Pnblio Notices AVON BO AD BOABD. Statement of RECEIPTS ana EXPENDITURE to December 31et, 1875 •— RECEIPTS. Bates of 1874 £14 13 q Waimakariri do 1 10 5 Bates of 1876 1687 11 0 Waimakariri do 162 12 11 Government grants 2243 0 0 Contributions 271 10 6 Error in ledger 1 13 4 Gash in hand 3 0 0 £4485 11 2 Balance brought down 1243 14 0 PAYMENTS. Balance due to Bank, Dec, 1874 £164 10 10 North road 632 13 6.J Salaries 153 0 4 Printing 78 1 5 General expenses 468 17 8J Caledonian road 33 4 10 East Christchurch road ... 40 2 1 St Albans road... 202 0 11 Bottle Lake road 62 13 0 Preston's road 22 18 6 School road 1 15 6 Sandhills road 0 13 10 Avon Mill road 4 17 8 Hewitt's road 20 16 6 Springfield road 59 9 1 A. Phillpott's road 2 8 10 Gravel Reserve road 3 9 9 Main Drain 54 18 0 North Town Belt 0 15 9 Knightetown 53 7 0 Sawyers' Arms road 18 13 7 East Town Belt 15 5 8 Northcote road 2 11 9 Rastrick's road 13 8 5 Rhodes' swamp 20 17 5 Dudley's Creek road 23 12 11 Aikman's road 7 5 5 Duncan road 0 10 6 Church road ... 6 8 5 Toon's road ~ 20 10 6 Haskin'sroad 3 4 11 Horseshoe Lake Drainage ... 29 6 2 Offieeroad 2 5 6 Mitchell's road 26 17 1 New Brighton road 169 3 6 Winter's road ... ... ... 3 3 0 Wm. Philpotts 1 14 10 Shirley 7 19 3 Innis'road 52 13 11 Daniel road 17 18 0 Turner's Crossing 87 0 0 Grigg's road 32 4 6 Bingsland 25 10 9 Canal reserve 239 17 11 Holly road 5 7 1 Hill's Creek 2 16 0 Bealey's road ... ... ... 014 0 Riccarton Drainage 9 14 3 Tucker's road 14 8 8 Boundary roads 10 4 1 Green's road ... 79 18 8 St Alban's Drain 18 12 9 Section 33, roads 63 17 4 Stanmore road 38 7 6 Merivale 2 19 6 Styx Bridge road 11 10 0 Bowen's road t 3 10 0 Waimakiriri 126 1 2 Interest on current account ... 13 17 2 £3241 17 2 Balance to credit ... ... 1243 14 0 Total '...£4485 11 2 F. T. HASKINS, Clerk to the Board. I have andited this account, and have com' pared the items with the various vouchers, and find it correct. J. OLLIVIER, Provincial Auditor. BALANCE-SHEET - Showing the Liabilities and Assets of the Avon Road Board on 31st December, 1875. LIABILITIES. Board of conservators £164 3 4 For wages and salaries to 315t... 73 1 9 Public contracts 282 13 6 Philpotfc, contract 43 12 6 Gusraweki, contract 17 9 3 Comer and Co, contract ... 122 18 4 Partridge, contract 80 10 0 Butt, J., contract 471 2 6 Vaughan, contract 843 15 0 Foster Bros, contract 638 15 0 Vetch, contract 195 15 0 Snell, contract 10 0 0 Goes, timber 84 6 11 Cuff, surveying 10 10 0 Simmonds, contract 8 0 0 Rosser, contract... 271 3 8 Claridge, contract ... ... 63.0 0 Small accounts ... 20 0 0 £3350 16 9 ASSETS. £ s. d. Balance 31st December, 1875... 1243 14 0 Government Grant to Avon Bridge 400 0 0 Balance of Provincial Government grant 934 0 0 Balance of Rates—General ... 184 10 3 Balance of Rates—Waimakariri 18 6 9 Contributions — Christie and Thiele 2 11 0 Provincial Government Grant to clearing the Styx River ... 300 0 0 Special Rate for River Styx ... 150 0 0 Special Rate for Caledonian road 120 0 0 Rent of Gravel Reserve ... 40 0 0 Horse, cart, and harness ... 60 0 0 Office, stable, and quarter-acre 500 0 0 Furniture, instruments, &c ... 100 0 0 Timber on hand 85 0 0 Pipes, toole, gauges, &c ... 40 0 0 Reserve—Freehold Land ... 800 0 0 11-4 4230 - £4978 2 0 |tN THE ESTATE OF W. PKISTON, IJL " DECEASED. 1 NOTICE—AII ACCOUNTS against tho festate of the late WILLIAM PRISTON -K'Boiough Hotel, Christchurch), to be SENT |N, AT ONCE, to mc at the Borough Hotel. ! ■ T. B. THOMPKINS, ie -3 419* Trnstee. d' HHE LATE FELIX WAKEFIELD, ESQ V |ALL ACCOUNTS against the Deceased SB requested to be sent to I MACPHERSON, FOBD AND CO. I 12-30 4124 B , OTICE O~F REMOVAL. iressrs JOYNT & O'NEIL have removed their new chambers in Hereford street, *|cent to offices of New Zealand Insurance fipanj. 13 4195 = lentistbt. dentistey. i dentistry. , ifER. NORMAN, Surgical and Mechani--*1 cal Dentist, four doors north of t. 1 con f ect i° n er, Colombo street, w " CJitchnrcb, lately with his brother, Dr j. °f Adelaide, regular graduate of Jl ew >r^eanß -S< Dental College, con--4$ teeth on the latest and most improved ~ P n *«>leg, and guarantees fit, mastication, * fi?ifc ftbiiity, at lOs 6d a tooth, AU i| in gold or amalgam on the most reJ *Jßble terms. On Tuesdays and Thurs- - half-price, between the hoa §£ five and six p.m. 10-13 1650 Qjfcp NEWS ,?OU CAUTEB.BUBF. tp unjust weights or scales. Just 3 t ar fl the fixß . fc SCALE MAKER in t> c it colonl ah kinds of weights and scales D \f P * and ad J uste d by B. Wbduebbuhn, Mon % street, near Normal echool. I 12-3 3236 I- FUBNITQBE. >f |w. S. KING & CO, mo Wfrom Cashel street to new premises, JT HIGH STREET, '> Tprite Messrs Strange and Co. d I 9-13 61 T 111 ob m s c 1 ON SALS A T InHE OBESS /~\FFJCE, 1 Parchment or paper