Balance-Sheet of the Borough of New Plymouth

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 102, 16 May 1901, Page 4

Balance-Sheet of the Borough of New Plymouth

for The year ended 31ST march, 1901. — I.—GENERAL aeeOUNT. c

RECEIPTS. £ s. d. £ s, d. Rates— General, 1900-1901 .. 2058 7 9 Arrears, previous years ,, 13419 9 2193 7 6 Additional 10 percent, on rates 42 4 2 Government subsidy .. .. 194 6 6 Licenses— Publicans, .£270; Wholesale, .£40 310 0 0 Packet, .£20 ; Club, £5 .. 25 0 0 Billiards, £8; Auctioneers, .£160 168 0 0 Vehicles, £46 5s; Drivers, .£13 10s .. .. 59 15 0 Dangerous goods, £ 14 10s .. 14 10 0 Slaughterhouse, £2; Public llooms, £9 .. .. 110 0 Permits, .. .. .. 19 10 0 Slaughtering fees .. .. 21 10 6 629 5 6 Rents — Reserve, Block III, Ngaire 156 7 5 Storehouse (old Gaol) Reserve 78 14 0 Racecourse Reserve ,, 55 0 0 Racecourse paddocks ,, 15 5 0 Town Hall offices .. 23 6 8 Section 2338, New Plymouth 36 17 1 Section 2337, New Plymouth, deposit forfeited .. 25 0 0 Plantation Reserve ,, 2 0 0 Pt. M. racecourse .. .. 5 0 Sections 404 to 409, New Plymouth .. .. 6 0 393 1 2 > EXPENDITURE £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance 31st March, 1900 ,. 3897 1 8 Office— Town Clerk, salary .. 200 0 0 Inspector of Nuisances, ditto 78 0 0 Mayor, Honorarium .. 50 0 0 Advertising and printing .. 103 11 11 Telephone and P.O. box ,, 6 0 0 Audit (three half years) ,. 17 13 4 Acts and stationery .. 17 19 6 Removal expenses .. .. 4 14 0 Clerical assistance, rolls .. 7 15 0 Treasurer's guarantee premium .. .. .. 7 10 0 Stamps, telegr ams, and sundries 10 8 9 503 12 6 Streets— Day labour .. .. .. 957 5 10 Metal 848 9 0 Timber, £115 18s 8d; plant £78 6s 4d .. .. 194 5 0 Forage,£11018sld; cartage, £63 1 Is 6d .. .. 174 9 7 Water cart .. ,. 10 5 9 Paving and kerbing .. 57 14 5 Asphalting and tarring .. 174 17 3 Contracts, formation and metalKng .. .. 164 15 0 Rent, fencing and sundries, 6 2 9 2588 4 7 Street Lightixg— Gas, etc. .. .. .. 201 2 10 Labour, repairs, mantles, etc. 137 0 9 Reimbursements— Asphalting ,, 72 0 11 Metal and crossings 49 14 6 Horse and plant sold .. 34 0 0 Licensing refunds .. .. 29 14 1 Barret Road Board, work done ., .. .. 11 2 6 196 12 0 General— "Weighbridge ,, ,.' 4 5 0 Hire of rooms .. .. 7 18 6 Encroachments ,, 3 li 0 Dogs 59 17 6 Borough Seal .. . . 4 0 0 Fines 17 0 Sundries .. ., ,, 12 0 Accident premium refund .. 5 10 0 87 4 0 Transfers— Water account, proportion of office chargesand salaries 150 0 0 Cemetery account, do. do. do. 5 0 0 155 0 0 Balance, 31st March, 1901 ., 5137 2 4 338 3 7 Town Hall— Contracts and extras ,, 792 10 8 Upkeep, insurance, etc. 90 15 5 883 6 1 Reserves— Planting and fencing, etc. .. 45 13 6 Subsidies— Hospital and Charitable Aid 219 6 0 Fire Brigade .. .. 110 0 0 Public Library .. .. 50 0 0 Recreation Grounds Board 50 0 0 - 429 6 0 General— Dogs .. .. .. 18 16 9 Rates refunded .. .. 6 7 5 Law, £6 16s 6d ; rent, £810s 15 6 6 Accident insurance premium 3 13 8 Licensing .. .. .. 