FOXTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 846, 31 May 1910, Page 3

FOXTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, ” “ The Libraries and Mechanics Institute Act, 1908,” and the “Rating Act, 1908” and all amendments thereto, the Foxton Borough Council hereby notifies its intention to make and levy a general rate of three pence in the £, and a Library rate of one-sixth of a penny in the £ on the unimproved value as shown on the Valuation Roll of all the rateable properties in the Borough of Foxton, also a sanitation charge of sixteen shillings per pan on all house property within the nightsoil area, on Monday, the 13th day of June, 1910, at the ordinary monthly meeting to be held in the Council Chambers, situate in Main Street,'such rates to be for the period commencing on the Ist day of April, 1910, and terminating on the 31st day of March, 1911, and the said rates and sanitation charge to be due and payable in one sum, at the Town Clerk’s Office on the first day of July, 1910. Notice is hereby also given that the Rate Book is now open for inspection by ratepayers, and the following estimate of receipts and expenditure for the year 1910-1911 has been approved by the Council.

RECEIPTS. £ s. d. General Rate of 3d in £ on £68,330 854 2 6 Government Subsidy of 5s in £ on £ 114 6 3 Hotel Licenses r68 0 0 Miscellaneous 35 0 0 Refund Licensing Expenses 30 0 0 Dog Tax... 35 0 0 Rents 100 0 0 Building Fees 15 0 0 Pound Fees 10 0 0 Thynne and Robinson Street Frontages 136 0 0 Miscellaneous 17 H 3 £1515 0 0 EXPENDITURE. Overdraft 9 8 9 Maintenance 450 n 0 Salaries ... 185 u 0 Interest & Sinking Fund Council Chamber 120 0 0 Street Lighting 135 0 0 Planting and Advertising 60 0 0 Licensing Expenses... 45 0 0 Hospital and C.A. Board 35 0 0 Ranging... 20 0 0 Dog Registration 15 0 0 Interest on Sandon Tram 16 10 0 Mayor’s Honorarium 10 0 0 Valuation of Borough 30 0 0 Audit Fees & Insurance 20 0 0 Miscellaneous 4 1 3 Clyde Street Kerbing & Water Channels 50 0 0 Clyde Street Asphalting 70 0 0 Main Street Asphalting 130 0 0 Main StreetiMetalling HO 0 0 £1515 0 0 Dated this 31st day of May, 1910. ALF. FRASER,Town Clerk.