THE ESTIMATES

Levin Daily Chronicle, 24 May 1917, Page 3

THE ESTIMATES

OfF /LEVIN BOROUGH. The following estimates of receipts yd expenditure for Letvin Borough Council (1917-18) were submitted at Inst night's meeting of "the council. General Account Receipts. General Rate 'lid in £, Current 1650 0 Arrears 60 0 Subsidy 187,10 Licenses: Auctioneers, Carters, Cabs, Hotels, etc 300 0 Dog Registration £25, Pound Fees £10 35 0 Building permits £5, Baths £20, Library £30 •55 0 Sales of Timber, Soil, ©to. 15 0 Rents £050, Sanitation £290 940 0 Clerical assistance, water and igas department 80 0 Total £3312 10 Estimated Water (Receipts. Water Rate (7. per cent on annual value) 900 Arrears 26 Supply outside borough' 300 Power £150, railway engines and Farm £150 300

Water Expenditure.; Interest £18,000 loan 826 Interest £18,000 ISkg. Fund 136 Interest £4000 loan £14)3, interest £2200 loan £108 251 Interest £1200 loan £59, interest £750 loan £42 101 Connections 50 Maintenance, upkeep and labor £75; clerical work £40 115 Total ' £1477 General Expenditure. Maintenance: Wages 480 Crushed metal £250, waterraces £100, carting £180 > 530 Tar work £90, culveting and channeling £20 110 Timber, tools, etc £40, Sundries £30 70 Sanitation £270, street lighting £220 " 490 New iiampe £150, Hospital' and Charitable Aid £240 390 Salary of town clerk and assistant 280 Lighting, cleaning, stamps and telephone, etc. 60 Printing, advertising and sta- ! tionery £60 60 Library £175, Fire 'Brigade £55, Pound £50 280 'Gardens and Reserves £100, Insurance, fire and accident £30 130

Legal £10, Band £10, Licenses £10. 30 Valuation [Department £10, Audit Fees £12, Baths £40 62 Mayor's honorarium £50 Share expenses Railway (OommSs- j sion- £40 \ "90Bank interest and charges 10 Interest Aooounts. 'Gravel 'Reserve Loan 60 Street loan £107, Horowhe- - nua County Council £198 808 Sundries SO Vote towards road roller for year 1917-18 300 Total 3787 GAS ESTIMATES. Receipts. Balance 597 9 8 Gas Sales 2050 0 0 ■Fittings Account 400 0 0 Coke and Tar 250 0 0 Stoves 55 O 0 Street light and lamps 525 0 0 Total ' ' £3577 9 8 Expenditure Coal and freight 900 0 0 Wages and manufacture 140 0 0. Manager's salary 205 0 0 General wages 100 0 0 Cookers £75, meters '145 0 0 Fittings and goods 350 0 0 Services and mains 200 0 0 (Departmental 75 0 0 Purification 25 0 0 Maintenance and renewals 125 0 0 Sundries 50 0 0 Sinking Fund No. 2 100 0 0 Debenture iNo. 8 100 0 0 Interest 414 0 0 Clerical work and water power 50 0 0 Total 2979 0 0 The mayor mentioned that the estimates provided that there would .be a Ics of £350 on the year's workings, but they would hope for better things.