BOROUGH ESTIMATES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 134, 8 June 1903, Page 4

BOROUGH ESTIMATES.

<& Tbe Finance C-credit ewill this even ing lay Ifc'or i tha Counol the following ivport: —That, the Muyor, Ore. Tifc't end 0;l'i j , b-j a commit'ea to deal wi'.h lies r c Hooker aud Scott'taccount re pih.tiig byo-laws; thit £IO,OOO woith of oe sold over tho c r :u- tir ; s t 4 ; ] per par ; that tho Town CI ik's salary bt. £3OO, ateis'ant £73, cus-ociw £7B pei annum; that tie il.jot's honorarium bj £IOO ; thit tha Council in anticipation cf revecua f3o borrow from its brokers the Bank of New Zealand from time tc time as required by way of overdraft on the dLtrici fund account the sum of £7743 a'eilicg or any sum not exceeding that arrir.uot at interest not exceeding £6 per cent per annum, Each interest t:> to compustd as from the respective ot the moneys being advanced by th<. Fhijk and to be considered a? acciuiog from day today and to be piysbh on demant', but unless and until demanded, to be payable on the last days of March and Sep'f mber in each y?t r acd 'o ba turned into principal on tho b<hncing of the ho;k3 oa thtte days and thenceforth to bacome principil and beir interest acCording!y at tho rates bsfore mea- ? tioned ; that tho moneys so to be borrowed by way of overdnft shall be drawn cu- of the said Back by cheques s : gned by tho treasurer and coantersigoed by any two of tbe Cbunc liors from time to time appointtd by tho Council for that purpose and every cheque so drawn and so countersigned ■hali b) sufficient au'ihcrity to tho Bulk to advance the amount named by way of overdraft to the Council and to! charge tho account of the Council with that amount; that tha Town Clerk be I authorised to undtrtake that the over-1 draft required is within and shall be kept within the limit pra?cibed by section 154 of "The Municipil Corpora-1 tkma Act, 1900 "; thit tha Jtayor and i each of the Councillors be empowered to couotrriiga cheques on tho district fund account; that Mr O'Drhcoli's application for refund of rates be not granted, the premises not hiving been uooccupi-d tor, the' r< quired period; that the following ba the estimates for ; the year ending 31«t March, 1904.

BECEIPTS. Estimated recdpts and expenditure for the yeir ending 31st Mawb, 1904: Estimated receipts : Valuation £46,- '>< 224. >■ Rites: General at Is 93, £4044; *■» jp?cialut 10', £ 1926; w.iter (doaaes- • tic supply) G!, £650; water (extra- : - ordinary).. £9OO ; total, £7520. \ Ten pjr caa*. panaliy on r*tes, £2O. k " Government subsidy, £353. Liceosas: Under Licacsisg Ace, • £380; under borough bye-laws, £4OO. v Total, £7BO. Rests: Ro-ervc?, £304. £ oa Corunatfoa fxpenffs, £200: streets, £100; licensing, £47 ; y waterworks services?, £3O. Total, £377. f- QenrraJ: Total, £95. Grand total, £9349. EXPEXtiHDRE. Office: Town Clerk £3OO, assistant £7B, £378 ; Mayo.' honorarium, £100; , advertising, pria'inp, etc., £225; audit, i £2O, Total, £723.' -1 Streets: L\bou-, £1200; metal, ' . £450; timber, 6200; plant, materials, • and repairs. £300; foragp, £100; asphalting, etc., £200; p ving and kerb- j '- iag, £200; engine er, £3OO ; cibstand, e £SO; sundries, £SO; drains and tua- • neb, £6O. Total, £3OIO. /' Street Lighting: Gas, £3OO ; new - lamps and repairs, £SO. Total, £350. Reserves: Labour, £IOO. Town Hall: Upkeep, etc., £l6O. Subsidies: Hospital Board, £372 ; L Eire Brigade, £IOO ; Recreition Grounds, £100; Library, £SO. Total, : ' £622. 4 General: Do=p, £2O; lic3nsing, ' w£lso; law, «£IOO ; public health, £25; •lections, £SO; back interest and charges, £100; fire nations, £100; '"- protection of Woillcomba Terrace Olifls, £100; sundries, £SO; engine■bed, £SO; £1 .tings, engineer's office, £25 ;'Assistant Inspector, £7B; Sanitary Ir.spsotor, £66; Coronation expenses (Rotunda, eta), £315 ; grant to cemetery account, £75; prepiration and printing bye laws, £122; carpsn- / tera'ehed, £SO. Totil, £1476. Proportion cf interest on loan, £I6OO. Waterworks : Silariep, £384; casual labour, £141; nir/ waics and fittings, "■ £500 ; ur '--~,. -£250. Total, £1275. •(■"'-.'■■> expenditure, £9316; • estimated uaespendedrcvenueon March 31st, 1904, £3:?. Grind lotel, £9319.