EASTBOURNE FINANCES

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 205, 27 May 1931, Page 13

EASTBOURNE FINANCES

Ferry and Buses Where Eastbourne gets its money and how it spends it, is shown in the printed balance-sheet for 1930-31, the first municipal balance-sheet for last year in New Zealand, to be audited by the Government auditor. Only principal Items are taken. General Account. Receipts iu the general account were £0503/2/11. The principal items were: Rates, £2140/11/5; sanitation fees, £J4I 3/5; ten per cent, surcharge ou rate arrears, £77/9/3; Government subsidy, £248 17/4/-; tenuis court fees, £193/3/9; licenses £lO3/11/0; rents, £213/12/-; unemployed subsidies, £1039/4/3. On the payments side administration absorbed £757/0/1, Of which salaries were £503/10/3; mayor’s honorarium, £100; stormwater drainage, £539/0/9; reserves, £202/8/5; sanitation, £574/10/-; motor plant, £ll5/12/8; street maintenance, £334 0/3; truck running, £lOB/18/7; tennis courts, £62/11/10; street lighting contract, £330; Public Health Inspector's salary, £Ol/5/-; Highways Board, maintenance Murltal Road, £100; Free Ambulance service £5O; earthquake relief, £100; lire prevention, £274/5/-; unemployment relief works, '£1767/12/-; water account (wellsinking), £476/18/2. Tlie borough paid £873/0/11 to the Hospital Board. Ferry Account. The receipts from tlie ferry service ' v £ r ® £14,203/11/-, and the expenditure £14,786 14/6. Receipts from tratlic totalled £ll.574 (Including passengers £7558/16/9, frelglit £386/11/5, weekly tickets £903 9/-, monthly tickets £1423/3/8, season tickets £025/10/-. special excursions £ll'18/2. mails £6O, charters £lB7/10/-); sale of Duchess, £220; transfer from bus account £1876/17/5. Ou the payments side there was a debit balance of £559/9/10; administration cost, £1477/9/5 (Including salaries £7(13/0/2, rent £192. bank Interest £215/1-); Cobar running and overhaul £4143/14/3, Muritai, running and overhaul. £4022/3/-; motortruck running, £229/8/(1; wharves and gangways, £678/10/8; berthage, £400: insurances, £BB2/17/-: advertising, £«9 1/6; wages (sat/ of tickets at Bays), £lio 8/-; hire of buses. £3OO. Buses Account. Receipts from the toises, including a balance from last year of £lBll/0/8. were £15.596/4/11. Passenger tratlic accounted for £13.134/17/9. On the pnviuents side, administrative costs were £6Ol/8/7: Ims running, £BlBl 8/2 (wages. £3842/9/11, benzine £2323 0/11. oils and grease £252/4/8, renewals £609/14/8. repairs £577/8/-, tires and tubes £443/8/7): insurances, £624/15/-; license fees, £585/3/-; new chassis... £700; transfer to fori-y account. £1876/17A>. There is a credit balance of £2145/11/3.