BOROUGH FINANCES.

Shannon News, 10 November 1922, Page 3

BOROUGH FINANCES.

RALANCES-SHEET FOR LAST YEAR Tiia municipal balance-sheet for the year ending March 31, 1928, as passed by the Audit Office, is as fol* ' lows?— GENERAL ACCOUNT.

RECEIPTS. £ s. d. £ 0. d. General Rates, 1921-1928 971 18 1 General Rates, 1929-21 FM 12 2 ft Penalty ... ... »«« if* 6 6 2 Government Subsidy .... »•* 90 15 11 1,081 2 2 Licenses— Hotels 80 0 0 Billiard Room • •I 20 0 0 Building Permits ... ..... 7 15 0 Taxis ...j ... **» 6 0ft 1 „ . . Drivers ... ... 15 0 Slaughterhouse ... ... 10 ft Carriers ... ... •M 1 0, 0 Heavy Traffic ... ... 10 0 0 Halls ... ui ... .... 5 5ft Dairy ... ... ... 10 0 Benzine •»-. ... • 9ft 10 0 Circus .... •». ... #fft 110 Dog Registration .•* r 16 6 6 Fees and Fines ... 15 10 ft 106 2 6 Sales— Gravel ... ... 3 3 0 Shed 10 0 9 Hire Dray Asphalting ... 7 e 96 12 3 Refunds, Maintenance 3 4 0 113 6 9 Rents— Reserve ... Mt 20 0 0 Cottage 14 5 0 Hall Institute ... 10 7 0 44 12 0 Medical Association • •• ... 739 4 7 Beautifying Society ... ... 53 19 6 Refund—Mayor’s Honorarium ... 6 10 0 Sanitation Fees, 1921-22 271 8 0 Sanitation Fees, 1929-1921 6 4 0 277 12 0 Balance, 31st March, 1922 ... ... 179 11 7 £2,662 1 1 EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. £ a. d. Balance, 1st April, 1921 ... • •• •». 95 19 0 Administrative— Salaries—Clerk ... 126 10 0 Engineer ... 137 10 0 Health Officer • •• 22 10 0 Mayor’s Honorarium • •• 52 0 0 Office Expenses ... 34 18 1 Printing and Advertising 13 1 6 Valuation Roll 34 15 0 Postage and Telegrams ... 21 10 11 Elections 15 4 5 Bank Charge and Interest 25 18 0 Travelling Expenses •f 12 11 6 Court Fees ... 3 18 0 Dog Registration ... 6 0 2 Licensing ... 11 0 6 Municipal Association 4 8 6 521 16 7 Miscellaneous— Horowhenua C’nty Interest 3 0 0 W.E.A. Association 5 0 0 Insurance ••f 12 1 8 Sundries ,,, 14 16 6 Beautifying ... 15 6 6 50 4 8 Public Works— Maintenance Wages 390 17 2 Gravel 351 13 3 Street Lighting 46 1 0 Asphalting ... 41 7 11 Sanitation — Labour and Supplies 291 3 10 Refund Sanitation Fee ... 16 0 Pound and Ranger ... 41 3 3 Reserves ... 4 2 0 Rent ««» 58 0 0 Horses and Drays ... *•» 30 5 0 -£1.255 19 5 Medical Association ... r* ... 738 1 I £2,662 1 1 STATEMENT OF BALANCES. Dr. Cr. £. s. d. £ a. d. General Account ... 179 11 7 Cemetery Account ... ' 52 48 9 Library Account 4 O 3 Hospital Rate Account ... .11 4 7 Shannon Interest Account 23 7 6 Johnson’s Road Interest A/c 26 8 2 £221 4 7 £76 6 3 £76 6 3 £144 18 4