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STATEMENT of the ASSETS and LIABILITIES of the BULLER COUNTY COUNCIL, 31st March, 1879.*

BALANCE-SHEET of the COUNTY of WHAKATANE, for the Year ending 31st March, 1879.

Itatement of the Receipts and _ Expenditub: e of the Buller County Council — continued. Receipts. Brought forward ... £ s. d. 9,927 6 1 Expenditure. £ e. d. Brought forward ... ... ... 5,225 9 2 Public Works — continued — Wages, Lyell Riding ... ... ... 95 4 0 Victoria Punt Road, contracts ... ... 648 13 0 Westport and Charleston Road, wages ... 143 19 6 „ contracts 2,103 18 2 Charleston Riding, wages ... ... 196 3 10 Wareatea North Riding, wages ... ... 22 13 9 „ „ contracts ... 65 10 0 Wareatea South Riding, wages ... ... 3 6 0 „ „ contracts ... 17 0 0 Karamea Riding, wages ... ... 56 19 4 „ contracts ... ... 366 10 1 Mokihinui Road, wages ... ... 47 2 0 „ contracts ... ... 529 0 0 Charleston Riding and Cape Foulwind Roads, maintenance ... ... 102 10 0 Subsidies ... ... ... ... 183 1 1 Builer Road, materials and tools ... 61 15 4 Charleston Riding „ ... 13 7 10 Lyell Riding „ ... 2 6 0 Karamea Riding „ ... 4 17 0 Boats, Totara and Karamea Rivers ... 3800 £9,927 6 1 £9,927 6 1 I hereby certify that I have examined the abo 1 itatements already audited, and find it correct. 17th May, 1879. P. S. Dempsey, Treasurer. e account, and compared it with the two half-yearly Robt. Pollock, Counties' Auditor.

___._»__■_._. £ s. d. £ s. d. Fnpaid rates, No. 1 Assessment 308 15 6 No. 2 „ 275 15 0 Liabilities. Existing contracts— £ s. d. £ s. d. Victoria Punt Road ... 229 5 0 Mokihinui Road ... 595 0 0 Karamea Riding ... 45 0 0 Westport and Charleston Road 260 0 0 584 10 6 late subsidy due by Government ... 1,315 14 9 lalance ... ... ... ... 84 3 8 3,309 0 0 teneral Government, grant for maintenance of Buller Road, per annum ... ... 2,000 0 0 lalance payable from ordinary revenue ... 1,409 0 0 1,129 5 0 Wages ... ... ... ... 93 13 0 Salaries ... ... ... ... 37 10 0 Printing and advertising ... ... 42 17 3 Legal expenses ... ... ... 8 16 2 Assessment Court order... ... ... 18 4 6 Belief ... ... ... ... 15 0 0 Valuation ... ... ... ... 26 2 6 Councillors' expenses ... ... ... 20 10 0 Sundry accounts ... ... ... 8 0 0 £3,409 0 0 1,399 18 5 Maintenance contracts, per year— Buller Road ... ... 2,600 0 0 Westport and Charleston Road ... ... 365 0 0 Cape Foulwind ... 45 0 0 Charleston Riding ... 154 0 0 Northern Terraces ... 50 0 0 Ngakawau and Mokihinui 30 0 0 Mokihinui to Karamea 89 0 0 Lyell Riding tracks ... 50 0 0 Totara Beach Ferry ... 26 0 0 3,409 0 0 Audited and found correct.—Robt. Pollock, P. S. Dempsey, Treasurer, bounties' Auditor. Geo. Ealla, County Chairman.

Receipts. lalance in hand at commencement of year ... Irant from Opotiki Road Board ... £ s. d. 10 0 0 Salaries 10 0 0 Balance in hand... £20 0 0 Expenditure. £ s . d. 10 0 0 10 0 0 £20 0 0 Opotiki, 13th June, 1879. Robert King, Chairman. * Thia is a correct copy of the statement as audited and laid upon tho table of tho House of Rej ire.enti ti'