NAPIER BOROUGH ESTIMATES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 429, 7 August 1915, Page 3

NAPIER BOROUGH ESTIMATES.

_At last night's meeting of the Napier Borough Connci], the Town Clerk reported as follows on tne estimated rcce’pts and expenditure ior the year ending 31st March : - ‘‘The estimates are based on the actual workings of last year and on the workings for the pas! four months ot the current year. Provision has been made for the additional expenditure of Cloiio authorised by the council to provide employment I'm- the employees during the next few- month*. The increase o' In per cent granted to the married men who are receiving less than £3 per week has also been provided for. Each branch of expenditure ha* received the most careful consideration and unless some imforseen expenditure should require tn bo met between now and the end of the year the estimati* should no, be exceeded. To provide sufi-iient rex.tmc to meet the expenditure it will be tienecessary to strike the same general rates and the same water rates as were struck last year, that is I',<! in the .£ general rate and :jd in the -£ water rate. The total amount of the special rates is the same as last year.

"To meet the levies made for ordinary maintenance by the Hawke’s B?y Hospital and Charitable -Aid Board it will lie. necessary to strike a rate of 11 -50ths of a penny in the -£, which is an increase of )9-2ootli* of a penny in the .£ over last year s. The amount of l.'te levy made by the hoard is approx imabdy ,£l(in more than th<- amount lex led last x car.

"The ratable unimproved value nt the united borough is .£1.137..T7*_’ (old borough .£ I,3:'.'i.2S(>. Napier South town xiistriet £!B.2*t;i. "With regard to the payment ot interest <m the loans \x hi< .i :iri- :t charge over the area ot the N’apiei South town district :i. special rate will require, to be collected over that area, as set forth in the. attached st atement. "Should the estimates a* submitted be adopted it will )>e necessary to advertise them and Io also advertise that it is the intention of tin count il to make and levy the rates. "1 would suggest- that the rates be made payable in one sum on the 1 Illi of September next.’’