OTAMATEA COUNTY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 103, 5 May 1926, Page 9

OTAMATEA COUNTY.

•— ■— RECEIPTS AXD EXPENSES. THE PAPABOA STDIXG. PAPASOX this dsrAt & recent ratepayers' meeting, a start- . near was made by tie eosaty clerk. Mr. E. [ 5. Atkins, showinxr the sonnd condition of ia Paparoa riding and also of joonry finances at tfee esd of the ftmwial rear, on March SL lie percentage of administrative expenses being lott. , . Tha total rates collectable Iα tie Pst>s* roa riains were: General rate ( including aaspjifii rate). £717 : r 'specral loss, repsy--aent and interest. £233: tcvtal. £905. The total amount collected was £944. representing a. percentage of 95.74 of tie amount lolleciaiti-?. The arrears for 1525-2 C are £12. owins by 21 ratepayers, ami rwo absentees. " The total expenditure eat of the rensral rates iras as fcyHows: Hospital Beard . levy. £107; proportion of cost of roa-3 roDer. £63: road works. £902: gsaeral srpenses. £131_ ; Iβ addition to the expenditure oar of reneral rates, tier? was expensed from ih-e ■ [xo \€ i itrsent graaTs the following: From free crant of money for Sood dainast at Pasaroa. Station Bosd. £103: Arrril's bridge, £113; Ford bridra. £556; sun'irr roads. £20. Ordinarx erpeaditnxe—3latiia«ataiote— ; ST2a."srai Soafl t&ee). £215; Paai~ Bom {£2 for £1), £470: Papaxoa to station (free). £1417; Paparoa. to itarexera <fpe*l, £IS7; | Sister's tridz* (£2 for £1). £430. Total for tb* rMin? for the year. i 4555, not ineiiidiag adziimstration. The riding's share of adjnisistratioi: an-d reaeral expenses. eu2Sneerinr aad clerical salaries, travertin? espeases. etc. was oEly £131. The percentage of administration— £131 on £4SSS—is remarkably tar. beins only 2.6. A fair peTC«jta£e of the ezgineerins costs sJone Ts-oald be 5 per cent. COUXTY SXPEN-DrrUSE. The county expendirare for xhe year eading , Harch 31 (nor IncTn-dins adminlstraBoa), ■β-as £40.247. mad? Tip as follows: Hospital lery. £1759 ; machinery. expe-sSes, £1032: road roller. £1072; ri<Jin2 works. £11,049: "thirds," £255: contractors" . deposits. £375: Tfharres, £73.5: Gor-m- ' njmt £ra3ts, £1S.112: loans.' £5096; t interest and fund on losus. £37-54. [ The net administration and . expenses, including: ail salaries, ainonated to £2105. This =eazis tiar tie east of s>endizz £40,247 -sras £21i», wilicJi -«-ccks ouz c: ". 5_3 per cent. The total receipts asd psymenrs for the "jrioie -cOTiiity for the year ■irere £54.120. ard ' the credit balance at March 31 iras £44*6 19/9. A resoltitioii hearxUy appreciati-re of his ; active troTi in the Paparoa Hiding iras . passed to Councillor H. E. Sutherland, who - i≤ seesixiz re-election. £