EASTBOURNE FINANCES

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 184, 2 May 1931, Page 11

EASTBOURNE FINANCES

Position Outlined \ The mayor of Eastbourne. Mr. H. M. Jones, in the account of his stewardship to the largely-attended meeting of residents in the borough on Thursday made use of figures prepared by the town clerk. Mr. C. L. Bishop, and given in his annual statement to the council. The figures were comparative, showing tho position also as at March 31, 1930. In tho following table the 1930 figures are shown In parentheses: >; Borough Department. The-general account opened the year with a credit of £l7, but closed with a debit of Receipts.—General rates. £2446 (£2452): sanitation fees, £941 (£962); 10 per cer/ surcharge. £77 (£53); Government subsidy; £249 (£254); tennis courts. £193 (£212); Fire Trust, £125 ( —); building permits, £42 (£67); royalties, £25 (£35); unem- , ployment, relief grants, £1039 (—); dog registration, £29 (£42); licenses, heavy traffic. £499 (£3G4); licenses, miscellaneous, £lO4 (£133); rents, £214 (£157): subsidy croquet club. — (£120): land sales, — (£1167); interest land sales. £195 (—); subsidy football club, £lO5 (—): sundries. £47 (£112). Total, £0330 (£6135). Payments.—Administration. £757 (£700); chambers, £49 (£51); drainage stormwater. £539 (£798); elections. £8 (£62): footpaths, £5O ‘(£l9s); reserves. £262 (£102); sanitation. £575 (£010): street maintenance, £033 (£1100); tractor running, £3l (£96); truck running. £lO9 (£129); street lighting, £330 (£331); tennis courts. £63 (£65); public health inspection, £6l (£35); rents. £lB (£48); repairs house. £59 (£31); croquet greens site. £73 (£375); insurances, £44 f£3B); groynes. £46 (£109); Free Ambulance, £5O (£50); earthquake relief, £lOO (£25); fire prevention,, £274 (£35); royalties. £27 (£27); Water Board, £27 (£45); unemployment relief. £1768 (£221); gymnasium. £2O (£180) ; Hospital Board account, — (£269); water account, £477 (—): miscellaneous, £306 (£254). Total, £7062 (£6101). Ferry Department. The gross loss on trading amounted to £253, as against £Bl3 for 1929-30. The revenue fell £l9BO, while reductions in expenditure amounted to £2540. The trading account for the two years was as follows:— Expenditure. — Administration, £1467 (£1679); Cobar running, £3485 (£5122); Cobar overhaul, £509 (£404); Murltal running. £3167 (£3646); Muritaf overhaul, £6lB (£661); wharfage, £34 (£36): berthage, £394 (£514); Insurance, £636 (£786); advertising, £3l (£103); licenses, £57 (£62); sale of tickets, bays, £l7B (£198); truck running, £238 (£209); wharves. £633 (£611); hire of buses, £3OO (£300): sundries, £3l (£35). Total. £ll,BBB (£14,366). Receipts.—Buffet rent, £l4 (£27); traffic. £11,571 (£18,526). ' Total. £11.585 (£-13,553). Gross loss. £253 (£813). Bus Department. During 1930-31 the buses ran 254,900 miles, as against 235,700 miles for 1029-30. The following tables show the cost and receipts a bus mile for the two years on a comparative basis, 1920-30 figures being in parentheses:—. Expenditure.—Wages, £3854, or 3.63 d. a bus mile( £3807. or 3.89 d. a bus mile); benzine, £2132, or 2d. (£1846. or 1.88 d.); oils and grease, £256, or .24(1. (£216, or .21d.); renewals and repairs. £1236. or 1.17 d. (£ll6O, or 1.17 d.); tires and tubes, £420, or .40d. (£705, or ,09d.); insurance and licenses. £ll9l, or 1.12 d. (£ll2O, or 1.14 d.); sundries, £325, or ,31d. (£334, or .34d.): gross profit, £4112, or 3.90 d. (£4270. or 4.33 d.). Receipts were £13,526. 0r12.77d, (£13,428, or 13.67 d.).