A PROGRESSIVE TOWN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 12, 2 June 1914, Page 6

A PROGRESSIVE TOWN.

WANGANUI'S OPERATIONS. '! 'it Wanganui town clerk's annual resist issued, gives a good idea of .. .!• agnitudc of the operations when ■■ trading concerns are added to :ilm:inistrativß work. For the' March SI last, the total cash ' ,'i" gas works were £33,770, ar ' ■■.w.ient of all expenses, in-e.'-v .-l and sinking fund, as wel. i« a certain amount of

new j l ' l • :! ii 'aains a cash surplus of .-£!!. : v. !i £2OOO has been transfer! ' • .* t fiicral account for

the relief • ■ Daring the twelve | years that ! . < works have been under mimic'. •. : ■! a lotal of £lO,900, haw been .v; : <r. the general | account for the i- >. J of lates, £24.-: 405 was paid in .C 11,197 s-el aside for sinking I■: .I. :;■ ■ I 113.856 expended on new plant. i! oi revenue. For tho year the t;>i Iraiuw:.- ''e ceipts were £23,105, an u s.mj-o • 255 over the previous yer ( £4042 was returned to • i Castled iff Tramway Boar' paying all expensec, incir and sinking fund, there is : of £9l) as a set-oil' to whi-st-ill owing to the Council be - way Board. The excess of revexpenditure during the fin- wirthe trams have been rnnaing i- £.' i,' and the accumulated s:!i'.;'i>.> 1 nov. amounts to £450!). •Re ();.c:House account shows that, e'V r .riling aside £320 for sinking fun.l. iii ; i is a profit "for the year of £25;. T- ( "neral administrative account ,1 ihat the receipts were £28,342. over expenditure. Other of revenue j bring the total can j;ts handled by the Council dur:v.;> I ■■■ ,iar to £193',032.