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ABSTRACT of REVENUE and EXPENDITURE of the LAKE COUNTY COUNCIL, for the Twelve Months commencing 1st April, 1878, and ending 31st March, 1879.

Balance-sheet of the Waimate ( ounty Iund Account— continued. 1878. Receipts. £ s. d. Brought forward ... 35,818 5 0 ■Vug. 15. To Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works ... .. ... 500 0 0 „ 26. Charitable aid subsidy ... 283 0 0 3ep. 10. Cash, drain pipes ... ... 10 3 0 „ 14. Road Board deposits and interest 10,600 0 0 3ct. 15. Cash, Bruce's survey ... 5 5 0 Sov. 5. Fixed deposit receipt and interest 4,250 0 0 ,, 20. Half-year's subsidy on rates ... 2,232 18 11 Dec. 17. Wages refunded ... ... 6 8 0 ,, 30. Fixed deposit receipt and interest 9,849 7 6 1879. Ian. 15. „ „ » ... 2,105 2 11 Feb. 15. „ „ „ ... 2,105 2 11 Vlar. 5. Lane's deposit transferred ... 12 16 0 „ 7- W. Darby's salary refunded ... 1 18 4 „ 19. Hire of engine ... ... 6 0 0 „ 31. Cash, rents collected... ... 1,084 0 7 Interest on accounts credited ... 1,705 2 8 Fees and fines for year ... 187 15 0 Licenses ,, ... 347 16 0 Maps sold ... ... ... 4 4 0 Cheques on hand ... ... 218 0 0 Cheques unpaid by Bank ... 153 1 4 Cheques cancelled ... ... 34 0 0 Overdraft on current account ... 1,062 6 3 1879. Expenditure. £ s. d, Mar. 31 Brought forward ... 9,912 2 £ By Subsidy (library) ... ... 23 15 6 General contracts ... ... 41,667 6 6 Exchange on cheques ... 3 0 C Cheque-book ... ... 4 0 C Interest on overdraft ... 274 12 11 Transferred to Charitable Aid Account ... ... 283 0 0 Fixed deposit receipt ... 11,026 2 6 „ „ ... ... 8,263 14 C Interest placed on fixed deposit 1,125 0 0 £72,582 14 1 £72,582 14 1 Examine^ . and found correct. J. Ollivier, Provincial District Auditor. 2nd May, 1879.

Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balances brought forward from 31st March, Grants in aid— £ s. d. 1878— £ s. d. Hospitals ... ... 27o 0 0 In deposit 54 7 0 Libraries 25 0 0 Available 15 8 9 Acclimatization ... ... 50 0 0 69 15 9 350 0 0 Fixed deposit 4,000 0 0 Valuations 5 0 10 Licenses _ Elections 110 13 9 Oeneral ... •■• 890 ° ° Legal expenses ... ... ... 52 19 6 Wholesale" 10 0 0 Roads and bridges 15,108 15 4 Night ... ... ... ••• 5 0 0 Salaries ... ... ... ... 918 6 8 Billiard ■•• ••• 1° 10 ° Travelling allowances to members ... 110 6 0 Slaughter ... ••• 53 5 0 Rents of office ... ... ... 35 0 0 Hawkers' 10 0 0 Office furniture 11 7 6 Transfers . . ... ••■ 3 6 3 Stationery ... ... ... ... 29 17 A Dog registrations '.'.'. 115 10 0 Printing and advertising 118 10 0 Ra te 8 ... ... ... 1,629 3 5 County Conference ... ... ... 48 0 0 Subsidy on rates 1,516 17 0 Charges by Government _ 8 1 4 Gold mining leases ... 412 14 10 Refunds of contract deposits ... ... 113 9 0 GoldDutv 1.1M 2 7 Postages 15 6 6 Gold Fields Revenue 1,017 14 10 Telegrams 33 13 6 Grant for beacon 35 0 0 Incidental 12 8 0 Contract deposits 142 0 0 Interest . ... ... ... 0 17 4 Surplus Land Fund (Canterbury) ... 468 13 7 Balances, Bank of New Zealand, on 31st Land Revenue 3,640 13 5 March, 1879- £ s d Advance from Government, account of floods 10,000 0 0 In deposit ... ... 82 18 0 Interest 158 17 4 Available 3,722 19 11 3imdl . v 15 7 0 3,805 17 11 y '" Fixed deposits 4,000 0 0 £24,883 11 0 £24,883 11 0 M. J. Malaghan, Treasurer. I have examined the foregoing abstract and compared it with the Treasurer's books and vouchers, ind with the Bank pass-book, and, with the exception stated iu my report to the Chairman, I certify it to be correct. • , ... H. Livingston, Auditor. Settled in accordance with section 134, " The Counties Act, 1S76," at a meeting of the Lake County Council, held at Queenstown on 30th May, 1879. _ Jno. Edgar, Chairman.