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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12494, 22 March 1909, Page 3

RECEIPTS. . ....':■ . £.- From gas account interest 5 per cent on £40,000 2000 Water rate equal to 7d in £ 2240 Water rate general income,. . 650 License fees, Government, sub., J'J -sundries 2000 Abattoir account 4 per cent on £7500 .300 Rate required to make up the difference, say equal to 2s 2d '':■ in £ _ 8320" Charitable Aid, say average 3d- in £; water rate, 7d; rate required for difference, 2s 2d £15,510 Showing a surplus for contingeh- .. cies of 735 'A further reduction in rate of nearly 2Jd in the £. Rate required tliis year to meet absb- - : lute necessities :—■ s d. General 17 Drainage 10 Special 1 Water 7 - Charitable Aid 3 3~4

. It is estimated that ah earthquake travels: at. the rate- of between 470 ft and 530 ft per second. . v c - ..