AUCKLAND NOTES.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8583, 9 September 1893, Page 9

AUCKLAND NOTES.

September 8. »t today's meeting of the Board of tfiocstion Mr Udy (the Chairman) taid he !r__ o titwa» only right that the present s_»cial position of tho Board should be •Teed be fore the members. He was not ■ V '^a a ,l with the way the Board was going i direction. They had been spendmoney and increasing salaries in away ,nS h hhe thought they would soon get to llend of their tether. During the year ~-n r kiu2 expenses had increased tte t>% \l 7d to £3 5s 9d per head, JSh meant an increase of £195 in the ti-orkiug expenses, or 2s 2d per head *" IU J itau it ™* l ' velve moatbß B B°' Tfae v>9tc - „ f, in -i was overdrawn to date to the bmW».R««» £38ii5 15 _ 6fl> and there were •TSJ, on contract* amounting to £2629 f T „i«n vo'ed certain building work to be T„ tot not yet begin., to the t of £5695 &»• The estimated fSfi'ntt K rant ' '" rOUD fi dgU f. 8 ' * fc- voted by Parliament, would probably .raced £8000. The liabilities and works would exceed the prov Stint hv about £4000. The mainaccount showed a vet credit balance f M 159 4s lid, and tho capitation exJtA on the working average would inSSftW. 1-ance by about £700 This *nt that tho Board had an overdratt of ImoML Had Mr Moat not come to tbe with £600 for primary school endow. _«t they tMuld have been in a worse pos;fr~ Tim fiiiaucial position was referred to a'Couimittee to bring up a report at the Jext meeting of the Board.