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No. 5. —Statement of Assets and Liabilities— continued. Receipts. i Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. I £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward... ... ... 2,613 17 10 j Brought forward ... 21,237 10 0 17,383 14 8 Gasworks— i Waterworks— continued. Buildings, plant, &c. ... 16,023 1 9 Interest on debentures ... 45 0 0 Due for services and meters 20 11 8 Sundry unpaid accounts, say 30 0 0 16,053 13 5 21,312 10 0 Gas accounts outstanding... 78 10 3 Coal in stock ... ... 462 0 0 Coke and tar in stock ... 43 0 0 Due for ditto ... ... 50 10 6 Rent due ... ... 8 10 0 Credit balance at Bank, and cash in hand ... 933 6 6 1,575 17 3 Waterworks— Plant, &c. ... ... ... 21,447 0 11 Unpaid rates, 1878-79 ... 56 14 7 Arrears ... ... 24 0 3 Due for water supplied by meter ... ... 40 0 0 Credit balance at Bank, and cash in hand ... 2,329 0 7 2,449 15 5 £44,140 4 10 £38,701 4 8 H. V. Gullt, City Treasurer. Examined and approved, A. W. Scaife, ") . ... 15th April, 1879. H. D. Jackson, j AuaitorsNo. 6.—Statement of the Public Debt, showing the Total Debt outstanding under the head of each Loan raised, and the Sinking Fund in the Bank or invested to provide for the repayment of each such Loan on 31st March, 1879.

H. V. Gullt, City Treasurer. Audited and found correct. A w Scaife ") 15th April, 1879. _"_ H. D.' Jackson, \ Audltors-

No. 7.—STATEMENT of the RESERVES and other REAL ESTATE belonging to the Corporation, showing the Terms, Conditions, and Rents for which any parts thereof are let on lease or otherwise, and the Amounts of the Rents in Arrear in each case on 31st March, 1879.

Particulars of Loan. Amount outstanding. Sinking Eund. " The Nelson City Loan Act, 1871." —Loan raised by the issue of 300 debentures, bearing interest at 6 per cent, per annum, under this Act, apportioned as follows:— £ s. d. Gasworks ... ... ... ... ... £14,500 Waterworks ... ... ... ... ... 15,500 30,000 0 0 Nil. "The Nelson City Loan Act, 1875."—Loan raised by the issue of 59 debentures, under this Act, bearing interest at 6 per cent, per annum, apportioned as follows:— Gasworks ... ... ... ... ... £600 Waterworks ... ... ... ... ... 5,300 5,900 0 0 Nil. Total £35,900 0 0

Description of Property. How Let. Rents in Arrear. lection 370, 1 acre, Quarry Reserve lection 1131, 6 acres, Victory Square, public recreation-ground battle Market Reserve (" A"), 10 acres Not let ... Pasturage let to George Marshall, at nominal rental of Is. per week Leased to John Cockram, for 14 years from 3rd October, 1879. Rent £34 per annum Not let. Part occupied by stables belonging to Council, part by railway, and part by public school Not let ... £ s. d. Nil. 10 0 Nil. risb. Market Reserve (" O "), 2 roods ... Nil. 'art of Meat Market Reserve ("H"), 1 rood and 32 perches 'art of Section 444, with City Council Chamber, offices, workshops, and dwelling-house thereon lections 58,59, and part of 60 (site of gasworks, &c.) Waterworks Reserve, and parts of Sections 9 and 1, Brook Street (site of waterworks, &c.) Nil. Dwelling-house, let to the Town Clerk so long as he shall hold office. Rent £25 per annum Part let for Kerosene Store ... Not let ... Nil. 8 10 0 NO. H. V. Gullt, Cit; Examined and approved. A. W. Scaife, H. D. Jackson, Treasurer. t Auditors. 15th A iril, 1879.