HUTT AND PETONE

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7847, 8 July 1911, Page 17

HUTT AND PETONE

LOWER HUTT BOROUGH ESTIMATES.

In the estimates for the Hutt Borough Council for the current year the estimated receipts in the general account aro given at £10,009, the chiei items being: Outstanding accounts, £249; arrears of rates, £320; Government subsidy£4oo; liceud.es, £245.; building permits, £o0; drainage, £25; other permits, £108; rents £9B; water supply (extraordinary), £10; refunds, £lo7; recreation grounds, £55; total, with sundries, £lßll. A general rate of 2Jd in the £ is estimated to produce £8193. The estimated debit balance at March 31st, 1912, is set down at £8424. The estimates for the engineering department total £6104 4s lid. The principal items include £2465 for street maintenance, bridges £195, fencing £BS, cleaning creeks sanitary depot £7OO, sewerage _ maintenance £l5O, dedication £370, water works £1024, water main extension Alioetown £IOO, fire brigade £35. In the town clerk’s department salaries will absorb £B-18 and other'wages £232, general office administration, ete,_ £SBB, advertising and stationery £75, contribution to Hospital and Charitable Aid Board £75, Infectious Diseases Hospital £750, redeeming Hutt road_ debentures £65, post office clock £33, library account transfer £IOO, bank interest and charges £SOO. The library receipts arc estimated at £2OO, and expenditure at £lB3. As the new valuations of the borough are not yet- available it is not known what amount of rates iu the £1 will require to be levied. HUTT RIYER BOARD ESTIMATE. Tho Hutt River Board has adopted the following estimates for the year-: In tho general account the receipts for tlie year are set down at £IB3B, the principal items being:—Rates £524, rents £1279, -sundries £35. The expenditure is estimated at £1215, maintenance and engineering being ■ responsible for £7OO, and tho balance (£575) to salaries, rent of offices, etc. This leaves a balance of £G23, but there was a bank overdraft of £419 at March 31st, 1011. At the end of tho

current year it is estimated that there will bo a surplus of £204. Tho amount required to meet interest on loans is £1933, but this is fully covered by rates. Of the £IO,OOO loan, £652 re* mained unexpended at March 31st last, and during the current year it is proposed to spend £2BB on works in the upper district, and £IOO on works in. tho lower district. . This is calculated to leave a balance of £244 at the end of the year.