76 9 4 Public Health .. .. 44 13 4 Removing shed .. .. 23 10 10 Elections, £3 6s 6d ; Hose, £6 7s 2d 9 13 8 Interest on overdraft and commission .. .. >129 19 6 Sundries ., .. .. 3 5 3 331 16 3 Public Revenues Act, 1893— Subscription to Municipal Association .. .. 3 3 0 Memorial Service and Proclamation ,, ,, 7 16 0 10 19 0 £9028 3 2 £9028 3 2 • 0 E, BELLRINGER, Borough Treasurer, II.—SEPARATE ACCOUNTS. RECEIPTS. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1. Water AccountBalance, 31st March, 1900.. 1522 11 0 Rates—Water, 1900-1901.. 1212 8 3 Extraordinary supplies ., 494 6 2 Arrears of previous years ,, 292 4 1 1998 18 6 Reimbursements, pipes, etc, 52 11 9 EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1. Water AccountSalaries and sundries .. 709 9 5 Transfer to General Account, proportion of office charges and sundries .. ..150 0 0 Transfer to Interest Account 433 3 7 2 7 Balance, 31st March, 1901 ., 2281 8 3 £3574 1 3 £3574 1 3 2. Public Beading Koom & Library AccountBalance, 31st, March, 1900., 50 7 4 Subscriptions, etc. .. ,, 144 3 0 Government subsidies ,, 43 0 2 General Fund subsidy ,, 50 0 0 237 3 2 £287 10 6 3. Te Henui Cemetery Aeeonnt— Allotments sold and interment fees .. ,, 98 10 10 £98 10 10 2. Public Reading Room & Library AccountSalaries .. ,, .. 71 8 4 Books and periodicals .. 143 5 3 Catalogues, insurance, etc. ., 29 16 3 244 9 10 Balance, 31st March, 1901 .. 43 0 8 £287 10 6 8. Te Henai Cemetery AccountSexton, salary .. .. 50 0 0 Labour, removing trees and cleaning grounds .. ., 27 18 8 77 18 8 Transfer to General Account, proportion of office charges and salaries .. ,. 5 0 0 Balance, 31st March, 1900 .» 0 10 4 Balance, 31st March, 1901 15 1 10 £98 10 10 i Contractors' Deposit Aeeonnt— Balance, 31st March, 1900.. 20 0 0 Sundry deposits ., ., 28 0 0 £48 0 0 4. Contractors' Deposit AccountSundry deposits repaid .. 28 0 0 Balance, 31st March, 1901 .. 20 0 0 £48 0 0 8. Town Clock Fund AccountBalance, 31st March, 1900., 225 0 0 S. Town Clock Fund AccountBalance, 31st March, 1901 .. 225 0 0 £225 0 0 £225 0 0 III.—INTEREST ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS. , £ s. d. £ s. d. 1> £29,006 Loan Aeeonnt— Balance, 31st March, 1900.. 155 11 10 Rates : Special, 1900-1901.. 1352 7 2 Arrears of previous years 104 12 2 1456 19 4 Transfer from Water Account 433 3 7 £2045 14 9 EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1. £29,000 Loan AccountCoupons, due 1st January, unpaid last year .. .. 60 0 0 Coupons, due 1st July, 1900 870 0 0 Coupons, due 31st Dec., 1900 725 0 0 Exchange on debentures, paid 32 18 6 Legal charges .. ,. 41 17 3 Special rates, refunded .. 5 6 0 1735 1 9 Balance, 31st March, 1901 .. 310 13 0 £2045 14 9 IV—SPECIAL FUND ACCOUNT. £ s. d. 1. Loan Redemption Loan Accomit—> Proceeds sale, 29 debentures,, each £1000, payable31st December, 1900,, 29,000 0 0 £29,000 0 0 £ s. d. 1. Loan Redemption Loan AccountDebentures, due 30th June, 1900, redeemed .. .. 29,000 0 0 £29,000 0 ol

