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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 41, 22 February 1904, Page 4

NEW PLYMOUTH HARBOUR BOARD. Abstract of Receipts and Expenditure for the year ending on 31st December, 1903. GENERAL ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS. - /Wharfage ... Berthage • Warps {.Endowments ... - Port Charges Water Supply '•Postal Service Cranage YBkclrie Light ... ' lkagarine ... : tL Sale and Hire of Plant and Material , Union B.S. Co., Takapuoa Befund... >*-•' Dredge " Thomas King," Salvaging Gairloch EXPriNPI i'URE, £ 3776 b d. 4 4 6471 14 2 163 1 1 £10,400 19 7 TRUST ACCOUNT. RECEIPT Balance on 3lat December, 1902 Harbour Hates and additional 10 percent. - Land Revenue Court Coats Recovered... Interest ... 9100 7 0 3506 6 11 39 18 0 208 S 8 £12,983 7 1 EXPENDITURE. Charges on Coupons Colliding Rate Advertising, Printing Hatu Cards, Stamps, He.... Court Costs ... fntci cat ... ... ... ... Bal.ince 31st December, 1903... 145 18 8 335 2 1 101 9 10 45 18 0 12,000 0 354 18 £12,£83 7 1 SPECIAL ACCOUNT. ASSETS. Bates to TJollect Land Revenue Outstanding Rente, Wharfage and Shipping Dues Cash in QenerJ Account Cash in Trust Account... Plant, Buildings and Material (Sinking Fond £ a. d. 4607 4 1 577 16 3 1451 19 8 163 1 1 354 18 6 £ s. d. 7144 19 14 217 6 48,481 5 £69,848 11 4 LIABILITIES. Accounts Owing Loau Accrued Interest Ironsand Lease Deposit., £ s. J. 200,000 0 0 2000 0 0 £ i. d 197 10 8 -202,000 0 0 100 0 £202,297 10 8 Examined, settled, and allowed at the Statutory Auoual Meeting of the board, beld at the Office of the Board, Brougham-street, New Plymouth, this 16th day of February, 1904. J. B. CONNETT, C. BUNNELL, Chairman. Seoretary.

t -i~ MX NO FALSE RETURNS.

HERE ARE PLAIN FACTS ENDORSED BY A NEW PLYMOUTH CITIZEN. Few people will admit failure whil« there is a chance for argument., Many people claim success when no one rises to dispute. What we want to do is to place our claims where doubt is out of the question. We are doing this every day, and New Plymouth people are beginning; to appreciate it. Many citizens step forward and publicly testify to the merit of "The Little Conqueror." They unh«sitatingly tell how burdens have been removed from backs that b.ire them patiently for years. Surely more convincing proof cannot be had than testimony like the following- from a New Plymouth resident : Mr John Pycroft, gardener, Aubrey Stieet, this town, says :—"I can give great praise to Doan's Backache Kklnoy Pills. They have cured me of kidney complaint, which has troubled me for the past four years 1 had u pain in the small of my back so bad that I could scarcely stoop axd I was almost crippled I was never free of this pain. The secretions scalded and contained » sodimcat. I was always using some Physic or another, but it seemed, no >'*.'. I got a box of Doan's Pills „t the Co-operative Store in Curriest.vet and the pills proved all t-lmt I could desire. The relief was almost immediate, ami they, after a snort treatment, quite cured me 1 am as right now as ever I was •'•' Beware of imitations. There is nothing "just as good" tts ih { s remedy for backache and kid.i*v treble. Vou want the remedy winch cured Mr Pycroft, therefore ask tor Boon's Backache Kidney Ji Is, ami see that the word "Backache is in the name They are sold by all chemists and ■toiekeejwrs at 3s per box-six boxes 1 >s f«l-or will be posted on receip of price by FosWr-McClellan V.o 70 Pitt Street, Sydney, N.S W But be sure you ask for DOAN'S.

the aniciu/. CEfiUiHfi, Permanently Overcomes • Habitual Constipation, Dispels Feverish Headaches. Speedily Cures Biliousness, Indigestion and Flatulency, and all Disorders arising from Sluggishness of Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys. Everything about California Syrup of Figs is pleasant taste, annoa*anro iMMn ..—..fx_ T. does not gripe, irritate, mode in any way, but jiSf simply and effectually assists the organs to perform their functions with health' ful and natural regularity, and its use may be discontinued as soon as the system is properly relieved and cleansed. Words of Advice: FlGS.and mo t!i..t tno poxhago /srJ?*©S. Trade Kark if the C;il firnia j Fig Syrup Co. Imitations are tp numerous, but as you value \ your health you cannot r.»k talilngasnbstltute. California Tralte Hork - Syrup of Flg> la sold In Hew Zc&la> d In two «l'Oi at 1,0 and 2/3. Worthless inhtt .luus ■•« often offered atleis &> an Inducement. Mllf jffllM M SWIMS., Mf MWHILI, LONDON. t.C. f«itr»It«:rBARRA«K'BTORT,iYONiY,

A Depressing Picture of South Afrioa.

Mr Tom PoMaid, who ia in South Africa with has c*pera company, writ- . in© to Mr George EHis, of HasMngs, says :—"I am alive, and actually writing you a letter from this Godforsaken country. Talk about poverty, etc., in tic colonies ! You want to toe in Africa to see it. The drought is making terrible ravage. Most of the crops are destroyed, and tlio lice are finishing the res't* Water ia selling for 4s and 2s a bucket. All NuHldings started by the small capitalist are stopped. The banks l«ave closed suddenly on all. They will not -advance a penny i-ittt-er on scrip or property. I know a uramm Johannesburg who offered £IO,OOO worth of property the other duy for a £2OOO loan, and he could not get it. Warn all tradesmen not to come here at present BWI atUiisc labourers to the same ,-f----fect. They had better stav at home «uiH save the passage momev. Ilow- ; ever, wo shall leave the ' conntrialone. We have bad a fairlv .-oral time, but what with the necessary high salaries .and expenses, avklinjr XIOOO for fare tow* to Australia t*erc will be little i n it at the finish' iWetari the bad luck in Capetown to hew to break Uie season for two iweejss atfter starting well, a«d the -Jfcs liustness want to pieces. We had to wait fche opening of the theatre |p JotttnpedtnnK, and aftor eight MBrffWfr* ft* shtep set in, and, of

Important to sufferers from flheumatism.—The proprietors of Bock'w HHEIfMATIC POWDER wish it knon-M that every tin of their powder is sokl with a guarantee. All Chemists or Storekeepers are authorised to refund the price paid to those not having benefited by the it. Close on 500 Cured C»«» known to the proprietors, following are a few of thu»u who have kindly consented to have their names mentioned to induce other sufferers to also benefit by the use of Hock's Khcumatic Powder—L. Jt. Webb, Makotuku ; Thos. A. Prudcn, Bltham ; James Harvey, Mrs P"-- 1 nnd Mary Ann HoddeF, Ashhihav , W. H. Lukics, Pohangina; Joseph Cummerfield, Foxton ; Maurace Mc- ! Cullum and Albert Surges, Waihi ; < Hampdon, Otago. Sold at all Chamlate ~* -*— a " —"-