MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

West Coast Times, Issue 635, 7 October 1867, Page 4

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

t STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE, i?bo_ octobbb, 1866, ending 31st August, 1867. Published for the information of the Ratepayers pursuant to the Hokitika Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1867.

Audited and found correct, Jas. A. Bonab, Mayor, John Lazae, Town Clerk. Will. Wilkinson, >. Henby Hobneb. j Audltols - Hokitika, 20th September, 1867.

£ a. d. Brought forward . 5291 2 5 By M'Lean, Cheyue, 63 — repairing bridge at Post-office . 419 0 „ M'Diarmed, cheque 66, repairing bridge, Weld and Etzherbert streets . . 5 10 0 £5301 11 5 We have examined the boots and vouchers produced to us by the Corporation for their Eeceipts and Expenditure during the period ending 31st August, 1867, and certify;; the above to be a correct abstract of the same. Will. WitKiNSON") . „, HenbyHoeneb l A^™James A. Bonae, Mayor, John Lazab, Town Clerk. Hokitika, September 20, 1367. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, HOKITIKA. Assets and Liabehties, August 31st, 1867. ASSETS. To Town rates arrears, first £ s. D. moiety . . • 187 6 6 „ Town rates uncollected, second moiety . • 4134 18 0 Tanner's securities for rates embezzled . . . 170 10 0 £4492 14 6 To Balance brought down . £2655 5 9 UABH.ITIES. By balance of Anthony and £ s. D. Findlay's contract, No. 11, . 12, and 13 . . 445 7 8 „ Ditto 14 .. • 531 10 0 „ Ditto 15 ... 258 15 0 „ Turnbull and Packwood's contract for public pound . 75 0 0 Deposits on Contracts. „ Anthony and Finlay, 11, 12, and 13" . .. . 164 10 • 0 „ Ditto, 14 and 15 . . 110 0 0 „ Turnbull and Packwood . 710 0 „ Over draft at Union Bank . 122 1 0 „ Contingent liabilities . 122 10 2 „ Balance due Town Clerk . 411 „ Balance . . . 2655 5 9 £4492 14 6

