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Kumara Times, Issue 2562, 20 November 1884, Page 3

COUNTY OF WESTLAND. A ESTRACT OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNT, WESTLAND COUNTY J-L FUND ACCOUNT, For the Half-Year ended the 30th day of September, 1884. REVENUE Credit Balance, Bank New Zealand, Ist April, 1884.. Crown Lands Rates General Rates— Arahura Kanieri Totara ... ... ... ... . ; Jackson’s Bay Christchurch road tolls ... Dog Tax Licenses — Publicans ... Vehicles Hawkers ... Goldfields’ revenue Gold duty Government grant under Roads Construction Act Do. do. do. Votes of Parliament Credit balance, No. 2 account, transferred, on closim Withdrawn from deposit... Forfeited deposits Fines ... Bank interest ... that acc ount Total £ s. d. ...• 4370 11 4 ... 996 14 7 ... 103 12 3 ... 142 2 5 23 7 1 5 0 3 ... 181 19 *0 37 10 0 ... 971 0 0 ... 206 10 0 16 2 0 ... 1013 17 0 ... 2081 22 ... 747 0 0 ... 850 0 0 72 7 8 ... 1000 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 £12,844 0 9 EXPENDITURE. Main Road Maintenance— Kumara to Mikonui River Arahura to Rangiriri Mikonui River to Jackson’s Bay (ferries included) District Road Maintenance— Arahura District Boards .... Kanieri do. do. Totara do. do. Okarito do. do. New Works, Arahura— Goldsborough-Big Dam track Ku mara-Grey tramway road Teremakau-Special Settlement track Greenstone-Christchurch road track Kumara-Beach road Deviation Christchurch road, Waimea Creel Crates, Goldsborough New Works, Kanieri— Adair’s Road, Shallow Rush Kokatahi Special Settlement road... Back Creek-Eel Creek track extension Widening Kanieri Lake road Gentle Annie Terrace track New Works, Okarito— Gillespie’s Creek Bridge ... Mapourika-Waiho road ... Waitangi road Culverts, Forks-Waitangi road Road South of Okarito ... New Works, Totara— Widening Lake Mapourika road Track from Bowen road to Beach Deposit Account— Placed on deposit, Bank New Zealand Refund— Refund of auctioneer’s fees Hokitika Borough Council Administrative, Office— Salaries—Chairman, clerk, and toll collector Election expenses and expenses of members Tiffin Borer— Wages... Administrative, County— Charitable Aid ... Board of Health (diphtheria cases) Licensing Act expenses ... County buildings (repairs) Law charges Printing, advertising, stationery, and survey material All other charges— Dale, rate collector, per centage, &c., on collection ... Vote for Kumara delegates to Wellington (obiect, W. A. S.) . ’ Vote for compensation to Cameron Do. Hokitika Fire Brigade Horse and buggy hire Dog collars, Ac. Cleaning Office ... Gas Fuel ... Telegrams, postage, and carriage Valuation £ s. d. 2516 7 0 1749 0 0 1040 13 0 531 8 0 552 11 0 273 16 0 4000 0 0 80 0 0 349 16 0 169 1 0 136 12 0 87 10 0 8 4 0 14 7 0 44 9 0 45 5 0 128 18 0 131 17 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 44 18 0 26 3 0 11 10 9 10 17 0 8 14 0 29 19 0 4 4 0 £12,060 19 9 Credit balance Bank New Zealand, 30th September, 1884 948 9 9 Less cheques unpresented ... ... ... ... 105 8 0 I hereby certify that I have examined the above statement of accounts, and, having compared the same with cash book, ledger, vouchers, bank pass book, find the same to lie correct and according to law, with the following exception, viz., voucher No. 108, vote of Junellth, 1884, in aid of sending Messrs White and Morris pi Wellington as delegates to'represent the claimholders’ grievances in re the Kumara Sludge-Channel. The sum voted was £4O. I take exception to this payment, as Ido not consider the above gentlemen were traveling on the public service, and further, that the disbursement does not come under the conditions laid down in section 102, Counties Act, 1876, as to how moneys are to be expended. Hokitika, Bth November, 1884. W. A. SPENCE, District Auditor. P. DUNGAN, County Chairman. H. R. RAE, County Treasurer.