BOROUGH ESTIMATES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 June 1943, Page 2

BOROUGH ESTIMATES

FIGURES FOR CURRENT YEAR RECEIPTS & EXPENDITURE. The Masterton Borough Council’s estimates for the current year are, the figures for last year being given in parentheses:— Estimated expenditure: Honorarium, office salaries and expenses, £lB4O (£1820); Masterton Park and Mawley Park, £2009 (£2127); street maintenance, £9980 (£9312); sanitation and drainage, £2850 (£2730); Fire Board levy, £2105 (£1953); Municipal Buildings, poundkeeping and baths, £1205 (£1235); sundries, £550 (£682); grant to Municipal Band, £l5O (£150); grant to Beautifying Society, £lOO (£100); grant to Plunket Society, £5O (£50); sundry grants, £35 (£100); grant to Emergency Precautions, £l5O (£150); miscellaneous, £615 (£900); new street construction, — (£860); kerbing, £405 k (£375); renovation culverts at street intersections, £l5O (£130); new work Waipoua River maintenance, £3OO (£260); interest on loans, £lB2 (£184); total estimated expenditure, £22,676 (£23,118). 1 ’ ’ Estimated receipts: Arrears rates and subsidy, £750 (£800);\ licenses and-* fees, £l9OO (£2350); share petrol tax, £l3OO (£1500); rent reserves, £lOO (£500); transfer from water a/c„ £l5OO (£1000); receipts from other sources, £BOO (£1100); total actual and estimated receipts, £7261 (£9035). Rate of 5.105 d in £l, £15,330 (£14,083).