Horowhenua County Council.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 4 June 1918, Page 4

Horowhenua County Council.

♦ THE ESTIMATES. Following are tie particulars of the estimates of receipts and expenditure for the year 1918-19, as adopted by the Council 'at its special meeting held on Tuesday last: — Estimated Expenditure. £ Salaried—Office 428 „ Engineer 330 „ County Banger 220 Office expenses 52 Engineer's travelling and other expenses Licensing 35 Legal 3® Hospital and C. A. Board 1800 Bank interest and charges 150 Timber and general plant and material 250 Destruction of small birds 90 Insurance premiums 75 Audit Department 21 Valuation Department 50 Interest on loans (paid by General Account) 102 , Road-making plant 500 Petty cash (postages, etc.) 35 Unauthorised . 20 Dog-collars and badges 28 Councillors' travelling 90 Chairman's travelling 70 Miscellaneous 20 Patriotic purposes 10° Contingencies 50 Total 4600 General receipts (£490, received in 1917-18 for dog-tax, license fees, - etc. etc.) 500 To be apportioned £4100 Apportionment. £ Tokomaru 1121 Wirokino 1059 Otaki 619 Te Horo 701 Total 4100 Otaki Biding: Dr. £ Public Works 2196 Sharo Hospital and general expenditure 619 Manakau lighting 40 Share road-making machinery working Account 100 Contingencies 15, 2970 Cr. £ Balance March 31, 1918 218 Government subsidy on grates 350 Arrears of rates 30 Proceeds of rate of Id in the £ 2050 Total 2648 Dr. balance March 31, 1919 322 Jth of Id produces, say £256. Memo. —If £200 is put on towards cost of level crossing at Otaki, the rate must be raised from Id to lid. Te Horo Biding: Dr. £ Balance March 31, 1,918 429 Public works 1720 Share general and Hospital expenditure 701 Contingencies 20 Share Road-machinery Working Account 130 Total 3000 , Cr. Government subsidy on rates . 410 Arrears of rates 25 Rate of Id in the £ 2315 Total 2750 Dr. balaitpe March 31, 1919 250 Jth of Id produces, say, not quite £300. Te Horo Biding Estimates, 1918-19. £ s d Waihoanga Boad, widening and metalling 35 0 0 Hautere Road, 450 yds metal, at 5s yard 112 0 0 Cross Road, 250 yds metal, at 5s yard 62 10 0 Mangaone Boad, 100 yds metal, at 5s yard 25 0 0 Te Horo Beach Road, 100 yds metal, at 5s yard 25 0 0 Waikanae Beach Road, 100 yds metal, at 4s yard 20 0 0 Rikiorangi Road, metal, etc. 40 0 0 Half-share maintenance of « Rikiorangi Road 60 0 0 Gorge Boad, removing slips, ctc, and extension 40 0 0 'Culvert, Ngarara Boad (just done) 40 0 0 Culvert, Main Eoad (near Cheese Factory) 40 0 0 Repairs to bridge on Te Horo Beach Boad 10 0 0 Four permanent surfacemen 688 0 0 Metal repairs to Main County Boad, 350 yds at 5s 6d per yard 96 0 0 Contingencies 96 0 0 Ngatiawa roads — repairs, ctc. 15 0 0 Culvert on cross road at Hautcrc 40 0 0 Total 1498 10 0 To bo done by loan if it can be got: . £ Passing span, Otaki bridge, . half-share 350 0 0 Mangaone-Te Horo bridge 100 0 0 Widening Main County ' Road, estimate £1050, to be provided by Government; found by County 391 0 0 Asphalting Otaki bridge (half-share) 120 0 0 Total 961 0 0 Otaki Riding Estimates, 1918-19. £ Metalling Main County Road, 1500 yds ' * 500 Rangiuru and North Beach roads, metalling, etc. 40 Cemetery Road, metalling 35 Rahui Road, metal and culverts 40 New deck and hand-rails, Rahui Boad bridge 100 South Manakau Road, metalling, ctc. 75 North Manakau road, metalling, etc. . 40 Waikawa Beach Boad, forming and metalling 100 Half-share passing spas, Otaki bridge 350 Half-share asphalting . bridge

deck 120 Widening Pukehou cuttings 50 Widening corner at G. Bevan'a 30 Three permanent surfacemen 516 Contingencies 200 Level crossing, Otaki Railway 200 Total 2396