THE BOROUGH ESTIMATES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 121, 24 May 1902, Page 2

THE BOROUGH ESTIMATES.

STATEMENT BY THB HAYOK At tbe Borough Council meeting; oik Friday ev. (jiiig the Hscim tte« for tbft year 1902-03 wers considered. B°forp prnceediog with the estimates thrt Mayor made u statement. He reviewed t.he work of the past year. The estimated reie ; p's h<d been £7573 t and actual receipts wore £7295, a shortage of £278. Pour items Bhowed a Jobs of £375. These were:—Unpaid rats, £:OS ; Government subsidy* £53 ; unpaid extraordinary water rates, £100; lesson inspection of buildings, £75. The expenditure totalled £8277, or £982 over .receipts. Of this £2OO was paid to the engineer in connection with tbe survey."* for loan propossls. The Audi*; Department had authorised paymi nt if this amv'unt conditionally on its being repaid on. ll of loan monies when raised. Tbe Co.uncil had psid £153 for purchase of a si te for a Fire Brigade station in the E* B ' -^ Q The vote for water was sx by £382; of which amount £l6i WM for wirk on th"? dam at the wift* rworks, which hnd been put in good order. Err* town services had abtoilx'd an additiona l £232. Tbe overdi aft * 31st March, 1902, was £4478. of this £2OO in connootion witu tbe 1& proposals, and £1472 on machinery 1»' been paid, but would be repaid out oi lan rnooiek. Tae nett overdraft then would be £2806. Some years since, when an attempt to raise a loan for s f i eat, purposes wa* rejoctedj the th«» Council de eruiioed to «ork on its ovsrdnf< ,un i p iyoffasmucfraapossible fro* time' to time out of revenue. The propos iti to be submitted tbis year provided for a considerable portion of : overdraft being piid oflf. J'he eetimitei receipts foi 1902-3 were £Blol* land expenditure £6906, leaviDg ft balance of £1195. Thu Council Jioped that whatever amount was left over from this btlauct would be devo ed to paying off the overdraft. Full provision would be m.de for genera' town works, leaving out new works. It proposed to spend £IOO on groynes. l'hi», the Mayor considered, was not» sufficient suui to deal fu'ly with tbe sea en sion question, but would do tar an experiment. If n> ows&ry, it might be advisable to vo ! e a further sum. He anticipated that th«ie would be no other amount of «ny consequence to come out of tb« balauc*. R«f. rricg,to the £IOO unpaid water ratvs, the Mayor stid the amount was due from i he Railway Department. This would be tecoivfd hh som as the Council made up tha account, wHch had not b-an done pending 'hn arrival of meters and the fixing o f charges. The Council thtn wf-n*, ii to committee for the purpose of considering tho Estimates. On resuming, the Conocil adopted the E* imate* ks uuder BSTIMATBD BECKIPTS. Vali a'ion, £40,307 £ «. d. £ *. d. Hates—ijene'al at la 91 3557 0 0 Special at 10a ... 167 V 0 0 Water (< omestic »>'ipplie3 only; at (id 650 0 0 Wa'tr extra«rdtna'y supplies,.. 700 0 0 Ai rears of rates previous years 208 0 0 Hovprnmeut subsidy ... 231 0 0 Licenses—lyiconsing Act ... 880 0 0 ■ Bor. ugh by-laws it6o 0 0 Rkjjts—"e.'erves... ... 801 0 0 ' KEIMBUR9EMBNTO— ' 1 iceniingr ... 10 0 0 Wal'rworki serl vices 20 0 0 Gbnkbal--1 Dogs 50 0 0 10 p-r cent, peai atyon rates... 20 0 0 ! Kund iea 20 0 0 Tansferfrom ceme- ' tery aocon.t... 6^o Tctil £8:01 u 0 ,",S 11M ii'KU KXPKNUITU UK. £ £ •. d. Omen Town Clerk Palary 200 i.xtia OtEce Assittance 62 i Inspector of finitaacei i Salary 78 Mat or nouoratium ... 60 AdvertisingandPiintiog 120 btatiouery, ,* tain, a a d I Telegriois 70 Audit II I 585 FIBB t'RKVdMIO-. Inapeot .r of Builiingi threa months .. 12 !0 0 SIR3KTB —' ay Labour ... 800 Met.l ... 500 Plant tli 0 ! orage £IOO 203 Timber £IOO, Paving ' aud Kerbiug £BS ... 185 i Aspbilting and tarring 150 Balance Gover - ttnec eon ti act 134 Engineer, 8 months, at £3OO ... 800 1 Cabs'and £6O, Bu diiei £'o 100 SurrejOr's charges ... 6J I iGHTixn St tHkTS. - G*» £250, new lami<a, eto. £SO »>0 0 0 RE9BHVKS.—I a'our ... 40 0 0 Town Hai.i..—Hear, eto., Town i lerk's Oflioe 30 Upkeep 120 SUBSlDins.-Hoa itil and i hariiblo Aid lio.rd 261 Fne Brig I e £IOO ... 10'1 necreitiun i>rouuds £SO wibrury ... .« 100 GaNirBAL. Koga £2O. Licensing £6l ... 80 Liw£6o, Health £25 85 Elcut'onu £lO, Bank !n----t'jiest £BOJ 210 ; [Street sii;ns £25 ... 25 ' Vi" nitnrc. iutiueer'a Office 60 £ i , £ Kiro lirigaae Station east, 100 Gro\n s £IOO, .undrita £SO lf»0 Plieos for machinery .. 110 Loan—lnterest 1378 WATIiBWOIIKS—-t-alsriis £2, SO, casual labour £iioU 480 Upkeep x Mindritss 280 180 Slied foi' lunicocK ... 60 Unpaidratea3htl'arcli,l2o3' 100 0 0 iotal ezpendituie ... ti'.iSj 10 0 Fa'uroe of unex[j<?n'lecl r,-venue a'. M r. 31,'03 1145 10 o In addition to the re ieipta chli ( ,.a ed abuvj. ,i va:« ma'e :a-t year in 'peci.l loiu acc uot, will b:i d when the lo\n is la'sel. as under:— 1 r.<ii aue £2OO Maclnn. ry, «to. ... £H7o 10 0 Total £10:2 10 0 Tlip M y r gave no'tci t.> n,0»,., #«, next uieetuii', Th>t the n« es for the uue tjear i-e fo:l ws: (j nerul 1h 9d in the £, special 10, i n ihe£, and w-h'er 6d in tte £ for d meitic .supplies only.