year:— RECEIPTS. Estimated Receipts Receipts last year. 1911-12. Rents— £ £ s. d.

A lecture on "Living now and living , twenty years ago"' was delivered by Mr. , E. trallichan, organiser for the Liberal . Labour Party, to the members of the Jcwa ish Literary and.Debating Society at the n clubrooms, Cuba Street, evening. At s the conclusion of the address a vote of thanks was accorded the speaker. A seven-roomed , dwelling, situated in v Holloway Koad, occupied by Mr. J. T. ii Harriv'und owned by a .Mr. Kelly, was n totally destroyed by fire last night. Tho n contents of the building wore insured- in il tho State Fire Office for .£l5O, but tUe n insurance on the building itself is at present unknown. Messrs. J. H. Bethuno and Co. announce in our auction columns that on 'I Tuesday, July i, at 2.30 p.m., at their '; rooms; under instructions from the Ecgislf trar of tho Supreme Court,-they arc sub- '" mitting a property comprising 107 acres 0 0 roods 8 perches, being part section 7, '" Harbour district, -and situated between '' Kniwarra and Klundallah. Imill ji.irt.icu- '" lar c may bo obtained oil applicalion to '" Mr" P. il. Putnam, solicitor, 112 Feather--1 slon Street, or the • auctioneers. \ special committee; of Folkestone town o councillors has been appointed to conI- sidnr tho weighty subject of the mayoral d chain. For many years it has bcoii the custom for each retiring mayor to add n link to the chain of office. Tho chain now lms forty-nine link?, and, with n large medallion, weights 2lb. 2oz. So "i heavy is the chain (hat the present mayor finds it inconvenient. The comr- mittce will consider how tho chain can 'i bo kept within reasonable limits. is A notice of interest to member; of the >1 1.6. K. appears in our advertising colo umus. r ° Tho Court: "You will swear that the in prisoner stole your umbrella:-" The , Plaintiff: "Your Honour, I will swoar that .he stole the umbrella I was ca-rrying."

Reclaimed land ... 17,698 18,400 0 0 Market reserve 086 1,056 0 0 To' Aro Pa 21 21 0 0 Pahiatua 563 650 0 0 Street-widening ' properties 4,979 • 7,000 0 0 City reserves 707 750 0 0 Sundry .....' 437 450 0 0 i LicensesAuctioneers 1,149 1,150 0 0 Dogs 979 • 090 0 0 ■ Publicans 1,930 1,930 0 0 Vehicles 561 580 0 0 Wholesale 520 520 0 0 ■ Other licenses ■... 877 880 0 0 • Building fees 1,391 1,400 0 0 ■ Cemetery 1,836 1,900 0 0 ; Government subsidy 450 450 0 0 ' Town Hall— • Recitals 389 400 0 0 [ ; Settings 2,087 2,100 0 0 • Baths - 766 " 800 0 0 Sanitation fee 1,258 1,000 0 0 Sinking fund annual contribution ... 200 200 0 0 City conveniences ... 231 350 0 0 Fire Brigade— Rent and services 492 550 0 0 ■ Gas Co., Ltd.- : Annual payment and : .royalty V.. ■ 265 265 0 0 > Interest and commission : (abattoirs) 32fi 400 0 0 I Sundries 887.. 880 0 0 » General rate of 2 1-lOd. ■ in tho-J! will produce V.... - 87,650 0 0 • Balance, being esti- . ! 'mated excess of cxL ' penditure over' Tβ- ■ ceipts ; - 8,485 5 0 i ' ■ ■' .".£141,207 5 0 ' EXPENDITURE. ' Ordinary Expenditure.— 1 Estimated. ' Expend. Expend.- . last year. 1911-12 ' £ £ 8. d. > Street works 35,475 39,456 0 0 5 Scavenging and t street water- ; ing 8,333 8,500 0 0 3 Collection and 1 destruction of f refuse 6,505 7,000 0 0 Drainage 5,700 5,750 0 0 .. Fire Brigade 5,993 8,194 0 0 1 • City Reserves ...... 6,369 ?,5G3 0 0 ; Cemetery 1,423 1,585 0 0 • Street lighting ... 8,287 9,050 0 0 I Baths 909 . 800 0 0 Town Hall curD rent expenses ;.. 1,153 1,153 0 0 Town Hall ex. „■ penses of Re- \ citals 498 400 0 0 Town Hall inJ terost on loans... 3,248 3,248 0 0 e Printing, Adver- .. tising, and Stag tionery' 1,399 1,400 0 0 Sanitary . services 1,805 1,700 0 0 Land at Maranui 1,1(6' ' 1,090 00 Technical 'School 300 300 0 0 Subsidies to City Bands ;....:... 200 250 0 0 N.Z. Academy of Hne Arts 50 . 50 0 0 • Miscellaneous: Of- , '» fice expenses, "■ cost, of Elections, s ■ Insurances, Puel, ■ Lighting and all e . Sundries , 5,909 6,000 0 0 o ,, '' , 'Salaried ":.'.'.'..'.'..,'..:.''"'6,214 6,214, 0 0 e Zoo ...' 1,311 1,490'0/0 ' .' Maintenance of r ci ty ' conyeniP- , ences .I..V.....'..."..'' 448' 650 0 0 1 ■ 111,753 0 0 Ordinary.'— Payment on ace count Willis St. R purchase (Dut- ' .. ■ i hie) 1,227 1,227 0 0 >' Public health 110 110 0 0 y • Lyall Bay land li purchase 50 5,150 0 0 n Interest on loans chargeable . to General Account :— t Street paving loan, ,£55,000, ■- at 4 por cent 2,225 0 0 li Street paving loan, .£3,575, s at 4J per cent 162 0 0 Street paving loan, ,£10,000, y at 41 per cent 451 0 0 d . Street widening loan, V .£120,000 at 4 por cent.... 4,800 0 0 li • Consolidation loan (3s. 5d.to General account) 2,800 0 0 Overdraft loan,' 1897, .£36,900, nt 4 per cent. 1,476 0 0 f Destructor, loan, £20,000, at \ 4 per cent .;.„...■. 800 0 0 Te Aro reclamation Loan, ""■ ' 1897, .£3,550, at 4( p.c... 151 0 0 y Horse tramways loan, .SSO,000; at 4 per cent 800 0 0 ', City works loan, ,£35,000, " ' 1 at 4 per cent. 1,400 0 0 j Hunter Street Endowment U loan, .£16,500, at 4 p.c.'... 660 0 0 n Willis Street and Chew's 0 Lano widening loan '. 2,070 0 0 ? Interest on overdraft and ' ' ' , ' . deposits 600 0 0 s Sinking Fund Chargeable ■ to ■ General Account:— Street widening loan, .£120,000'at 1 percent ' 1,200 0 0 Street ■ paving and Town Hall loan, £105,000 at 1 per cent '. 1,050 0 0 Street paving and Town e Hall loan, £25,375 at 1 >- per cent 253 15 0 t Street paving and Town , . I- Hall loan, £15,351 at 1 . e • per cent 153 10 0 il .Portion of tho consolidation in., 3s. 5d. oE £2000 1,200.0 0 City works loan, £35,000 at 1 per cent '... 350 0 0 „ Destructor loan, £20,000 at f 1 per. cent ;.... 200 0 0 •?. Hunter Street Endowment, ', £10,500, at 1 per cent. ... 1G5 0 0 f £141,207 0 0