GENERAL ACCOUNT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 137, 11 June 1909, Page 3

GENERAL ACCOUNT.

RECEIPTS. Receipts Estimated last year, thie year.

\ £3,971 The hospital and chaiilable aid rate remains the same as for last year (2^d in the pound on the annual value, estimated to produce £9806, but this year's estimated votes total £10,196, by comparison with £9623 last year.

[JifcV woiks loan, i £40,000 at 1 per cent 400 4GO Destructor and lighting loan, £45,000 at 1 per cent 450 450 Street paving and Town Hall loan, £105,000 at 1 per cent. ... 1,050 1,050 Do., £25,375 at 1 per cent 254 254 Do., £15,354 at 1 per cent. ... -•• 153 153 Consolidation loan (3-sths to general account) ■■ 1,200 1,200 Hunter-strpet, endowment loan, £16,500 at. 1 per cent. 165 165 Duo to abattoirs account, — 10,184 Estimated excess of receipts — 1,130 £142,627 WATERWORKS ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS. Receipts Estimated last year, this year. £ i, Rate at 2J per cent, on annual value . 20,848 22.642 Water to Harb. Board 4,941 5,000 Water to Government 1,664 1.670 Water to public . . 5.194 5.300 Repayments 411 400 [nterest on deposits ... 2,845 902 £35,914 EXPENDITURE. Expenditure. Estimated last year, this year. £ £ Labour and material .. 6,870 9,000 Salaries 3,376 3,376 Printing, advertising, and stationery, insurance and office expenses . 2,427 2,400 [nterest. on loans — Wainui waterworks loan, £130,000 at 6 p.c. and charges . 7,888 7,888 Consolidation loan (2-sths to waterworks account) . . 1,866 1,866 Waterworks loan, 1397. 4£ per cent, jon £5290 . . .. 238 238 Water supply improvement loan, £190,000 Pt 4 p.c. 7,600 7,600 sinking Fund — Consolidation loan (2-sths of £2000). 800 800 Water supply improvement loan, £190,000 at 1 p.c. 1,900 1,900 £35,068 Estimated excess of receipts ... . . 846 £35,914 LIBRARY. Receipts. £ Subscriptions, etc. . 751 Rato at l-13d in the £1 3,220 £3,971 Expenditure-. Working expenses . . 2,947 Interest and sinking fund 531 Nev» town building account . . 943

Renta — Reclaimed land ... 17,284 17,390 Market xeservo . . 976 926 Te Aro pah 21 21 Pahialua ... .. 373 602 Street widening properties 5,599 5,658 City Reserves ... 744- 750 Sundry rents 468 470 Licenses — Auctioneers 1,303 1,320 Doga 1,023 1,050 Publican* 2,190 1,910 Vehioles 538 540 Wholesale 592 590 Other licenses ... 855 860 Building feed 1,347 1,300 Cemetery 2,003 2,000 Government subsidy ... 450 450 Town HallRecitals . . 564 540 Lotting 2,797 2,500 Baths 694 700 Sanitation feo ... . 1,679 1,700 Fire Brigade repayments 475 450 Sundries 749 750 General rate at 2 l-10d in the £1 will produce — 87,650 Debentures due to the district fund ... — 6,000 Arrears of rates ... — 6,500 £142,627 EXPENDITURE. Expenditure Estimated last year, this year. £ £ Street works £50,135. less repayments £6293 . ... 43,842 35,000 Scavenging and street watering . . . 6,338 6,750 Collection and destruction of refuse .. 6,698 7,000 Drainage ... . 6,406 5,500 Fire Brigade 8,139 7,982 City reserves 6,322 7,117 Cemetery 1,653 1,540 Street lighting ... 6,478 6.087 Baths 2,490 1,500 Town HallCurrent expenses ... 1,684 1,700 Expenses of recitals. . 391 420 Interest on loans 3,248 3,248 Printing, advertising and stationery . . 1,305 1,320 Sanitary services ... 1,663 1,700 Land at Maranui . . 1,225 1,180 Technical School 250 250 Subsidies to city bands 250 250 N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts 50 50 Miscellaneous (office expenses, cost of elections, insurance, fuel, and lighting) . . 5,686 5,800 Salaries 6,349 6,349 Crematorium — 1 300 The Zoo . . 722 1,000 Interest on loans chargeable to general account — Street paving loans, £55,000, at 4 per cent, and charges .. 2,225 2,225 Street paving loam, £3575 at 4 4 per cant 163 153 Street paving loans, £10,000 at 4i por cent 450 450 Street widening, £120,000 at 4 per cent.... 4,800 4,800 Widening WiUia-Btreet and Chew's Lane, £20,000 at 4£ per cent 900 900 Consolidation loan (3-stliß to general account) 2,800 2,800 Overdraft loan, 1897, £38,000 at 4 per cent 1,520 1,520 Interest — Destructor and lightloan, £45,000 at 4 per cent. .. 1,800 1,800 'x'e Aro reclamation loan, £3550 at 4i rent 160 160 Horse tramways loan, £20,000 at 4 per cent. . . . 800 800 Cily work- loan, £40,000 ul 4 per cent., (portion) . 1,296 1,600 Hunter-street endowment loan, £16,500 at 4 per cent. ... 660 ' 660 Portion of the city improvements loan 3,520 3,520 Interest on overdraft. 1,317 2,000 Sinking Fund chargeable to general account — Street widening loan, £120,000 at 1 vet cant.. ... - 1,200 1,200