BOROUGH FINANCE

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 August 1935, Page 5

BOROUGH FINANCE

ESTIMATE!? APPROVED / Estimates of receipts and expenditure for the year ending March (31, 1936, were approved by the Greymouth Borough Council, last evening. Cr. A: M. Carroll dissented, maintaining that' the finances were drifting back, and that the expenditure should be cur-’ tailed. Other councillors, however, de/ dared that the position would show an improvement of approximately £2OO at the end of the current year/ compared with the previous year. The; estimates are as follow, the /figures .for/Greymouth and Cobden > being shown separately: —

RECEIPTS . Greymouth: Cash in hand March $l, 1935 £846/17/3, -general .rate £3670, ; 10 per cent, penalty on overdue rates £ll5, Government subsidy on rates > £3OO, sanitary fees £7OO, licensing ■ fees £l7OO, reserve rents £2OO, S.M. > Court/fees £4O, cemetery fees includ- i ing sale of plots £350, library subscriptions etc. £220, Town Hall rents / £5OO, abattoirfees £1450, sale of gas I £7700, sale of gas stoves and fittings | £l6OO, sale of .residuals £l4OO, water 5 account water rate £2600, water ac- I count extraordinary supply £1450/ i Hospital rate £5222/10/-, Municipal Bath £lOO, Government subsidy from 1 petrol tax £lOOO, special rate £520.0; ’ other revenue £6OO, outstanding re- ? venue £3900. Total £40,864/7/8. Cobden: /Rates —General £ll3O/ § Hospital £674/10/8, street lighting i| £l6B, special rate £122, publicans’ li-’ censes £BO, rate subsidy £9O, sanlt- < ary fees £3OO, outstanding revenue f| £3OO. Total amount unprovided for U £3707/8/6. Grand total £47,436/6/10. >

EXPENDITURE -Greymouth: Dr. National Bank 31/3/35, £2,082/12/-, Dr. Borough cheques unpresented £1023/5//9. March salaries and outstanding /accounts £1625/2/3. Mayor’s honorarium £l5O, .Town Clerk’s -and Office salaries* £l9OO, .administration and miscellaneous £l3OO, drainage £lOOO, street maintenance £4OOO, street new work £2OOO, street lighting £920, removal of nightsoil £520, removal of house .refuse £3OO, .fire prevention £495, reserves —recreation and instruction £620, municipal bath £l5O, hospital . levy £5222/10/-,, cem* etery maintenance .£2lO, cemetery extension £lOO, library and ;reading room £60.0, Town Hall £33.0,/Gas ac-count-wages and upkeep Gas account —fittings etc., £lBOO, account —depreciation /fund £344713/6, Abattoir £l2OO, Water—stages and upkeep £4OO, water,extensions £lOOO, water .electriCj-power for pumps £lOOO, Health Inspector £75/3/-, Inspector of Nuisances £135, .women’s /rest /room £32, election expenses £270, ..social amenities (unauthorised .expenses) £lOO, interest and sinking fund £ 7000, stone plant‘extension £l5O. Total £44;855/6/6. Cobden/ .Street ‘Maintenance dtc„ — roadman £260, casual labour £lOO, motor lorry £lOO, stores .etc. £4O, bridge charges Grey County £75/1/8, rubbish collection £5O, Fox St. bridge £BOO, removal of nightsoil £3OO, street lighting £l6B, hospital levy £674/10/8, ‘inspector of Health £l4. Grand total £47,436/6/10.