WELLINGTON CITY.
A FLOURISHING CONDITION. '(Pm Pres* Aasoclatlon.) Wellington, last night. The expenditure by the Oity Council on the purohase of properties for widening streets (Adelaide road, Elizabeth street, and Willis street) ba3 amounted to £148,685. Miscellaneous expenditure iu oompeasat'ou for parts of ground taken, labor, improvements, miteriil aad valuations has accounted for £26,067, making a grand total of £163,702. Tj meet this disbursement a sum of £IIO,OOO was raised by loan and a balance of £48,702 oame from the district fund. Oa the credit side of the undertakings the city has good showing. Properties which resulted from street widening purchases have been
sold to the extent of £50,332, and tbe
Gounoil has properties let in Willis stroat There remain unsold properties in Adelaide road to the valne of £13,000, leiving a balance of £4B 923 a 3 the cost of widening - : streets up to tbe present time,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1727, 19 April 1906, Page 3
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148WELLINGTON CITY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1727, 19 April 1906, Page 3
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