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Sinking Fund, £5,000 Loan Account, to 31st March, 1879. Dr. £ s. d. | Ce. £ s. d. Balance ... ... ... ... 285 0 0 : Ferry punt rent, placed to credit of a Sinking Fund Account, to provide for the repayment of Bridge Loan, £5,000, 6 months' rents, at £47 10s. ... ... ... 285 0 0 £285 0 0 . £285 0 0 J. B. White, Mayor. J. M. Gelling, Treasurer. Abstract, Yearly Balance-sheet, for the Year ending 31st March, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expendituee. £ s. d. General Account ... ... ... 1,951 9 3 General Account ... ... ... 1,840 17 9 Bridge Account ... ... ... 5,259 5 9 Bridge Account ... ... ... 1,669 16 8 Balance at Bank, Ist April, 1879 ... ... 3,700 0 7 £7,210 15 0 £7,210 15 0 J. B. Whtte, Mayor. J. M. Gelling, Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF RANGIORA. Balance-sheet for the Year ending 31st March, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expendituee. £ s. d. General rates ... ... ... ... 223 19 3 Salaries and fees ... ... ... 153 8 0 Defaulters ... ... ... ... 300 Office furnishing, printing, &c. ... ... 176 17 5 £ s. d. Tools, and repairing of tools, &c. ... ... 610 9 Rangiora and Mandeville Road (828 1 2 Legal advice ... ... ... ... 913 10 Board —Allocation of funds 906 510 Subsidy to Rangiora Fire Brigade... ... 50 0 0 1,734 7 0 Sundry payments ... ... ... 336 Rental of reserve ... ... ... 7 10 0 Borough map, part payment ... ... 25 0 0 Sundry receipts ... ... ... 3 5 11 Borough valuation ... ... ... 35 0 0 Pound fees ... ... ... ... 6 8 0 Expenses, Land Selection Committee ... 31 10 4 License fees — Purchase of Borough ground, fencing, and stables 497 12 0 Publicans ... ... ... ... 132 0 0 Dog collars ... ... ... ... 511 8 Auctioneers ... ... ... ... 160 0 0 Rates reimbursed ... ... ... 116 0 Dogs ... ... ... ... 59 0 0 Borough pound, repairs ... ... ... 13 13 0 Hackney carriages ... ... ... 10 0 Contracts, roads, culverts, &c. ... ... 189 2 6 Bank interest on account ... ... 8 10 0 Materials for ditto ... ... ... 38 7 11 14 5 0 Wages of permanent men ... ... 188 10 3 £ b. d. Balance in Bank ... 912 1 3 In Treasurer's hands, rates 6 16 9 „ rent 2 10 0 921 8 0 £2,347 5 2 £2,347 5 2 Assets and Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ c. d. Balance in Bank and in Treasurer's hands ... 921 8 0 Contracts let ... ... ... ... 317 8 0 General rates outstanding ... ... 3 0 0 General expenditure ... ... ... 60 9 8 Rent of reserve ... ... ... 2 10 0 Surplus assets ... ... ... ... 552 10 4 Half share of £7 refunded by Mandeville and Rangiora Road Board, being wages of men working on belts ... ... 3 10 0 £930 8 0 £930 8 0

Statement of Reserves aud other Real Estate. Borough Reserve, 800 acres, part of Rural Section 30493, in the Mount Hutt Road Dis- £ s. d. trict, in the County of Ashburton, let on a monthly agreement, at per month ... 2 10 0 Borough Council Ground, one acre (nearly), part of Rural Section No. 226 a, Rangiora Not let. To His Worship the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Rangiora. Gentlemen, — We have the honor to report that we have this day audited the accounts for the year ending 31st March, submitted to us by the Borough Treasurer, and have found them in every respect to be correct. We have, &c, C. J. Chapman, ") . •,., Rangiora, April 28th, 1879. Max. Whatman, 5 iUWltorsH. Blackett, Mayor. Chas. Geo. Chapman, Treasurer.