POINTS FROM CITY’S ESTIMATES

Southland Times, Issue 23548, 30 June 1938, Page 6

POINTS FROM CITY’S ESTIMATES

NEW BORE AT WATERWORKS PROPOSED A sum of £l5OO has been provided in the city estimates for a new bore at the main waterworks station. The cost of refuse removal for the financial year 1938-39 is placed at £2165 and the fees are estimated to produce £2350. „„„„„ The hospital rate will produce £7980 and with a balance of £65 on hand at the beginning of the year, there will be £8045 available to meet the levy on the city of £BOO7. The revenue from town and rural endowments is expected to bring in £lBOO. Last year the amount received was £1730. The biggest item on the expenditure side of this account is wages, which total £2950. A slight increase in the revenue, including £1956 transferred from the general account, is expected from Queen’s Park, the amount given being £3428 compared with £3374 last year. The estimated expenditure of £3428 includes £2lOO for wages. The council expects to receive £1350 in burial fees and for the sale of allotments at the Eastern Cemetery compared with £lO5B last year. The sum of £37 is being spent on a ground plan for each block and £26 on drainage. . Slaughtering and inspection fees were worth £3681 to the council last year. This year the revenue is estimated at £3600. It is proposed to spend £240 on machinery and plant. Provision is made for the payment of £71,579 for interest and principal and sinking fund on the council’s loans.