OVER THE HARBOUR

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 130, 6 June 1927, Page 3

OVER THE HARBOUR

RATES CO UP

HOSPITAL AND SPECIAL:ITEMS INCREASED '

, Eastbourne ratepayers will this year b# called upon to meet heavier rate demand* for though the general rate remains as last year, the hospital rate is higher, and th« council has had no option but to. strii* certain additional special rates 'It was found necessary," stated th* Mayor of Eastbourne (Mr. H.M. Jones) to make some increase in several'of the special rates for the present year. N« increase has, however, been made in th« general rate, although several large sums have, to be found this year, notably tha payment for the widening at Windy Point, which, is estimated to involve atn prosimately £500. An increase in tlla hospital,and charitable aid rate was com- £ U2^4^'' °"'ing t0 the increased levy of Referring to the special overdraft bank sn^M ' 5 r- Jones pointed out "thaf-i special rate was necessary in terms of thi legislation of 1920, which required ill Borough Council to make payments of an. proximately £715 per annum until th* principal was wiped out. The total amount owing was about £4500. Mr. Jones aleo remarked that the council had been compelled to strike a special rate of l%d aa security for the No. 1 loan of £13,900. This rate," added Mr. Jones, "has!not hitherto been struck, but information iv possession of the:council compels them ta t^me^asYast-ye^lo^^^^ :££ L bLS teii unavoidable. In the years gone br certain latitude has been allowed, but we are advised that in future we must* square account or take personal responsibility. fh,s makes members carefuL an I sincerely trust that the ratepayer* vill appreciate the fact that the -increase* have only been agreed to as there is n<* alternative.'"' • ■ • ■ ■■ ■ GENERAL AND SPECIAL RATES. The general rate on the unijnproyed Value (£135,478) of all rateable property in the borough of-Eastbourne is.s%d ii" the SI. The hospital rate is l'7-16d oj a penny in the £1. There is a compufc sory special rate of 1 5-16 din the £ unde» the provisions of the Eastbourne.-Borough' Bank Account and Empowering Act, ,1926, The No. 2 loan account of £4500 involve* a special rate o£ 1.3-32 of a penny in th« £; the No. 1 new steamer loan of- £50,009 (1923), a special rate of 6d in the"£; an<t thcXo. 2 steamer loan of £8500 (1925) a. special rate of 1 3-32 of a penny in tha £." The new special rate is one of 15-8 of a penny on the ferry loan, of £13)900 (1913).. The annual sanitation fee of 30» on all rateable, property having a build» ing erected, on it remains the same.REVENUE AND EXPENDITUDE. Following are the estimates for the) year ending 31st March, 1928:— Revenue: General rata of 5%d in ths £ on the unimproved value, £3105 5s 2df Government subsidy, £187 10s; saflititiok fees, £750; rents, £115; tennis courts, £175; ■ proportion 'heavy-traffic licenses* £100; bylaw . fees and dog . regietratiojZ £208 10s; Council Chambers, £60, penalt? on rates, royalties, and sundries, £106 12k 9d. Total, £4807 17s lid. ' Expenditure. — Administration, £GBOi Council Chambers, £50; reserves,. £20ff; elections and polls, £70; sanitation an<t public health, £610; street maintenance, £900; Wellington City and Suburban Highways Board, £200; formation! metal, and culvert south of Miro street, £300'j widening Windy Point arid removing polla, £550; street lighting, £353; tennis courts, £100; Mayor's honorarium, £75i insuU ances, £25; borough house maintenance, £25; interest on land purchase, £163 18s; fire brigade, £70; revising valuation roU and new roll,- £100; free ambulance seiv vice, £50; unauthorised expenditure, £5Qj contractors' deposits, £52 2s 6d; snrvej; £43 and legal expenses Marine.v,Parade£ £60; rents, £29; sundries. £63 ss~9d; con* tingencies, £49 11s Bd. Total, £4807 17« lid.'. . ■■'■■; .'•... . '•■•