T> ORO UG H COUNCIL, GREYMOUTH NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the followiug STATEMENTS anc ACCOUNTS may be inspected, and compared with the books aud documents relating thereto, at the Town Clerk's Office, between the hours of 10 a.m., and 12 noon, bj any person interested therein ; also that the said Statements and ' Accounts will b< considered and finally settled at the ANNUAL MEETING of the Council of th< Borough of Greymouth, to be held at Noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day oi DECEMBER instant. By order, JOHN A. WHAIjL, . ( Town Clerk. STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF GREYMOUTH, From November Ist, 1870, to November Ist, 1871. : RECEIPTS. ; • --:■■ 1,. 1870 £ s. d. £ s. d. Nov.vi To Cash on hand ! ..; ... ... [/ iv 14 5 10 ! 1871' .•• •■ ■■■-.•■■ ' " ■*'■- ' I Nov. 1 „ being amount received for— I Borough Rates, 1868 ... 10 4 0 ! „ „ „ 1869 ... 56 1 0 » „ „ „ 1870 ... 164 4 0 " " " " lOT ■■■• im 1 6 U9B 1O 6 >, „ „ Boat Licenses ... 16 0 0 „ „ Boatmen's do. ... 17 0 0 „ „ Carters' do ... ... 6 0 0 „ » » Slaughter-house do. ... 66 .0 „ „ „ Hawkers' do. ... ... 25 4 0 ' 70 10 0 „ „ „ Rent of Lands ... 30 15 6 j, „ „ Dangerous Goods... 4 10 „ „ ,> „ Coal Wharf ... 22 2 4 „ „ Council Chambers... 4 0 0 „ Contract Deposits ... 263 30' „ „ „ Sundry do. ... ... 62 ,0 jj , „ Surveying do. ... ... 40 0 . — 273 5 0 j, „ . j»; - RefnudCost of Summonses 9 0 -0 ,) >,. , . j, . j,t' Fines and penalties ... 17 0 5,0 ; 26 0 0 „ „ j', Sale of Electoral Rolls ... '.' 06 0 j, „' „ Professional Fees ... 2 2 0 „ „ „ Wharfage Rates ... 690 9 1 „ „ „ Tonnage Dues ... 473 12 9 jj jj . . jj Rent of Transit Shed ... 10 15 6 1174 17 4 Subsidies. ,j „ from Alex. Mackay, Esq., Native Trust ' ■ Commissioner, to Borough Rates ... 285 14 0 jj j, from A. R. Guinness, to form and make a portion of Murray street ... 57 12 0 „ „ from Greymouth Gas Company, to form . and make a portion of Chapel street 60 0 0 403 6 0 ,j „ for Damages to River works .... 118 0 j, from Westland County Council, on account of proceeds of Land Sales ... 140 9 11 „ Bank of New South Wales, being amount of overdraft ... ... ... 255 17 5 • -"*; £3922. 110 ■ ; i EXPENDITURE. 1871 " £ s..'di £ s. d. Nov. 1 By. Cash, being amcuut of Overdraft at the Bank of New Zealand, ou November 1, 1870 . ' 369 0 5 „ being amount expended on River works — „ Customs Wharf ... ... 212 511 } , jj . Landing Steps ... ... 26 8 4 „ „ Piling River bank, 35 -feet piles 5 18 0 i, j, Main pile-driving, 50-feet piles 147 1 3 jj „ . Black beach piles ... ... 76 0 0 jj ,j Protecting River bank with rock 11 1 0 „ „ Fascines ... ... 0 7 0 „ „ Wharf decking ... ... 278 910 757 11 4 jj jj for Forming, Metalling, and Repairs to „ „ Albert street ... ... 44 18 6 - „ Alexander street ... ... 913 4 jj jj Arney street ... ... 9 0 0 „ Boundary street ... ... 41 10 Q . „ Chapel Btreet _ .... ... 30 0 0 „• „ Gresson street ... ... 41 13 0 „ „ Herbert street ... ... 24 0 0 „ Hospital street ... ... 10 0 „ Johnston street ... ... 17 6 Mackay street ... ... 149 16 8 „ „ Murray street ... ... 57 10 0 „ „ Preston road . . ... 12 5 0 „ „ Smith's terrace, north ... 21 4 2 „ „ Tainui street ... ... 7110 10 „ „ Werita street ... ... 2 6 6 , 517 16 0 „ „ Mawhera quay ... ... 148 4 0 „ „ Richmond quay ... ... 150 12 6 — r 298 16 6 „ j, Contract Deposit Returns ... ... 60 8 0 „ Repairs to Arney street bridge .... 10 16 3 „ ,j Subsidy to Herbert „ ... 75 0 0 „ „ „ Sawyer's Creek bridge .. 138 13 4 ■. 224 9 7 „ „ Amount expended for Cemetery pegs ... 10 15 6 „ jj Materials for Dangerous Goods Depot ... 57 711 j> jj Opening Gravel Pit ... ... 2 5 Q „ Harbor Life Apparatus ... ... 37 5 6 »j, Removing Snags , ' ... ... 15 16 0 „ „ Office Furniture ... ... 60 12 0 '■'-'('■: „ „ Repairs to Council Chamber ... 59 3 9 ,j ,j Insurance do ... ... 20 0 0 „ „ Salaries ... ... ... 750 3 5 . „ „ Road Board Debt ... ... 37 18 10 „ „ Subsidy to Fire Brigade and Fire Bell ... 125 0 Q 1176 7 U „ ....„' For Cost of Summonses, Law Expenses, and Professional Fees .. ... 20 18 0 „ „ For Extra Assistance Collecting Wharfage Rates and Tonnage Dues ... 41 9 0 „ „ Receiving His Excellency the Governor, SirG. F. Bowen ... ... 62 2 6 „ jj Ropes to Remove Snags ... ... 5 13 „ „ Lighting Town Hall, and Public Lights with Kerosene, Sundry Incidental and Petty Expenses ... ... 123 14 5 253 5 J „ „ Printing ... ... ... 61 14 6 „ „ Advertising ... ... ... 104 8 0 „ „ Stationery ... ... ... 25 3 9 191 6 i „ Interest on Outstanding Accounts ... 25 10 3 „ „ Do Deduoted by the Bank of New ;,,., Zealand,, ..." ... ... 34 011 . ■-■'■ ■■■*■.'■"■..■..-. .. ' 59 11 \ „ By Balance, being cash in hand ... ... 13 14 ( , ... £3922 6 1( We, the undersigned appointed Auditors, having examined the books anc vouchers produced to us by the Town Clerk pf the Borough of Greymouth, for Receipt and Expenditure of the. Council of the said Borough, from the Ist day of November 1870; to the Ist day: of November, 1871, certify the above to be a correct abstract. ; W. fIINPMARSH,| Audltore *
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1046, 2 December 1871, Page 3
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829Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1046, 2 December 1871, Page 3
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