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Kumara Times, Issue 2563, 21 November 1884, Page 3

COUNTY OF WESTLAND. BSTEAOT OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNT, WESTLAND COUNTY 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 ... ... ... Yehicles ... ... ... ... ... ... Hawkers ... Goldfields' revenue Gold duty Government grant under Roads Construction Act ... ... Do. do. do. Votes of Parliament Credit balance, No. 2 account, transferred, on closing that account Withdrawn from deposit... Forfeited deposits Fines ... Bank interest ... £ 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— £ s. d. Kumava to Mikonni River ... ... ... 181118 0 Arahura to Rangiriri ... ... ... ... 418 19 0 Mikonui River to Jackson's Bay (ferries included) ... 285 10 0 District Road Maintenance— Arahura District Boards ... ... ... 462 2 0 Kanieri do. do. ... ... ... ... 692 12 0 Totara do. do. ... ... ... ... 338 2 0 Okarito do. do. ... ... ... ... 256 4 0 New Works, Arahura— Goldsborough-Big Dam track ... ... ... 60 0 0 Kumara-Grey tramway road ... ... ... 26 0 0 Teremakau-Special Settlement track ... ... 95 0.0 Greenstone-Christchurch road track ... ... 507 15 0 Kumara-Beach road ... ... ... ... 281 18 0 Deviation Christchurch road, Waimea Creek ... 50 0 0 Crates, Goldsborough ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 New Works, Kanieri— Adair's Road, Shallow Rush ... ... ... 62 16 0 Kokatahi Special Settlement road... ... ... 26 15 0 Back Creek-Eel Creek track extension ... ... 172 5 0 Widening Kanieri Lake road ... ... ... 189 12 0 Gentle Annie Terrace track ... ... ... 80 0 0 Now Works, Okarito— Gillespie's Creek Bridge ... ... ... ... 19110 0 Mapourika-Waiho road ... ... ... ... 34 10 0 Waitangi road ... ... ... 77 4 0 Culverts, Forks-Waitangi road ... ... ... 49 7 0 Road South of Okarito ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 New Works, Totara— Widening Lake Mapourika road ... ... ... 78 8 0 Track from Bo wen road to Beach... ... ... 195 8 0 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 BorerWages... Administrative, County— Charitable Aid ... Board o? Health (diphtheria cases) Licensing Act expenses ... County buildings (repairs) Law charges Printing, advertising, stationery, and survey material All other charges— Dale, rate collector, percentage, &c, on collection ... Vote for Kumara delegates to Wellincrton (obiect, W. A. S.) ... ... J ..' Vote for compensation to Cameron Do. Hokitika Fire Brigade ... Horse an d b uggy hire Dog collars, &c. Cleaning Office ... Gas Fuel Telegrams, postage, and carriage ... Valuation 2516 7 0 1749 0 0 1040 13 0 531 S 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 Credit balance Bank New Zealand, 30th September, 1884 948 9 9 Less cheques unpresented ... ... ... ... 165 8 0 Total ... £12,844 0 3 mg compared the same with cash book, ledger, vouchers, bank pass book, find the same to be correct and according to law, with the following exception, viz., voucher No. 103, vote of June 11th, 1884, in aid of sending Messrs White and Morris ?o 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 Comities Act, 1876, as to how moneys are to be expended. W. A. SPENCE, tj ~,, _,, - T , H „„ District Auditor. Hokitika, Bth November, 1884. P. DUNGAN, County Chairman. H. R. RAE, ' • County Treasurer.