THE PROGRESS OF WELLINGT ON
[UNITED PBEBS A93OOUTION.] :■i > - : : ; : ', i'WW^PMXt December 18. . In the course of, his response [jtoihe toast of'", Tie Counoil's 'Officers 11 ' i£t the : Civic Banquet^ Mr J. E. Page; the T<iwn i Clerk,, quoted some interesting figores, iUustrative of the progress madf! ( iby Wellington since, he took office "m the Corporation, service 12 years ago. During ' the period that had elapsed, the population : of; the city had increased from. 15,000! to . -29j000, , and . the rateable value from £160,000 to £308,000. The entire revenue daring twelve years had been £500,000, '■ and the atndunt spent on street constraction was £80,000^' on 'water .Works £210,000, and on reclamation £66,000.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXV, Issue 287, 18 December 1889, Page 2
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110THE PROGRESS OF WELLINGTON Marlborough Express, Volume XXV, Issue 287, 18 December 1889, Page 2
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