BOROUGH ESTIMATES

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 60, 22 May 1928, Page 5

BOROUGH ESTIMATES

FOR THE COMING YEAR. The following estimates for the coming year were agreed to. last night by the Borough Council without discussion: — EXPENDITURE. Town Clerk, part £250, assistants (part) £l3O, Inspector £275, poundkeeper and ranger £lO4, Mayor’s honorarium £75. Office Expenditure— Stationery £IOO, petty cash £4O, telephones £25, legal £2O, sundries £2O, printing and motors £500.' Reserves. Interest and smiting fund £615, maintenance (including electrical change over) £2OO, wages £lO4, insurances £25, Cemetery cottage £66. Domains. —Caretaker and assistant £465, subsidy £IOO, miscellaneous £SO, sundries £250, licensing £25, audit £IOO, valuation tees £25, Insurance Fund £l5O, Baud £IOO.

Fir e Prevention—Custodian £25, telephones £27, lighting and heating £SO, motor £lO, maintenance grants, etc. £lO4, insurance £25. Water and Drainage.—Wages £l5O, telephone £2O, caretaker £2O, maintenance, plant, etc. £IOO, interest £G2O, Cemetery £2OO, sanitation £650, H. and C. Aid Board £6OO, Public lighting £9OO, Library and reading room £3OO, Town Hall £3OO, Abattoir £IOOO.

Interest and' Sinking Funds—Bank and temporary depositors £SOO, antecedent liability loan £7OO, War Memorial loan £2lO, public conveniences loan £lO5, unemployment relief loan £52. .... ! 1 M

Streets. —Foreman £376, street sweeper £195, wages £2910, shingle, chips and metal £IOOO, cement pipes £SO, ’ fuel £75, cement £3O, timber £SO, accident insurance £IOO, miscellaneous £2OO, bitumen £SOO. Total £16,164.

Receipts.—Government subsidy on rates £350, main highways subsidy £4OO, refunds, sundries £SOO, extra water supply £BOO, sanitation charges 675, library subscriptions £235, Town Hall rents £250, Abattoir fees £llsO, rents £I6OO, water rate £I6OO, rest room £4O, 10 per cent, penalty on rates £7O, license fees £I2OO, general rate of 4d in £ on £400,000 £665 balance from 1927-28 £629. Total £16,164.