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ABSTRACT of RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL, for the Year ending the 31st day of March, 1879.

STATEMENT of ASSETS and LIABILITIES of the WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL, for the Year ended 31st March, 1879.

Austract of Receipts and Receipts. Brought forward ... Slaughtering licenses Publicans' licenses Pedlers and hawkers' licenses Valuation expenses, appeal costs ... _Iining-lease rents Forfeited deposits Dox-tax tees, Weights and Measures Act ... Interest .verdraft on 31st March, 1879 ... Expenditure of £ s. d. ... 10,540 7 3 36 0 0 302 0 05 10 0 2 3 0 205 12 6 10 0 0 138 10 0 0 6 0 0 16 6 ... 5,067 14 10 the Maniototo County Council— continued. T\ Expenditure. £ s. d. Brought forward... ... ... 14,018 5 6 Election expenses ... ... ... 63 IS 11 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 108 12 5 Advertising ... ... ... ... 117 10 0 Subsidies to Public Works ... ... 150 0 0 Subsidies to Public Libraries ... ... 35 15 0 Valuation expenses ... ... ... 10 0 6 Incidental expenses ... ... ... 83 7 4 Postages and telegrams ... ... ... 20 8 1 Collecting dog-tax ... ... ... 13 18 0 Rent of office ... ... ... ... 18 0 0 Salaries — Chairman ... ... ., ... 200 0 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... 250 0 0 Engineer ... ... ... ... 408 6 8 Valuer and Collector ... ... ... 241 13 4 Interim Inspectors ... ... ... 176 15 0 Travelling expenses of Councillors... ... 222 12 0 Travelling expenses of Engineer ... ... 50 7 0 Insurance ... ... ... ... 6 0 0 Office Care-taker ... ... ... 15 13 4 Interest on overdraft ... ... ... 94 19 6 Balance carried forward, Sub-Treasurer's advance ... ... ... ... 2 17 6 £16,309 0 1 £16,309 0 1 John Ewing, Treasurer.

Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Roads and works, overpaid and recovered ... 11 14 0 Balance from last account ... ... 3,196 11 2 Rates, 1877-78... ... ... ... 69 10 7 Roads and works ... ... ... 7,330 10 3 Rates, 1878-79... ... ... ... 1,421 0 1 Rates, 1877-78, refund ... ... ... 5 19 10 Government subsidy ... ... ... 790 1 10 Gold Revenue refund* ... ... ... 5 0 0 Gold Fields Revenue ... ... ... 407 19 6 Advance to Treasurer ... ... ... 4 7 6 i.dvance to Treasurer,now repaid... ... 0 8 2 Publicans'licenses collection ... ... 5 13 8 Gold Duty ... ... ... ... 532 0 6 Dox-tax collection ... ... ... 2 2 0 Publicans' licenses ... ... ... 143 0 0 Deposits on contracts ... ... ... 140 2 O Dox-tax ... ... ... ... 13 10 0 Advertising ... ... ... ... 85 18 9 Deposits on contracts ... ... ... 406 0 6 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 81 17 11 Land Revenue ... ... ... ... 12,038 7 5 Rent Account ... ... ... ... 24 3 0 share of surplus Land Revenue ... ... 1,034 7 10 Chairman ... ... ... ... 237 10 0 Revenue under Mines Act ... ... 36 14 4 Clerk and Treasurer ... ... ... 200 0 0 Interest Account ... ... ... 59 14 4 Inspector of Works ... ... ... 253 6 8 Hawkers' licenses ... ... ... 7 10 0 Incidental expenses ... ... ... 32 19 10 slaughtering licenses ... ... ... 12 0 0 Postages and telegrams ... ... ... 12 14 8 Bagatelle licenses ... ... ... 0 10 0 Members'travelling expenses ... ... 40 4 0 Contributions to charitable institutions ... 155 7 2 Land Revenue, refund to Government ... 473 14 9 Office furniture ... ... ... 7 10 11 Vauation expenses ... ... ... 11 2 0 Law expenses ... ... ... ... 110 Election expenses ... ... ... 60 11 0 Interest Account ... ... ... 01 16 2 Balance to next account... ... ... 4,554 4 10 £16,984 9 1 * Reservation referred to. £16,984 9 1 G-. W. Brodrick, County Treasurer. H. Hiest, Chairman. 1 have examined the above abstract and compared it with the Treasurer's books and vouchers, and vith the Bank pass-book, and, with the reservation that is contained in my report to the Chairman, I :ertify it to be correct. H. Livingston, Auditor.

Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s . d. Balance in Bank of New Zealand ... 5,092 15 8 Roads and bridges in course of construction 4,840 0 11 Rates 1877-78 unpaid ... ... ... 13 6 7 Cheques outstanding ... ... ... 538 3 10 Rates 1878-79 unpaid ... ... ... 260 11 0 Deposits held on account of contractors ... 285 18 6 £5,366 13 3 £5,664 3 3 Gr. W. Brodrick, Treasurer. In the assets, I certify the items "balance in Bant" and "rates uncollected" to be correct. In ;he liabilities, the items " cheques outstanding " and " contract deposits " are correct, and " roads and bridges" contracts are correct by accepted tenders produced. H. Livingston, Auditor.