ACCOUNTS REVIEWED

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 280, 22 August 1931, Page 11

ACCOUNTS REVIEWED

Finances of Eastbourne

RATES, FERRY AND BUSES Details of receipts and expenditure for July in connection with the Eastbourne district fund ferry and buses' accounts were placed before the Eastbourne Borough Council at its last meeting by the town Clerk, Mr. C. L. Bishop. For purposes of comparison the figures for July, 1930, are given in parentheses. District Fund. In the district fund receipts were £2152 14/5 (£ll4B/16/9) and expenditure £4026 10/3 (£2071/17/11). Principal items of receipts were: Building permits, £3/15/- (£24/15/-); dog registration, £l6/15/- ( ); Government subsidy, £223/11/7 (£248/17/4); licenses, £62/6/(£5B/5/-); tennis fees, £lO/18/9 (£l9 0/9); rates. £670/3/9 (£550/3/10); miscellaneous, £136/3/8 (£lO6/0/6); land account, £7O/17/7 (£4l/1/1)'; .No. 5 unemployment relief, £902/7/7 ( ); heavy truffle fees, (£B9/19/3). Principal items of expenditure were: Administration, £348/5/8 (£243/19/10); reserves, £l9/7/2 (£l2O/16/9); sanitation, £l9l/12/- (£198); street maintenance, £377 8/11 (£306/13/7); fire prevention, £O5/10/11 (£l2/18/4); tennis courts, £6/19/10 (£5 11/-): tractor and truck running. £5l/7/6 (£37/8/2); miscellaneous, £159/15/1 (£B3 4/3); footpaths, £9/6/3 (£39/16/4); street lighting contract, £l6B (£108); debenture interest, £lO7/5/- (£202/5/-); groynes. £6 5/- (£39/10/4); water accounts, £302/3/2 (£6l/3/6); relief works, £1416/4/2 (£32 9/-); earthquake trust account, £134/11/- ( ); elections, £9B/2/6 ( ); Hospital Board, £357/1/10 (£436/10/6). Ferry Account. Receipts from the ferry service for the period from April 1 to July 31 totalled £3015/15/9 (£3391/15/-) and the expenditure., £7138/16/1 (£7858/15/8). Principal items in the receipts were: Passengers, £1640/8/8 (£lB5l/7/9); freight, £135/0/9 (£lO9/10/10); weekly tickets, £241/10/6 (£232/16/-); monthly tickets, £355/2/10 (£460/1/4); season tickets, £542 6/- (£557/5/-). Principal items of expenditure 'were: Administration, £445/8/7 (£432/7/3); Marital, £1507/12/- (£1757/14/-); Cobar, £1558/10/9 (£1252/17/8); debenture interest. £1917 (£1855); insurance claims, £79/7/2 (£42/8/5); sinking fund instalment, £375 (£462/10/2); berthage, £ll4 12/- (£121); insurance, i £749/6/2 (£BBl 16/10): advertising, £3B/1/- (£44/11/0); truck running exnenses, £O7/11/1 (£B2 6/-); wharves, £l9l/13/3 (£241); sale of tickets at bays, £57/12/- (£55/12/3): hire of buses, (£300). • For July receipts were £747/19/2 (£839 8/7) and expenditure,' £2420/13/8 (£3089 11/8). Bus Account. From April 1 to July 31, the total receipts in the bus account was £3689/0/2 (£4466/7/6) and the expenditure, £4253 3/2 (£4009/9/9). Principal*ltems of receipts were: Traffic, £3589/14/9 (£4104/5/6); sale of benzine, etc.. £O5/17/2 (£2B/14/-); special trips (ferry). (£300). Principal items of expenditure were: Administration, £2lO/16/6 (£l9l/10/1); wages, £1253/9/- (£1369/15/0); benzine, £795 15/3 (£B3B/6/3); oil, £95/2/2 (£75/15/-); renewals", £2BO/12/9 (£l5O/10/3); repairs £67/19/7 (£197/5/3); tires and tubes, £lO3 1/9 (£ll3/2/1); sundries, £34/17/11 (£73 0/1): 'insurance. £599/9/9 (£619/2/6): licenses, £33/17/6 (£4l/5/-); rent. £65 (£52); new buses, £405/4/6 ( ); debenture interest, £240 (£240); hire of buses, £l3/19/- (£l/10/-). Receipts for July weye £Bl3/1/10 (£9BB 13/3) ajid expenditure, £950/9/5 (£lll6 14/10).