LEVIES DECREASE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3058, 20 April 1917, Page 8

LEVIES DECREASE

FOR HOSPITAL AND CHARI- );■;,';. ■'^•'■'■'^Tiffli^'Aip.-.""^.-'--'."-'-'' ■'■ . Wellington City will bo called on to .pay tlio siuii of .£16,572 during the enr- '. rent year as its contribution towards tho ;. expenditure on-hospitals and charit'ablo '..-; aid;.in this, district. . This : announcev•.inentwas;made .for.thefirst'-:tihio"at the i ■ meeting of the Hospital Board yesterday .:- afternoon. Last, year Wellington had ■;■ ito -"pay. ;£18,272, '.and this year's amount - -.-means.a reduction of .£I7OO, which should -mean a' smrfll reduction:,of the hospital •''; and charitable, aid rate. ' This reduction :,:■ "applies-pro rata to all.the contributing ,'■'•-;. todies..'■_. Tho, completed .apportionments of; contributing bodies for the current ; year areas follows:^,-.. :'""-. " .i.^'vLa'st-'year,< ■'' : 1917-18. : :- [: --' ",':: - : '--:''-::.::^:-v;'..a!;.-6.'d. : : £. s. d. '.'.'.' Wellington:City:';V"""",.".;■'" .....Council .'.......V. 18,272 14 0-16,572 8 8 -Hbrowhenua County :-.-' •■! 'Council: ~.;..' 3,110 2 0 2,786 10 8 "■"■'■"Hutt County.C: =1,712 0-0 1,540 5 8 '. Makara County C. 713 6 0 756 13 4 : ' : Lower'B!utt.B.C:. 1,253 18- 0: 1,123 13 0 Petone' B.C. ... 1,15G-0 0 1,075 2 4 . ' Miraoiar B.C. ..." •652.4 0 ,622-6-4 ■Karori B.d'-\LJ' 442 2 0 • . 400 2 0 -" : Onslow B.CJ ... : 476 8,0 ; 42S 0 8 ■ Levin- B-X3/V.1.'.: 259 2 0 233 10 ■: '-Eastbourne" 8.C., ' 16S 17 0;; 15110, 8 "JohnsonvilleTown V -Board .........:.< 199 18 0 '.15212 0 ■---Upper Hutt Town -. ■ ' : .':Board .-.....;.,.;. ..199.17 0 ; 178: 7 8 •; .• Otaki Towjl Board V lijf 12.0. ,156 GO '-;; ' : . " ". ' 0;o . 0 0. .-" The' first.quarter's.instalment becomes '-due for payment on May-1.- - '■•'"'■■' In reviewing the'position the treasurer .■-"'"' (Mr., l'Y- -■stle).stated -that the estimated ; ■-expendi: ..-e for -.the .year.' was X 78.795, ; -: which, ft ;.Sio7G : moro than: was actually : ■'expended': last "year. -.- Deducting from "■ "that '-amount •■■' the': - estimated: receipts, ',' .£30,938,.there was a balance ; of .£47,8G0. ' l >'.'for net ''expenditure or- .£4544 below, the '■"estimate" of net. expenditure for 1916-lv. i* Instead of requiring- .£52,404 .from the ■'•/'■-local bodies and-the Government- tlie V'•'- board was asking, for' £17,860. ' Every . ; -'-ltk!al-'body-:-.is , buld-bo?asked to contribute 1 -'less-'this year-than last except the.Makara '-'-: County. Council.■'.-•": Although -it was pleas- ' ' iing. tB announco a slight reduction in the levies for tlio year,' members should note ■■■'■(. the special circumstances '-. contributing .to that result. : "These were:-The Otaki : Hospital,.which,cost ,£2927 last year. '■■'■ would only cost- .£I2OO this year; thai act .■ that' a. largo number '.of .-soldier,-. patients '■had been treated at:tho hospital..and '•. paid for by the•:Government, and' that '"last year they:wero.called on to pay-3i : years-Taccumulated-.levies' towards .the '•■■■"' salaries-of-tlie-'staff of .the; Bacteriological; (the board paid half-salaries); •: a'rfamonnt of as.-against JSB3O tins, ' >'■ year. Jul-view of:.these special circiim- ' stances it would beseen'. that .the; normal ;" expenditure was ,"still'.; increasing, and ■-.would have to.hp watched. very,carefully ,',' indeed. ,--■ ; - y U;\. --•■.-.'- -'V- .':;,■-/ '~'■