COUNTY FINANCE.
MASTERTON COUNCIL’S ESTIMATES. The estimates for the Masterton I County Council for the current year are as follow (shillings and pence omitted):— RECEIPTS. Receipts. Estimate 1927-28 1928-29 £ £ General Rates ... 23,565 22,970 License fees, refunds, etc 5,792 5,980 Totals ..... £29,355 £28,050 Included in license fees, refunds, etc. are the following items: Machinery working account, estimate £l5OO, receipts last year £1498; material from* stock, estimate £l4OO, receipts last year £1033; crushed metal, estimate £2275, receipts last year £1669. EXPENDITURE. Expenditure. Estimate 1927-28 1928-29 £ £ Salaries 1348 1420 General Expenses . 1545 1160 Travelling Exps. .. 280 367 County Offise .. .. 181 130 Maintenance 1690 1935 Plant & machinery 2807 3885 Crushing Plant . .. 1091 3867 Bank Charges .... 220 202 Unauthorised exp. 3 53 Miscellaneous .. .. 3716 2320 Transfer to ridings 15,461 12,710 Totals .. .. £29,355 £28,050 A notable item included in the current year’s estimates is one for new machinery of £1825. The estimates for the various ridings are (shillings and pence omitted): — OPAKI. Expenditure. Estimates 1927-28 1928-29 £ £ Riding Roads .. .. 2273 2101 Main Highways .. 2963 2160 BANGITUMAU. Riding Roads .. .. 1326 1909 Main Highways ... 1478 2920 UPPER TAUEBU. Riding Roads .. .. 1190 1757 TE WTHTI. Riding Roads .. .. 783 953 Main Highways ... 1834 3380 ÜBITI. Riding Roads .. .. 2279 2940 Main Highways ... 4287' 2100 WAINUIORU. Riding Roads .. .. 2080 1701 Main Highways ... 495 750 Subsid. Highways . —. 1255
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Wairarapa Age, 24 May 1928, Page 3
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