CITY FINANCES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 114, 15 May 1919, Page 2

CITY FINANCES

| THE ESTIMATES ADOPTED. 1 NO ALTERATION IN GENERAL j BATE. i ■ ’ The estimates «I Unceipts and expenditure were considered by the City Council last ev-'ning, and the general .and special rates struck. ; Referring to the previous year’s expenditure, Cr. Kampson complimented the City Engineer on the way in which i expenditure Pad been kept w'thin the allocutions. The Mayor aid the general late last year was Is l')d. and th" same rate this year would produce £9915, which with an estimated income of £23/0, would give a total .ways and means of £12.785. The estimates were eventually framed as follows: - 1918-19 1919-20. i Spent. Estimated. - £ £ Office charges, salaries, i and allowances, etc. 1052 1250 Printing, advertising and .statione’-’y 221 300 Other charges (legal expenses, insurance, etc.) 201 200 Streets and footways (including watering) 3081 4000 Horses, carts & stabling 786 350 Street lighting 247 ' 350 New drains, drainage maintenance & nightsoil and rubbish removal 1968 2000 Fire prevention 227 350 Places of public aecrca- , tion . 1035 1800 Other expenditure (interest on. overdraft and loans, etc.) 1846 100 Under Sec. 28 P.R. Act, I 1913 41 700 .General Contingencies 920 700 Nelson Institute -187 190 ; Peace celebrations . 6OT j ~~mm £12,890 | Moneys already available Nil.

: .ESTIMATED RECEIPTS. Rents 33 <SO Government subsidy 450 4j?o License fees 1027 1000 Dog registration 05 100 : Nightosil and rubbish ■ lb? *l-' Uncollected rates 1070 .■WO Miscellaneous bM 200 £3421 £2870 v Rate of Is lOd in £ '■ . ■ '• - ;i. K £12,785 ; Total rateable value of property on the valuation ■ roll, £108,167. Rat©" thereon necesary to produce the amount j required, Is lOd in the £■ j Cr. HatnpaoU moved that- the gen- ' eral rate be fixed at Is lOd in the £ Cr.' Pettit seconded the motion, which was supported by Crs. Watson, Ed j wards, Harris and Plum and the I Mayor, and carried unanimously. , i The special rates were fixed at the same amounts as last year, and are as follows :■ —Water special, drainage, 6d; charitable - aid, 2d. - The following special rates will be paid out of general account: Tramway loan, general drainage renewal loan, bridges reinstatement loan, Rocks road renewal loan; and drainage extension Iban. 1 • I Cr. Hampson said the special rates made the total rates 3s 2id in the £, (which, ho thought, left no one room Ito grumble. Nelson was the fourth lowest rated town of similar size in the Dominion. i I HOME-MADE COUGH SYRUP. i 1 A RECIPE MOTHERS SHOULD 1 | KEEP. | | Don't neglect' coughs and cb lds. They ; are dangerous-—especially the coughs of young children. The moment a cough •starts, a teaspoonful of pine ta r cough syrup should bo given every- hour oi two. This can be readily made at home, bv stirring 2 ozs. of bitrafce_of tar/ readily obtainable of any chemist, into a syrup made by dissolving half « pound of sugar in half a pint of hot water. When cold ifc, is ready for lisa and you h«vve a ’ pint of healing, soothing and pleasant tasting cough syrup at much less cosi than' you could possibly bnv it ready made. It quickly gives relief and also helps to prevent branchial .and catarrhal complaints “ and other affections of the throat, chest and limes, which so often follow coughs j > and colds.