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BALANCE-SHEET of the VINCENT COUNTY COUNCIL, being an ABSTRACT of all the TRANSACTIONS on the GENERAL ACCOUNT for the Year ending 31st March, 1879.

STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the PATEA COUNTY, for the Year ended 31st March, 1879.

Receipts. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s . d. Balance— £ s. d. Roads and works ... ... ... 13 439 9 3 In Bank, 1st April, 1878 1,273 8 2 Subsidy to Pipeclay Sludge Channel '" 207 4 4 Fixed deposit ... 10,000 0 0 Ferries ... ... ... ... 633 5 4 Sub-Treasurer's petty cash Rocky Point Bridge ... ... ... 2,005 12 10 advance ... ... 0 11 6 Purchase Maeaudrew Bridge, final pavment 3,587 10 0 11,273 19 8 Boring tools ... ... ' ... " ... 103 11 9 Gold Fields Revenue ... ... ... 1,347 5 6 County offices ... ... 1120 9 O Gold Duty ... ... ... ... 2,479 6 3 Office furniture ... '", 'l90 15 6 Land Revenue ... ... ... ... 3,801 13 3 Salaries ... ... ... ... 1,268 19 11 Rates, late Borough of Clyde ... ... Ill 13 9 Legal charges ... ... ... ... 'm 10 4 Rates, County ... ... ... ... 2,352 6 6 Postages and telegrams ... ... ... 102 9 3 Subsidy on Clyde rates ... ... ... 126 17 6 Election expenses ... ... ... 74 12 0 Subsidy on County rates... ... ... 1,643 4 1 Members'travelling expenses ... ... 105 0 0 Licenses — Printing and stationery ... ... ... 285 15 7 General night and brewers' ... ... 604 0 0 Charitable, donation to hospitals ... ... 100 0 0 Billiard and bagatelle... ... ... 23 10 0 Collecting dog-tax ... ... ... 25 2 0 Auctioneers'... ... ... ... 100 0 0 Incidental ... ... ... 267 1 9 Slaughtering... ... ... ... 106 0 0 Balance — £ s. d. Hawkers' ... ... ... ... 22 10 0 Fixed deposit ... 5,000 0 0 Depasturing... ... ... ... 167 14 0 In Bank ... ... 7,395 4 11 Dox-tax ... ... ... ... 250 8 0 Sub-Treasurer's petty cash Gold-mining lease rents ... ... ... 188 15 O advance ... ... 13 10 8 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 57 18 0 12 408 15 7 Contribution from Alexandra, Manuherikia Purchase, Clyde Bridge ... ... ... 5,000 O O Bridge ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 Purchase, Victoria Bridge ... ... 4^000 0 O Grant from Government, Nevis Bridge ... 300 0 0 Grant from Government, road Alexandra to boundary ... ... ... ... 500 0 0 Loan from Government to repair damages by floods ... ... ... ... 10,000 0 0 Interest ou current account ... ... 80 2 11 Interest on fixed deposit... ... ... 400 0 0 Remittance from Government for purchase— Clyde Bridge ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Victoria ... ... ... ... 4,000 0 0 £45,037 4 5 £45,037 4 5 Vincent County Offices, David A. Jolly, Treasurer. Clyde, 12th April, 1879. I have examined the above abstract and compared it with the Treasurer's books and vouchers, and with the Bank pass-book, and I certify it to be correct. H. Livingston, Auditor. Settled at a meeting ofthe County Council held at Clyde, ou the 28th day of May, 1879. Vincent Pyke, Chairman.

Receipts. £ b. d. Cash in hand, 1st April, 1878 ... ... 96 11 7 Licenses — Amount of auctioneers' and publicans' licenses ... ... ... ... 754 13 0 Miscellaneous— £ s. d. Dog registration and other fees 55 4 3 Sundries ... ... 14 11 6 Interest on deposit in Bank 141. 0 4 Expenditure. £ s. d. Amount of overdraft 1st April, 1878 ... 702 3 2 General Account — Amount transferred to Hos- £ s. d. pit.il ... ... 250 0 0 Miscellaneous ... ... 197 5 0 Printing and advertising ... 87 7 5 Salaries, Chairman, clerk, ic. 313 0 0 846 12 5 210 16 1 Hospital Account — Salaries ... ... 150 18 0 Rations, ic, and medicines 240 6 3 Incidental .... ... 28 1 8 Printing and stationery ... 0 11 0 Burial expenses ... ... 9 0 6 Expense of patient at Christchurch ... ... 24 15 6 Transferred from Government Account ... 261 9 8 Subsidies — Half-year's subsidy on rates ... 844 10 1 Hospital Account — Repayment of amount deducted from subsidy... 51 3 6 Reimbursements ... 3 9 0 Donations ... ... 37 7 0 Voted by Council ... 250 0 0 341 19 6 Government Account — Remittances ... ... 7,157 7 2 Transferred to Hospital Account ... ... 261 9 8 715 2 7 Public works — Salaries ... ... 200 8 3 Repairs to road ... ... 2,947 8 11 Printing and advertising ... 19 16 0 Tools, ic. ... ... 17 9 Sundries ... ... 17 13 0 7,418 16 10 Deposit Account — Deposits on contracts ... ... 375 1 4 Mountain Road— Amount received from Government ... 3,107 2 8 Waverley Recreation-ground— Rent to 23rd March, 1879 ... ... 28 4 0 Mokoia Recreation-ground— Rent to 23rd September, 1879 ... ... 5 4 0 3,185 13 11 Government Account— Mountain Road... ... 3,107 2 8 Land Revenue ... ... 3,064 17 8 Hospital ... ... 51 3 6 6,223 3 10 Carried forward ... ... ...£13,182 19 1 ' Carried forward ... ... £11,672 15 11 7—B. 2.