BOROUGH ESTIMATES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 June 1940, Page 7

BOROUGH ESTIMATES

FIGURES FOR CURRENT YEAR RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE. NEW PERMANENT WORKS. Following are the estimates for the Masterton Borough Council for the current year:—

; General Account Estimates. Estimated expenditure. £23,050. Less actual receipts: Credit balance 31/3/40, £600; add estimated receipts as per list, £8150; total £8750; balance to be met by rate, £14,300. A general rate of 4.625 d over thf whole borough (same as last year) yields £14,696; less probable arrears (say 3 per cent). £438, which leaves £14,258. SPECIAL WORKS. Details of special works are as follow: — Macara Street: Tar seal 21ft (Bannister Street to Worksop Road). £290. Cricket Street: Tar seal full width south end, £l6O. Bentley Street: Tar seal 20ft (end o. asphalt to Villa Street), £2OO. Lett Street: Tar seal 18ft (Roberts Road to end), £lOO. Herbert Street: Tar seal 18ft (Methodist Orphanage to Colombo Road). £350. Kerbing. Kuripuni Street: North side South Road to Grantham’s, £l2O. Sussex Street: East side—Worksop Road to end. £75; West side —, £75. Cooper Street: West side—Te Orc Ore Road to First Street. £45. Elizabeth Street: East side—Arches Street to end. £6O. Bunny Street: East side— Worksop Road to creek. £65. Footpaths—Formation and Reconstruction. Cambridge Terrace: Re-grade dips ir kerbs and paths, £5O. Donald Street: East side—Devon Street to creek —Form. £45. Makora Road: East side—near Herbert Street. £3a. 1 Herbert Street Extension: Extent path to Makora Road, and seal. £25. Miscellaneous. • Betts Offices: Painting exterior—and roof repairs. £35. Essex Street Culvert: Repairs ti deck. £5O. Renall Street Culvert, Repairs te deck. £25. Cockburn Street Culverts: 2 12 meh concrete pipe culverts, £2B. Waterworks Pumping Plant: Payment carried over. £250. Drain Rods: New set cleaning rods £26. Cockburn Street: Extend grading and. gravel. £65.

Estimated Receipts. 1940-41 1939-40 Est. £ Recd. £ Credit Balance 600 348 Arrears Rates 350 386 Rate Subsidies 450 450 Rent Reserves 250 235 Dog Registrations and 1200 900 Drivers' Licenses 500 598 Heavy Traffic Fees 800 853 Petrol Tax 2300 2372 Hire Halls 200 202 Transfer from Water 1000 1800 Receipts from other sources 1100 1172 £8150 £8973 Estimated Expenditure. 1940-41 1939-40 Est. Ex pen. £ £ Administration: 250 256 Proportion Office Sal950 937 Proportion Audit 50 5C Office Expenses 350 56... New Office Equip- — , 432 Interest on Bank Overdraft 85 8( Park: Park (inc. South 2050 2153 Mawley Park 80 81. Works: Streets 4980 449C Tarring 3870 3046 160 156 Municipal Buildings 600 75'’ 235 2.32 Sanitition and Drainage 2600 2515 390 276 Fire Board Levy 2100 1908 Election and Rolls .. 100 — Dog Registration 50 18 Town Clock 44 44 Coloured Lights 73 46 Grants: 150 150 Beautifying Society .. 100 100 Plunket Society 50 50 Wairarapa Aero Club J — • 100 Royal Humane Soc. — 2 Miscellaneous: Unauthorised (P.R. Act) 100 64 Discount on Rates .... 700 700 Share Centennial —. 174 Ppn Dangerous Goods Fees 120 30 Ladies’ Rest Room .... 160 262 Provincial Centennial Memorial — 83 Contingencies 300 1084 Interest: £1500 Drainage Loan 109 109 Ruamahanga River Bridge 58 58 Waingawa Bridge .... 10 10 Northern Approach .. 7 / Mangaone Reserve ■■ ■■ 64 Engineer’s Estimates. New Work: New Street Construetion 1100 New Kerbing 440 New Footpath Form155 Miscellaneous 479 £23,050 £21.085