CONTROL OVER EXPENDITURE
Mr. C. F. Lethaby(Civic League) said last night -that the primary test of- efficient administration, is to. be found iii vthe measure of. control over expenditure. in all departments of the City - Council,. and .'that, could only',be effectively, enforced '.l)y..'a' strict aclheren.ee rtp'.-the:.budget:system, by which 'the !"outgo'" is kept:.wthin the- limits, of the authorisation.'. There was ho doubt that the easS "By which the City Council had been enabled .to -borrow money had to a large extent been responsible for the lavish expenditure in various directions^ and the piling up of heavy interest bills,; which- ate into the rates collected-in the city.1 In 1926 rates' were "clogged" to the extent- of ;£73,045 13s 4d for interest, charges alo'ncy and by 1930, -interost 'charges' had;'almost::iioubled, having risen', to £133,000.,,:.:.v :'i = - ! -
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 98, 28 April 1931, Page 11
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132CONTROL OVER EXPENDITURE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 98, 28 April 1931, Page 11
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