HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1228, 13 May 1880, Page 2

HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The special meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council called under the 133 Clause of the Municipal Corporations Act, was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening, when the Balancesheets, Statements, and Auditors report were read and duly signed by the Chairman.

Receipts. The receipts for the year ending 31st March, 1880, were £5496 0s 3d made up as follows :-^Ra tea, £.511 Is Id j Rents from Ferry, £346; Publicans' licenses, £170; Dog Registration, Impounding, &c, £76 3s 4d; Government Subsidy, £381 13s ; Contractors Deposits, 6;53 ; Received from Special Fund, £230 ; sundries, £18 2s 3d: Balance in hand, April Ist, 1879, £3700 7d.

Expenditure. Office Charges, (Salaries, &c, £228 12s 9d ; Legdl expenses, Bank interest, &c.,£227 18s lOd; formation, metalling, maintenance streets, bridges, and culverts—Hamilton East, £822 19a lOd ; Hamilton West, £600 Is lid ; lighting, £54 Is 4d j plans, surveys, punt repairs, •fee, £96 16s ; contractors' deposits retunied, £61 Ils4d; transferred to Sinking Fund Account, £285 ; transferred to Bridge Special Fund Account, £J5 ; expended on bridge before separate accounts were adopted, £449 Is 3d ; transferred when accounts were separated, £3140 7s lOd ; making a total expenditure for the year of £6041 Us Id, leaving an overdraft at the Bank of £545 10s lOd. In the Special Fund (Bridge) Account, the receipts total £9027 13s 3d, as follows : — Balance of £7000 loan, £2000 ; Government subsidy, £3000 ; bridge tolls — January, £39 18s ; February, £92 6s 5d ; March, £98 os 6d ; contractors' deposits, £98 7s 6d ; Bank interest, £48 4s 9d j sundries, £61 2s. Expenditure — Bridge and approaches, £7796 5s 5d ; superintendence and Engineei's commission (U per cent.), £485 6s 2d; sundries, £347" 19s 9d ; a total expenditure of £8977 18& 10d, leaving balance of £49 14s 5d to credit of this account. The statement of assets and liabilities shewing the bridge valued at cost, £10,647 15s 6d, and other items — arrears of rates, buildings and furniture —making a total of £11,193 8s 6d ; with total liabilities, £7676 5s lOd ; leaving a good substantial margin of £3517 2s 8d of assets in excess of liabilities.

Theodore Martin's Life of the Prince Consort is now complete, and he has handed the proof sheets to the Queen. He is charged with the authorship ot a dramatic article in "Blackwood," which appreciates so little the merits of the Theatre Francaise that the French papers are up in arms, and hint that Martin's marriage to Helen Fauci t is not unconnected with his severity to other artists. We note by the London papers that Mr. Henry Irving's success in the "Merchant of Venice" still continues. The talented actor issued cards for Valentins's Day, when ho intended to entertain his guests in commemoration of the 100 th successive repi'esentations. of Shylods. Morning performances are given every Satur lay, and the box office uotice contains the information that "seats can be secured six weeks in advance." £1000 per week is stated as. the amount of Mr. Irvine's profit"