FIVE PENNY RATE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20254, 23 May 1940, Page 12

FIVE PENNY RATE

COOK COUNTY RISE £4721 LESS FOR WORKS GENERAL INCREASE £4798 BUDGET TOTALS £119,823 ROADING COST £86,098 A rale of 5d in the £ on the unimproved value was agreed to by the Cook County Council to-day, this being an increase of id in the £ on last year's rate. It is proposed to raise £44,705 from rates, an increase of £77 from £44,P28 last year. The amount required lor works was set at £27,029, a decrease of £4721. which was offset by an increase of £4798 in the general account expenditure planned, this being set at £17,070.

In all, the council budgets lor an expenditure of £119,823, of which £33,725 is for expenditure on general purposes and £86,098 on works, these amounts including a credit balance in the general account of £6525 and £50,094 in anticipated grants from the Main Highways Board, the Public Works Department and employment promotion fund. It was explained that the hospital levy of £9372 was £433 less than last •year. Interest payments increased slightly, on the estimates, owing to the raising of the balance of 10 per cent of the loan and workmen’s cottage loan repayment of £172. The estimates adopted were:— General Requirements. Salaries, £3645; office expenses, £525; miscellaneous, £1960: travelling expenses, chairman, councillors and officers, £320; interest, £11,736; hospital levy. £9372; compensation for land, £200: public works, £5567; centennial celebrations, local, £100; contingencies, £300; total estimated amount required, £33,725; general account credit balance, £6525; estimated receipts, license fees and outstanding subsidies, £5853: subsidy on rates and outstanding rates, £4271; amount to be raised by rate, £17,076.

Proposed Expenditure On Works. — Main highways construction (loan account £2059, M.1i.8. £6178), £8237; main highways maintenance (general account £2130, M.H.B. £6390), £8520; Public Works Department grants (ratepayers £IBOO, general account £4142, loan account £516, P.W.D. £16,526), £22,984. From general account: Bridges, £2000; roads, county, £6700; roads, district, £9000; workmen’s houses (maintenance), £250; drains, £257; machinery, £2200; tools, £450; tree-planting, £SOO. Summary: General account expenditure, £27,629; ratepayers’ contributions, £1800; loan account expenditure, £2575; Main Highways Board expenditure, £12,568; Public Works Department expenditure, £16,526; employment promotion, £25,000; total, £86,098.

Machinery. —Power shovel (on account), £1000; lathe, £300; portable compressor, £500; portable crusher, £SO; Matawhero gravel supplies. Patutahi plant electrification, £150; maintenance, £200; tools, £450; treeplanting, £500; workmen’s accommodation, £250; total, £3400.

Main Highways Construction, ReI votes from 1939-40 Estimates. Gis-borne-Ormond, via Waiohika main highway (Willan’s Bridge), loan account £7, M.H.B. £22, total £29; Gis-borne-Ormond, via Waiohika, main highway (reconstruction and sealing), loan account £258, M.H.B. £775, total £1033; Patutahi-Rere main highway (reconstruction and sealing), loan account £294, M.H.B. £BBI, total £1175. New items: Patutahi-Rere main highway. ioan account £ISOO, M.H.B. £4500, total £6OOO. Totals: Loan account, £2059; M.H.8., £6178; total, £8237. Main Highways Maintenance. —Gis-borne-Wairoa, via Morere, main highway, contribution to M.H.B. from Karaua bridge to county boundary, general account £770. M.H.B. £2310, total £3080: county portion from junction with Gisborne-Napier, via Hangaroa, State highway to Karaua bridge, general account £BO, M.H.B. £240, total £320; Gisborne-Ormond, via Waiohika, main highway, general account £240, M.H.B. £720, total £960; Patutahi-Rere main highway, general account £BOO, M.H.B. £2400. total £3200; ManutukeWairoa, via Mangapoike Valley road (Manu'uke-Reay bridge section), general account £240, M.H.B. £720, total £960: totals, general account £2130, M.H.B. £6390, total £8520. Public Works Department Grants.— Re-votes from 1939-40 estimates: Bellerby’s road, £277; Cabstand bridge <Mander’s), £400; Gordon’s road, £200; Hangaroa-Tahora, £213; HangaroaWaikaremoana, £1536 (free); Marshall’s road, £299; Newman’s road (Ngakoroa), £900; Parikanapa road. £682; Royd’s road, £150; S.G.R., Hamilton’s access, £129; Steven’s road, £380; Tokonui-Tarewa road, £552; Trafford’s £408; Waimata Valley Rosd -.'Pd; £B4: Waimata-Arakihi road, £180; Waiomoku road (Newman’s),

.394; flood damage restoration (Waimata bridge), £2400; totals, ratepayers £IOO, loan account £216, general account £2942, P.W.D. £5926. total £9184. Public Grants. —New items: Bloomfield road (Cameron’s), £150; Bolitho’s road, Bushmere, £300; Hangaroa Junc-tion-Waikarernoana road, £6OO, £2OOO (free); Hangaroa-Tahora road, £750; Parikanapa road, £6OO, £2OOO (free); Pipiwhakao road. £300; Seymour road, Pakarae, £300; Tiniroto school road, £150; Torrie’s road, Mangapapa, £150; Tokanui-Tarewa road, £600; £4OO (free); Trafford’s road, £6OO, £IOOO (free); Waimata Riverside road (Donner’s), £400: Waiomoku road, £600; Waimata River bridge, Waikereru crossing, £2000: Waimata Valley road, £900; totals, ratepayers £I7OO, loan account £3OO, general account £I2OO, P.W.D. £10,600, total £13,980.

Maintenance of Roads County Roads. —Ilangarca - Tahora road, £1350; Hangaroa-Waikaremoana road, £7so'; Manutuke-Wairoa. via Mangapoike Valley road, £1625: Nelson road, £100; Parikanapa road, £575: Waimata Valley road, £1725; WaimataArakihi road, £575; total. £6700. District Roads.—Arakihi district, £100; Glenroy district, £475: Hexton and Makauri district, £750; Kaiti district, £500; Mangapapa district, £425; Manuluke district, £350: Matawhero district, £850; Muriwai district, £100: Ngatapa district, £750; Ormond district, £400; Panikau district, £575; Patutahi district, £300; Reay bride and Waingake district, £300: Repongacre district, £250; Riverside district, £900: Tarewa district, £450; Tiniroto and Hangaroa district, £375; Waimata Valley district, £275; Waiomoku district, £425; Wainui district, £150; Waerenga-

a-hika district. £125; Waerenga-o-kuri and Pehiri district, £75; Wnarerata district. £100; total, £9OOO. Proposed Bridge Works. —Maintenance, bridges over 20ft. span, £2OOO. Proposed Drainage Works. —Mahunga drain, £42; Ngatapa creek. £GO: Pipiwhakao drain, £00; Taruheru creek, £00; Te Aroha creek. £35; total, £257.