V.-BALANCES. BALANCES. £ s. d. £ s. d. Dr: General Account .. ,, 5137 2 4 Cr. BALANCES. £ s. d. Dr. Bank of New Zealand ,, 2233 0 9 Add unpresented cheques ,, 141 5 0 £ s. d. 2374 5 9 132 7 2 Watev Account .. .. 2281 8 3 Reading Koom and LibraryAccount 43 0 8 Cemetery Account .. 15 1 10 Interest Account .. .. 310 13 0 Contractors' Deposit Account 20 0 0 Town Clock Account .. .. 225 0 0 Cr. Cash in hand £2241 18 7 £2241 18 7 0. E. BELLRINGER, Borough Treasurer. Examined and found correct— J. K. WARBURTON, Controller and Auditor-General STATEMENT ©F ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, 31st MARSH, 1901. ASSETS General Account - Unpaid rates, 1397-1898 .. Unpaid rates, 1898-1899 .. Unpaid rates, 1899-1900 .. Unpaid rates, 1900-1901 .. £ s.~ d. £ s. d. 15 0 1 2 6 4 15 0 19 4 4 LIABILITIES. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bank of New Zealand .. 2233 0 9 Unpresented cheques .. 141 5 0 2374 5 9 Contractors' deposits .. 20 0 0 Rents paid in advance .. 7 4 2 Rents— ,, 200 6 313 6 8 Arrears 8 0 7 Property and Goods— . Plant, etc. .. ,, .. 50 0 0 Town Hall 1200 0 0 Horses and carts .. .. 90 0 0 Street lamps .. .. 385 0 o Sheds, etc., Borough yards 50 0 0 Metal on hand .. 150 0 0 Office furniture .. ., 20 0 0 . 10/if? n n Water Account— Pipes, etc., in stodk ., 200 0 0 Unpaid rates, 1897-1898 .. 10 0 Unpaid rates, 1898-1899 Ill 0 Unpaid rates, 1899-1900 3 8 6 Unpaid rates, 1900-1901 .. 36 12 5 Unpaid extraordinary supplies .. ., .. 66 2 2 ono a i Interest Account— Unpaid rates, 1897-1898 .. Unpaid rates, 1898-1899 .. Uupaid rates, 1899-1900 .. Unpaid rates, 1900-1901 .. 10 0 15 0 3 3 4 32 14 2 37 2 6 Sundries— Sundry debtors, asphalting, etc. Cash in hand 31st March, 1901 24 2 2 132 7 2 £2480 13 4 £2687 12 5 C. E. BELLRINGER, Borough Treasurer. Examined and found correct— J. K. WARBURTON, Controller and Auditor-General. Statement of RESERVES & STHEft REAL PROPERTY, March 31,1901 Number of Section, Lessee. Annual Rent. Arrears, March, 1900, Amount Received 1900-1901. Arrears, March 31st, 1901. I, Block 3, NgaireSurvey District 7 p „ „ ,, 3 „ ,! ), » - » i> >i » i 5 & 6 ,, „ „ ,, ■7 „ „ „ „ 8 ,, ,1 )) » 9,10,14 „ „ „ „ II,12,15,, „ i, ,, 13 „ „ 1, Storehouse Reserve .. D 2 „ 404 to 409, New Plymouth .. ; Town Hall Offices 0 Racecourse » . . . . • • » •• * • • * Plantation Reserve Pt. M. Racecourse Section 2338, New Plymouth .. ® Sec. 2337, N.P., deposit forfeited H. Hassall .. K. Leahy G. and J. Sangster .. G. and J. Sangster .. J. Butler J. McGrath P. J. Bonnor J. Jackson and others W. R. Mackay E. Kelleher Taranaki News Coy. E. J. Sole N.P. Hospital Board Crown Dairy Coy. .. Jockey Club.. .. F. D. Holdsworth .. A. Chivers A. Kelchert.. Recreation Board .. J. F. Hooker £ s. d. 8 5 9 12 19 0 8 6 9 8 9 8 12 19 0 8 16 C 10 1 3 35 14 0 32 12 6 6 15 0 19 15 0 19 15 0 6 0 55 0 0 11 0 0 4 5 0 -2 0 0 5 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 £ s. d. 4 2 10 3 0 0 4 2 11 4 4 10 Nil. 4 8 0 5 0 7 Nil. o i d Cr 0 5 0 19 15 0 19 9 0 Nil. 23 6 8 Nil. » Cr. 3 2 11 Nil. £ s. d. 12 8 9 12 19 0 13 10 8 12 14 6 12 19 0 13 4 0 10 1 3 35 13 0 27 4 9 5 12 6 39 10 0 39 4 0 6 0 23 6 8 55 0 0 11 0 0 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 0, 36 17 1 25 0 0 £ s. d. Cr. 0 0 2 3 0 0 Cr. 1 1 0 6 0 7 Cr. 5 IS 0 Cr. 5 0 Note.—J. Jackson (£5 19s.), W. R. Mackay (£5 8s. 9d.), 1 E. Kelleher (£1 2s. 6d.), only paid increased rentals for the : last half of year, the amounts enclosed in brackets has therefore to be deducted in computing their rent for the vear. 322 4 11 87 10 10 393 1 2 8 0 7 Cr. 7 4 2 ) ? Rents received, 1900-1901 3 Arrears, March, 1901 - Advance payments, 1899-1900.. STATE! £ s. d. .. 393 1 2 8 0 7 3 7 11 WENT, £ 8. d. Total annual rent .. .. 322 4 11 Deduct increased rent, as per note 12 10 3 Nett rent, 1900-1901 Arrears, 1899-1900 Advance payments .. 309 14 8 .. 87 10 10 7 4 2 £404 9 8 £404 9 8 Racecourse Reserve, about 4 acres Fort Niger Reserve, 3a. 2r, 7p. Town Hall Reserve King and Egmont streets, 5 allotments Section 2.337, Brougham Street Sections 998, 999, Lemon Street Part Section 697, Powderham Street Parts Sections 184 and 203, Mangorei Iload Reservoir Reserve, Marsland Hill .. ,, Used by Council ., Used by Council Used by Council Council's yards, etc. Utlet .. Recreation purposes .. Fire Brigade Station .. Waterworks purposes Gravel Quarry STATEMENT ©F PUBLIC DEBT ©N 31st March, 1901, LOAN OF £29,000 ... ... For Waterworks, Etc. Twenty-nine debentures of £1000 each, payable after three months' notice, which must bo given on the 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, or 31st December. Interest payable half-yearly on the 30th Juno and 31st December at the rate of 5 per centum per annum. Sinking Fund : Nil. C. E. BELLRINGER, Borough Treasurer. Examined and found correct • J. K. WARBURTON, Controller and Auditor-General Considered and finally settled, 3rd May, 1901.—E, DOCKRILL, Mayor, ;