THE BOROUGH OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13097, 23 April 1908, Page 7

THE BOROUGH OF LYTTELTON.

ANNUAL RHPOET.

The annual- report ":--. of :\ the -TbwaV Clerk (Mr G. A; Lewin>)wasjpreaerit&l•?■ at the meeting .of, th^'• Borough Council last nights ; port stated that in. regard to drainage, the Council's pxopoaaJfi '■-wetn'l ently ''advanced." to satisfy the nwst": exacting, advocate of municipal eoci*liam ; for it was intended -toY buyj:the';jq ■whole of the necessary mauberial for the ■work,, not only of public drainage, but for house corrections as-well, in bulk; frpm the manufacturer, \tbe itoolf undertaking the worki , and: , spending oat of loan money up to£lo . on each holding to provide for conneo-;' tion with the sewer. Contracts :were> now out for practically:the •wiwtesof-S' the material, and the general arrangements for a start on the actual \ work of putting down the :'*:main.'in-S; teroepting drain were weU.forwarf;^: : y The report further stated that thek lighting of the town was beiagjimpit)jiy: ed year by year, and a furthersupply. : of liigh-pow«r lamps were -ju*. now ~: being erected. Toe incandesoen£/«y»-.f: : : tern was being extended, and the hope , was that during the, ■ year or eo> i the old "opon" form of burner would:' have bean entirely displaced. Domg the year there was ~an almost entire;;: absence of infectious ojsease, and the v sanitary condition of the town wae;ae j satisfactory as the present gretem , would permit. ,_ Matters in connection with" the abattoir were just now on a . most satisfactory footing. t _ . The year conimenoed with aoeiow balance in the revenue accounts/! £1456 19s 7d accounted for. aa-fol-r lows: —General account, debit; * j? " ■ 13s Id; water supply aooounti cyearo, £1053 18a; gas etrpply ac °^ t - £474 16s 6d; leaving a nett of £1456 19s 7d. At the end of this j year the position wasr-^-General^ac-The bank overdraft m the revenue accounis was thus m««a«d by ; : , £444 Iβ 56 during « : the same time expenditnre, w f«« ■ not lx*n provided for when g*J*&xnates wore amounting to- jEZOW, .- the cWof itemsJ«ine Pg« 1*^ ,**Vs +ho water department, the bathe ; , a 6 r; Corsair Bay, andtho ™ dental, to the removal of tne . room,and library- r: . ;^.^^