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BOEOUGH OF SOUTH INVERCARGILL. Balance-sheet for the Tear ending 31st March, 1879. De. £ s. d. Ce. £ s. d. Cash in hand ... ... ... ... 0 8 8 i Bank overdraft ... ... ... 443 14 4 Deposits ... ... ... ... 28 40 j Works ... ... ... ...' 644 18 6 License, publichouse ... ... ... 20 0 0 Printing ... ... ... ... 58 16 6 Dog-tax ... ... * ... ... 7 0 0 I Telegram ... ... ... ... 0 10 Subsidy ... ... .., ... 49 10 9 1 Interest ... ... ... ... 62 8 6 Rates ... ... ... ... 192 8 0 Stationery ... ... ... ... 3 17 8 Overdraft at Bank ... ... ... 968 3 7 Rent ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 Clerk and Treasurer ... ... ... 40 0 0 : Deed box ... ... ... ... 1 12 0 ' Postage ... ... ... ... 5 6 6 £1,265 15 0 £1,265 15 0

Assets and Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Balance forward ... ... ... 1,031 2 1 Overdraft at Bank ... ... ... 968 3 7 Unpaid accounts — £ s. d. Engineer ... ... 29 0 0 Printing ... ... 9 12 6 Labour, Bamsay ... 2 5 0 Printing, Times ... ... 1 18 3 „ News ... ... 17 14 0 Stationery ... ... 2 8 9 62 18 6 £1,031 2 1 J £1,031 2 1 James Beown, 7 a j-*. Alex. McNab, j AudltorsJohn Mahee, Mayor. Henet McLean, Town Clerk.

BOROUGH OF MILTON. Balance-Sheet for the Tear ending 31st March, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditube. £ s. d. Government subsidy ... ... 307 11 2 Balance ... ... ... ... 18 17 10 Bates ... ... ... ... 411 9 0 Salaries ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 Rent ... ... ... ... 71 8 0 Surveyor's fees ... ... ... 31 18 0 Publicans' licenses ... ... ... 169 10 0 Rent ... ... ... ... 26 0 0 Auctioneers'licenses ... ... ... 100 0 0 Printing, advertising, &c. ... ... 61 9 1 Carters and hawkers'licenses ... ... 5 0 0 Contracts ... ... ... ... 571 19 10 Dog licenses ... ... ... 37 10 0 Day labour and cartage ... ... 231 9 11 Deposits on contracts ... ... ... 37 3 6 Materials ... ... ... ... 7 0 9 Kerbing ... ... ... ... 3 10 Lamps and repairs ... ... ... 11 1 6 Pound fees ... ... ... ... 6 5 9 Lighting ... ... ... ... 22 7 0 Bank of New Zealand... ... ... 32 6 7 Refund, deposits ... ... ... 25 18 9 Purchase of land ... ... ... 50 0 0 Interest ... ... ... ... 4 2 4 Sundries ... ... ... ... 46 0 0 £1,208 5 0 £1,208 5 0

Assets and Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d Arrears of Government subsidy on rates, Overdraft, Bank of New Zealand ... 32 6 7 year 1878 ... ... ... 163 18 9 Deposits, contracts ... ... ... 16 17 6 Rate's, from 1866 to 1879 ... ... 125 15 6 Surveyor, plans ... ... ... 80 0 0 Rent, Fairfax Reserve ... ... 31 0 0 Works in progress ... ... ... 240 11 6 Kerbing ... ... ... ... 11 17 6 £332 11 9 £369 15 7 Statement of Boeough Eeseeves. Sections No. 184, Block XVIIL, 149, 150, 151, 152, Block XIX., Tokomairiro District, containing 279 acres. Subdivided into nine lots, and leased for a term of twenty-one years; rent in arrear, £31. 2,000 acres, Table Hill District, recently granted under " The Muuicrpal Corporations Act, 1876," not yet leased.