MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4691, 10 April 1894, Page 3

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Mis and Finance, The Works and Finauoe Committee of 111© Masterlon Borough Cooncil met last evening. Present—Ora Heron, E. B. Chamberlain, Cullen, Hessey, and Mutrie. The Overseer's report waß received, and it was dcoided to recommend that tenders be called for widening the .Railway Road (Kuripuni) to close at next meeting.

The Gas Committee was appointed to enquire into the question of the extra labour employed at the Gas Workß,

The lolloping statement was made by the Treasurer :

'< thbisomr'; nsiurcui statmbnt io ; ohl WARCB, 1694.' ■ Balsncei. j £. s. d. General account,ttr. ... 1,22017 7 Library aciount, dr. ,„ 40 22 / """'Jftt 1. 26019 9 Qu (nppiywqooot, 0r.... 383 8 3 Intersil accuuill.cr, ... 195 6 0 678 8 3 Hit debit to Bank... 68211 6 , 1,26019 9 The dr, balance to general aocount atßlst March, showed an increase of £lßl 4b 9d over the dr. balance at 31at March, 1893, but had been deoreaied since 30th September, 1893, by £362 4b 7d. The dr. balance to Library account showed a decrease on the previous jour of X2B 9s notwithstanding the increase in lighting account, Thegai supply accoibt cr. balance had an increase over laßt year of £8417s Bd, and the cash takings (or gas supplied iborred a steady increase month by month over the corresponding period last year. The interest acconntcr. balance km only £195 5s aR against £483 4s hit year, but this !b more than the fact that only one hiinSflra rate haß been levied for the year just ended. The iutorest due in April amounted to JE2Bs,which after crediting payments in, since 31st March, would leave about £7O to be inaßfegA from the gas supply sccounr^'

There would bfl tome heavy pay. merits to meet presently for coal, but there is now in bund a good Btock which will enable tho Councilto carry on well into the winter, without I further purchase and the gai account 1 m»j reasonably be expected to ao- \ cumulate sufficiently to provide the \ interest on the loan for the year, Atall \ erents the levying of any portion of \ the special-rate may bo left over until -•' towards the close of the new financial year, when it will be seen whether any part of the rate will be required. 'With care in management I think the rate may be dispensed with. The aeoounti (or work done, etc., have been com- / ing in pretty well with a few exception! which are aeparately stated | where instructions a» to suing is I required I The.rent accounts are also paid up MHMta*]]|jy>er particulars laid be9H|HBf9mnount of rates outend of March was HH^BLnti... ... made. The Colleotoi i» jfjue of lammonm ut