INCREASE IN RATES
CHRISTCHUROH CITY PROVISION FOR WORKS (Par Press Association.! CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The striking of a general rate for the current financial year of 2Jd in the £ on.the unimproved value, was authorised by the Christchurch City Council last night. The rate is gd higher than last year. The estimated expenditure is £241,096—£50,566 more than last year and £71,000 more than in the previous year. This year's expenditure, however, includes £27,800 for works begun last year but not completed. The increased general rate is estimated to provide £134,691, which, with a credit balance of £42,413 at April 1, and license fees, will make the required sum of £241,096. There will be a transfer of £32,000 from the quarry account, but none from, the funds of the municipal electricity department.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19698, 2 August 1938, Page 14
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130INCREASE IN RATES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19698, 2 August 1938, Page 14
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