HUTT BOROUGH ESTIMATES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1784, 24 June 1913, Page 6

HUTT BOROUGH ESTIMATES.

FOE YEAR, 1913-14. Tho following aro the l.lutt Borough estimates for tho year 1913-H Estimated receipts, ,£10,718 12s. Oct.; estimated expenditure, ,£17,574 16s. lid.; estimated debit balance at March 31, 1914, <£GSSS is. 5(1. On March 31, 1913, the debit balance in the general account was £GSBG 14s. 4d., and it is considered that this will bs reduced by .£33 on the year's working. The principal item in tli'> anticipates receipts is the general x'atc of 2 2-5(1. in tho £, on an estimated valuation of £820,000. The total for the rate will be The following aro ,tho sstiinated items of expenditure:—Street luaintcnance, .£1517 125.; crushing and delivering metal, Laing's Road, £3GO; Hutt Road, \£so; Heko Street, £200; bridge to Laiag's Road, Jilso; stTcet repairs, etc., .£1370 lis. 3d.; Jlclling bridge, .£lls-; fencing, ,£7O; now footpaths, £327; cleaning . creeks, £200; surface drainage, ; £lGo; sanitary depot, ,£4lO 125.; recreation ground, £224 75.; waterworks, £G0fl; street lighting, ,£504 10s.;' sewage works (maintenance), £2GI; Fire Brigade, £195.(£12G being subsidy for motor reel). Total estimated expenditure from tho general, account on engineer's department, £GBOS (reduced from .£9202). The total estimated expendi- ■ tuTO on town's clerk's department is ,£3SBI 2s. Id., in which sums are included salaries .£1172, office expenses' £2G3,- hospital and charitable aid .levy .£3Oll 9s. 4d., and sundries .£324.- Tho estimated receipts from tho gas account arc ,£3831 Is. lid., included in which is a credit balance of £270 10s. 10d., brought forward, ana the estimated expenditure [(mounts to ,£3207 ss. Gil., having an anticipated profit of £G23 IGs. sd. Tho estimated receipits from tho library are-Credit balance, 145.; subscriptions, fines, etc., .£00; Government subsidy, .£2O: transfer from general account, £65'. Tho estimated library expen-. diture is £167 IGs. 11(1., awl. thedobiUwlanee £22 2s. Ud. For assisted drainage connections tho prospeclivo receipts aio £682 15s. 10d., and the expenditure £GB- - 10<l The anticipated water account receipts are £1572 175., and tho oxpenditu.ro XU9O.