PUBLIC BALANCE-SHEETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9504, 3 May 1911, Page 4

PUBLIC BALANCE-SHEETS.

A (!Ommkni)A!UjH ijniovatioii has' been, introduced by tho Chairman of the . Iluwko'n .liny County Council in the way of mi annual report and balancesheet/which differs from most others in .boiii)/, so comprehensive and intelli|/jlil(( l.liiiL "ho who runs rimy read"— i 1 and understand. Ab ii general rule ratepayers, wil.li tlio exception of an j odd one hero mid tlioro, fight shy of bnhuiee-Hhoets, and, in fact, rarely at- ) tempt to c,nipple with them, lint tho Chairman of tho Hawke's Hay County 1 (Jonneil, Mr T, jM. Chambers, has prepnnul a report which is a model of /itieolncl iicfifi and comprehensiveness of ' detail. -J'iihl/ the Hnformation that nitf:pnyi'w..dei;iro to obtain, but which ■ is seldom to bo. found in (ho average . balance-sheet, in Riven in a manner easy to nnderstand. Tho average* , ratepayer .stands aghast at the col-, lniiiif) of (iKiims marshalled in militant array by tho treasurer*; of various '• local bodies, and usually gels ;i '"wry hazy idea of tho position of his Bor--o|i|;li or County. Oi' course a little" knowledge of book-keeping would the key to those "puzzles, hut that knowledge is usually lacking, and perhaps if treasurers ; took morn trouble.' to explain the details for the benefit, ol.the uninitiated there would bo.le.ss , ignorance ou the part of ratepayers and also a good deal less suspicion.