ONE TREE HILL’S SOUND FINANCES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 168, 6 October 1927, Page 13

ONE TREE HILL’S SOUND FINANCES

road board meets very satisfactory position is •evoaiod* and the board is to be congratulated on the sound state •f its finances, which undoubtedly compare favourable with any other local body in the metropolitan area" fhiH concludes the half-yearly financial •taiement presented at last evening s meeting of the One Tree Hill Road Board. The total rates levied for the current v*ar amounted to £23,309, of which only ViSSO lias been paid to date. Rate ar£Trs at April 1, 1927, totalled £2.497 and tMs figure has been reduced to £1,090, the percentage collected for the six months being 56. Th© waterworks expenditure for the wif.yea:' totalled £3,012, which includes . ne w filter £658, and water commission rosts £9l 8s 9d, both items being nonMcunlng. Receipts from the sale of water amounted to £2,113, which, with ~e w connection charges and non-con-KumeiM* rates, made a total of £2,467. With regard to the Great South Road loan :he amount raised, including £SOO on October 1, was £20,300. It was not proposed to issue any further debentures until the exact sum required was known. Thu clerk, Mr. A. Letse, considered the totil would not reach £21,000, which was £S,OCO l&s» than the loan authority. building progress

Th 4 building inspector reported that during the last fortnight nine building nerraita bad been issued, four for dwellings valued at £3,675, four for alterations valued at £l4O, one for removing a housa £55, making a total of £3, §7O. Since April 1 the value of new buildings for which permits have been issued total £78,668, including 64 dwellings. The engineer estimated that the cost of •t stcrm-water drainage scheme in the Kaniurly Road area would approximate £2,8C0. Th.i board decided to call tenders for the work, which includes drains in lUnfurly and Market Roads, Halsey Avenue and Williamson Street. In reply to a letter from the Auckland Carriers* Association asking the board to consider the re-classiflcation of its road.M, it wai decided that the board ahotiia adhere to its present scheme. The engineer reported that footpath formation in Rock field Road is completed to Oranga .'.venue. Formation of the natf in Oreeupark Road is being pushed ahei-3 and similar work commenced in rampbel! Roj d and Green Lane. Levelling ror lawns has been carried out In Maingakiekk Avenue, Wheturangi Road, c*n pbell Ron d and Kowhai Road. Church street path has been dressed with scoria from the Onehunga boundary to Neilson Street, and Campbell Road and Green Lane have been scarified and** patched with metal chips.