THE BOROUGH FINANCES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 71, 20 April 1909, Page 4

THE BOROUGH FINANCES

ANN UAL RETURN. A liua.icial statement covering the past twelve mouths' working of the borough of New Plymouth was submitted to the meeting"of the Council last evening. A return comparing the estimated with actual receipts and expenditure for the year discloses the following particular'!:— RECEIPTS. The 'estimated receipts at the beginning of the year were .-1:14,285, the actual receipts, however, being £10,370 17s 3d, as follows (the estimated amounts being in parenthesis): Government subsidy £334 Ills 5d ( e:i3!>); licenses under Licensing Act £357 ( £355), boruugh hv-laws and Auctioneers' Act £4301 £400); rents reserves, £742 Ills 3d (.1:7110); reimbursements, streets £207 Ids lj)d ( .C 80). waterworks £BO Os 7d ( £80). General: Dog registration, .-L7I 7s lid (,C73); rent Town Mali £ls !)s ( WO); sundries. £l)4 lis 8d ( £100); baths. .ClOfi His Kid ( £00); electric light (including £O3l streets), £4:1011 His 7d I £3000)': special rate Is lid in the £. C} 1 111 10s lid ( £41)00): water rale, lid. £Bl7 8s lid ( £773); extra water supplies. CHILI lis 8d ( £12251: 10 per cent, penally on rale*. .£32 14s lid i £40); general rale. Is Id, £204!) 7s 7d ( £2024).

The expenditure, actual and estimated, was as follows: Administration: Salaries £474 Is Id (£40,)): Mavor £132 ( £132). advertising, priuliie:', etc. £203 Ss 4ci (£210); audit £23 10s I £20,1; sundries £24 12s (id i £2O).

Streets: Labor and metal, .£3OOI Is 3d ( £2200); concrete kerb and channelling £3.1.3 17s lid ( £325); asphalting ami tarring £75 Us (id ( £100); forage .£127 17s Hid ( £120); plant, material and repairs £;jl>7 (is 3d ( £200): sundries

.£l4O lis lid; Fitzroy Town Hoard £2O (£2O). A further item appearing in the estimated expenditure in this department was £7OO for the Powderhnin street bridge, which work, however, was not undertaken.

Lighting: Streets £ll3ll Ss 4d ( £031) Reserves (iiicltuling rates and upkeep):

£ll2 Ills :id (£100); Town Hall, including alterations. £211(1 Ills 4d ( £225). Subsidies—Hospital Board, £4OO 3s ( iM(lfi); Eire Brigade. £12:1 Ills ( .Clod); Recreation Hoard C2OO ( £2(111); Librarv 1100 ( C100I; bands £2O ( £20); Western I'ark. £3O ( £SO). (leneral sundries, £lßll Us (id; Carnegie Library, ladies' room, .£15:1 :is ( £110). bank interest and charges. C4I) 18s (£200); general inspector, £130; borough engineer. £3OO ( £300); engineer's assistant and assistance. £32 Ss (£2(1); Waiwakaiho bridge. ,£IOO (£200); interest on loans (including £I2OO electric light). £SOOO 10s 6d

(£5200); sinking fund. £73 10s; electric light £2(175 14s 4d ( £IS00); lighting post office clock £2O ( £20); elections, £4l Is 4d (£40); licensing. £4(l 11k lid (£150); drainage, £733 '(is 7d (£40(1); baths, £231 His KM (£200); Technical School £SO ( r.50) ; waterworks salaries, casual labor, etc., £llOO lHs lid ( £1100): by-pass (part charged to waterworks loan). £lB3 0s 3d (£450); making the actual expenditure £17,003 15s 7d, against an estimate of £10,455. In connection with the drainage item £270 is received for fees.