TAURANGA COUNTY
EXPENDITURE OF £76,949 CHAIRMAN RE-ELECTED A total expenditure of £76,949 was detn : led when Mr G. H. Mends, Chairman of tlie Tauranga County Council, presented his report for the year. Mr Mends was re-elected chair, man. The principal items of expenditure were highways maintenance £3603 bj'_ roads, by riding funds £9824 and a further £9373 partly assisted by Government grants; relief works £16,713; loan works £2132: interest and char?e3 on loans £6375;. plant working £15,387; ragwort eradication £3543. Receipts total £61,478, comprising ■ates and arrears £20,944. an average if 79 per cent over the county which is slightly lower than last year, and is due to rate notices being delayed on account of revaluation. The capital value of the county has '•Jen increased to £3, 379,922 from the 1928 figures of £2,250,870.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 17, 29 May 1939, Page 6
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134TAURANGA COUNTY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 17, 29 May 1939, Page 6
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