BOROUGH OF INVERCARGILL

Southland Times, Issue 18971, 19 June 1923, Page 6

BOROUGH OF INVERCARGILL

STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THC GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE BOROUGH OF INVERCARGILL FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 3l»t MARCH, 1924. AND NOTICE OF INTENTION TO STRIKE RATES.

(Prepared and published pursuant to GENERAL ACCOUNT. EXPENDITURE. (Estimated.) £ Administration. .. 2,369 Office Expenses 1,603 General Expenses 982 Authorised Subsidies, etc 294 Unauthorised under Section 121 “Public Revenue Act, 1913 .. .. 225 Interest on Temporary Loans, Bank Charges, Exchange, etc 1,310 Special Allocations .. .. 830 £7,613 Transfers to Sepa </• Accounts— Public Works 11,653 Public Conveniences 220 Endowments, Reserves, etc IK3BB1 K 388 Waihopai Scienic Reserve .. .. 145 Cemetery 115 Harbour 2,411 Fire Brigade 2,'521 Abattoirs 123 £26,189 RECEIPTS. £ By-law Fees 1,333 Fines and Penalties 80 Rents and Rights 380 Reimbursements 19 Government Subsidy 450 Rate Arrears 1,300 10 per cent. Surcharge 360 £3,922 Credit Balance, 31/3/23 , > ~ .. 2,443 £6,365 Additional sum required 20,325 £26,690 The. total rateable value of property on the Valuation Roll (being the unimproved value) is £1,476,934, upon which a general rate of (three decimal five one four) 3.514 pence in the pound is necessary to raise the money required. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of Section 79 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1920,” the foregoing estimates have been prepared and have been approved by the Invercargill Borough Council as an estimate of the proposed expenditure of the Council for the period commencing on the Ist day of April, 1923, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1924, showing the sums estimated to be available and the additional sum required AND PUBLIC NOTICE is also given that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication of this notice the Invercargill Borough Council intends to make and levy the rates and fees hereunder specified; each of the said rates and fees to be for the year commencing on the Ist day of April, 1923, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1924, and to be payable in one sum on Ist day of August, 1923. AND THAT the Valuation Roll is now open for inspection, at the Offices of the Council during office hours. These notices are given in accordance with Section 79 of “The Municipal Corporation Act, 1920,” and Section 50 of “The Rating Act, 1908.” Pursuant to Section 77 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1920” A GENERAL RATE of 3.514 pence in the pound on the unimproved value of all rateable property of the Borough of Invercargill. Pursuant to Section 41 of “The Hospital and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909” A SEPARATE RATE for Hospital and Charitable Aid purposes of four decimal five nought eight (4.508) pence in the pound upon the annual rateable value of all the rateable property of the Borough of Invercargill; Pursuant to Section 84 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1920,” and “The Rating Act, 1908,” WATER RATES in respect of ordinary supply; 1. Upon all lands and buildings to which water is supplied a rate of twopence in the pound on the unimprovedvalue of all rateable property of the Borough of Invercargill. The minimum rate to be ten shillings. 2. Upon all lands and buildings to which water can be, but is not supplied, situated within one hundred yards from any part of the Waterworks, a rate of one half of the rates mentioned in paragraph 1 hereof. Minimum rate five shillings. 3. Upon all lands with -buildings* thereon used as stores or warehouses or for any purpose other than as dwelling houses, a rate of one-half of the rate mentioned in paragraph 1 hereof. Minimum rate five shillings. Pursuant to and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Municipal Corporation Act, 1920,” and Section 140 of “The Health Act, 1920,” and in order to meet the expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of “The Health Act, 1920,” in respect of the maintenance and Town Hal!, Invercargill, June 18, 1923.

section 79, “Municipal Act, 1920.”) working of the sewers and sanitary drains and sanitary works within the borough of Invercargill A SEPARATE RATE of decimal five six nought (.560) of t penny in the pound upon the unimproved value of all rateable property within the Borough of Invercargill; Pursuant to Section 88 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1920,” A LIGHTING RATE of decimal three nine four (.394) of a penny in the pound upon the unimproved value of all rateable property within the Borough of Invercargill. FEE FOR CIaEANSING CLOSETS. Pursuant to and in exercise of the powere vested in it by Section 89 of “The Muni* cipal Corporations Act, 1920,” (the Council itself undertaking the removal of refuse, and the cleansing of closets not connected with any public drain and not having made or levied any separate rate in respect thereof) for the year commencing on the Ist day of April, 1923, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1924, a uniform annual fee of 30/- for the daily removal of refuse in respect of each property, and a uniform annual fee of 6/9 for the weekly removal of refuse in respect of each property; AND ALSO a uniform annual fee of 25/. for each pan for a fortnightly service for the cleansing of closets which are not connected with any public drain, such fees to be payable as a rate on the Ist day of August, 1923: Pursuant to and in exercise of the powers under the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1920,” “The Rating Act 1908.” and “The Local Bodies’ Finance Act, 1921-22” (Section 6, Sub-sections 5 and 6), and for the purpose of providing the second annual instalment of £2,089 payable under the said “The Local Bodies’ Finance Act, 1921-22,” in reduction or extinction of that portion of its Antecedent Liability, which it has been resolved to pay off by eeveu annual instalments, and which has been declared to amount to the sum of £14,623 15/-, and also providing the interest and sinking fund payable during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1924, in respect of the Antecedent Liability Loan of £30,000, A SPECIAL RATE of decimal five five eight (.558) of a penny in the pound upon the unimproved value of all the rateable property within the Borough of Invercargill.. Pursuant to and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Muni cipal Corporations Act, 1920,” and “The Invercargill Borough Council’s Special Rate Empowering Act, 1918,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913,” and for the purpose of providing the interest and sinking funds and other charges on all loans mentioned in “The Invercargill Borough Council Special Rate Empowering Act. 1918,” A SPECIAL RATE of two decimal eight nine four (2.894) pence in the pound upon the unimproved value of all rateable property within the area comprising the whole of the Borough of Invercargill. As authorised by Section 3 of “The Rating Amendment Act, 1922” a rebate of 2j per centum (six pence in the pound) will be allowed off all rates and fees paid on or before the 31st day of August, 1923. SUMMARY OF GENERAL AND SEPARATE ACCOUNTS.

Estimated Estimated ExpenReceipts. diture. £. £. Accounts affected by Rates and Fees— General Account 26,690 7,613 Public Works 1,535 13,188 Public Conveniences .. 290 510 Sanitary 3,730 3,675 Sewerage 3,364 3,355 Waterworks .. .. 14,142 13,894 Endowments 1,860 3,248 W aihopai Scenic Reserve ... 145 Cemetery 815 930 Street Lighting 2,394 2,390 Abattoirs Interest and Sinking Fund on Loans for 3,025 3,148 General Purposes 19,188 18,448 Antecedent Liability 3,409 3,406 Hospital Levy 4.089 4.089 Fire Brigade .. .. ■■ 2.521 Harbour 1,304 3,715 ———— - 85,835 84,275 On Other Accounts— — — Public Library . 3.570 3.570 Quirry . 4,007 3,501 Victoria Park . 1,304 1,293 Gasworks . 33,484 33,055 Tramways . 26,630 26,065 Electricity . 29,110 23,115 Theatre . 3,297 2,998 -1 . 101,402 93,697 — ■ Grand Totals £187,237 177,872 — r , BURWELL, Town Clerk.