Dr. Receipts. £ b. d. To Municipal Kates — Ist moiety to date . . . 4287 9 6 „ „ —2nd „ . 510 8 0 „ Sale of theodolite . . . 33 0 0 „ „ Shamrock Hotel . 20 0 0 "„ Deposits on contracts . . 318 3 0 „ Bents . . . 2 5 0 „ Fines and penalties . . 7 12 0 „ Sale of timber . . 0 8 0 „ Overdraft on Union Bank . 122 1 0 „ To balance due to Town Clerk . . Q 4 11 £5301 11 5 i Or. ExPBNDiruBE. £ b. d. By General Charges — „ Cleaning offices, postage.telegrams, summonses, wood, sundries £ov office as per vouchers . . 36 0 2 „ Messenger's salary as per Touchers, from December 26th, 1866, to June 29th, 1867 . . 61 4 0 By Office Furniture . . 46 19 6 „ Iron-safe . . 30 6 0 „ Copying-press and eyelet machine . . . 6 10 „ Corporation-seal . , ■18 10 0 „ „ freight and charges . . . 112 6 By Governor's Tisit — By E. ■$". Eigenschenck's band. 10 0 0 „ T. W. Hungerford— evergreens . . . 22 2 0 „ Pound and Massey, decorartdpiis . . 46 0 0 „ Sinclair and Jack, erecting arches . . . 136 13 6 By Banquet . . 40 11 3 By P. Clayton, Taluing Town Property . . 75 0 0 „T. Clarke „ „ . 75 0 0 By Compensation for Buildings required by the Council — By John Hudson, Albion Hotel 225 0 0 „H. Cassidy, Australasian Hotel . • . 175 0 0 for J. W. Allen 15,0 0 „ M'Mahon and M'Kettriok, Shamrock Hotel . 150 0 0 „ G. W. Binney, valuing the above properties . . 5 5 -0 s „ „ commission on sale of Shamrock Hotel 2 14 0 „ G. W. Harvey, professional __/<--- services . . . 24.13" 0 By Surveyor's Department — By theodolite, level and staff, \ protractor, chains, arrows, &c. ... 72 16 0 „ Drawing and tracing-paper . 19 17 6 „ Chainmen . . . , £& 12 6 „ Laboring men . . i 3 15' Q „ Tracing-map . . 4 0' 0 , Employment of forty daymen, cleaning and repairing streets, culverts, &c, as per pay-sheets . . 83 19 3 „ 0. Williams* assessor first Election . . . 3 3 0 „G. W. Binney, do do 3 3 0 By No. Contracts— 1. — G. Flynn, putting up houses on Camp-reserve for Police . .... . 29 15 0 2.— -T. Whittaker, Empire right-of-way . . 51 3 0 3. — Sinclair and Jack, Beachstreet . . . 198 0 0 4a. — T. Whittaker, supplying shingle . . . 129 15 0 4.— J. M'Lean, clearing channels . . . 14 12 0 sa.— T. Whitt&ke*, supplying drays . . 11 8 11 5. — J. M'Lean, cleaning culverts- . . . 18 0 6. — F. Dixon. sinking well in Camp-reserve . 42 5 0 7.— T. R. Fan-ell, clearing drain, Fitzherbert-street . 2 14 0 8. — Sinclair and Jack, drain in Bealey-street. . 12 10 0 9.— S. M'Leod, making bridge in Tanored street . . 38 0 0 10. — T. Kellock, scavenging Btreets, three weeks, at . £5 7s. 6d. per week . 16 2 6 11, 12, 13.— Anthony and Finlay's, let and 2nd instalments, forming part of Park •treet and culvert, forming part of Tahcred-street culvert and kerbing, forming part of Weld-street and culvert . . 850 0 0 IS. — Dolan and Rawlings, sinking wells in Weld, Stafford, and Hampden-streets . 106 2 6 10. — T. Kellock, scavenging streets five weeks,' at £5 7s. 6d. per week . 26 17 6 11, 12, 13.— Anthony and Finlay's 3rd instalment . 350 0 0 14. — Anthony and Finlay's Ist and 2nd instalment, removing stumps, levelling and forming portion of Gibson's Quay . i . 250 0 0 By Return of Deposits on Contracts — No. 9, S. M'Leod . . 5 13 0 „ 16, Dolan and Rawlings . 10 10 0 J. Carrie . . 20 O 0 By Fire Brigade — „ Use of hall for Council Meetings . . . 2 10 0 „ Grant by vote of Council . 100 0 0 . 100 0 0 „ Allowance to his Worship the Mayor, for contingencies . . , . 75 0 0 By Expenses Prosser's Election — By two poll clerks • . . 3 3 0 j, Refreshment as per Toucher 0 8 6 „ Purdon, preparing Citizens' 801 l . . .700 v Stationery .... 26 0 6 By Improvement Committee — By J. Bartlett, use of theatre . 10 10 0 „ Purdon, clerical services . 2l 0 0 „ Printing and Advertising . 19 14 6 By Printing— „ Wbst Coast Times and Evening Star, including posters, &c., for first Election, by order . . 80 10 6 By Advertising — „ West Coast Tnnts, Evening Star, and other provincial and Colonial papers, including 1 advertisements for first Election, by order 147 610 By Salaries — • „ Town Clerk, Surveyor, Soli- v CTtor,R&te-collector,lnspe.c-tor of Nuisances, and Messenger . . . 975 17 0 By Miscellaneous Accounts, is per vouchers — , „ Erecting offices, timber, repairs, tools, ironmongery, smith s-wort, &c. . 129 1 6 „ Interest on current overdraft, Union Bank . . 12 11 6 Cmiri <wr . > #HS9I 3 £