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Balance- sheet — con tinned. Receipts. £ s. d. Expendituee. £ s. d. Brought forward... ... ... 7,597 9 3 Brought forward ... ... 5,245 12 2 Bank interest on current account ... ... 99 17 10 Deposit Account (refunds) ... ... 54 5 0 Dog collars ... ... ... 15 4 0 General Borough rates ... 25 12 6 Drainage Board rates ... 816 13 11 Waimakariri rates... ... 148 8 11 990 15 4 Charitable aid ... ... ... 13 2 0 Petty cash in hand ... 3 15 0 Balance in Bank ... ... 1,374 13 7 1,378 8 7 £7,697 7 1 £7,697 7 1 Sydenham, 24th April, 1879. W. Cuthbeet, Treasurer. We hereby certify that we have audited this balance-sheet for the year ending 31st March, 1879, and have found the same correct. Eobt. McConnel, j AaditoPri . Cheistophee Ladds, ) Approved —13th May, 1879. Geo. Booth, Mayor.

Amended Statement of the whole Assets and Liabilities of the Boeough on the 31st March 1879. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wages, Foreman of Works ... ... 515 5 Cash in Bank ... ...1,374 13 7 Existing contracts — £ s. d. „ hand ... ... 315 0 Henry Knowles, metal ... 197 16 9 1,378 8 7 William Hole, metal ... 630 0 0 Rent of cottage due ... ... ... 15 6 James Whittingtou, metal ... 267 8 8 Half maintenance of boundary Dobson and Son, Map of roads — Borough ... ... 70 10 0 Heathcote Road Board ... 81 310 T. Crompton, pans ... 65 0 0 Riccarton „ ... 13 5 T. Atkinson, lamp-posts ... 118 15 0 Spreydon „ ... 30 8 3 1,349 10 5 112 15 6 Stationery, advertising, and printing — Half cost of sanitary work done on Lincoln The Lyttelton Times ... 7 13 6 Road, Riccarton Road Board ... 290 14 8 The I'ress ... ... 13 8 4 Half cost of concrete on Colombo Road ... 10 2 10 The Globe ... ... 3 9 6 Rates of 1878 outstanding ... ... 34 17 7 The Star ... ... 1 19 1 Cost of work in Sandridge, to be repaid by J. T. Smith and Co. ... 3 17 6 residents ... ... ... 214 18 9 30 7 11 Half of earth sold off Lincoln Road ... 5 14 10 Rates collected —for Government subsidy ou rates for halfDrainage Board ... ... 34 11 8 year ... ... ... ... 467 13 5 Waimakariri Board ... 6 11 0 41 3 2 Legal expenses ... ... ... 21 0 0 Credit balance ... ... ... 1,074 14 9 £2,522 11 8 £2,522 11 8 Credit balance forward ... ... 1,074 14

Statement of Public Debt of Boeough. Nil. Sydenham, May, 1879. W. Cuthbeet, Treasurer. Examined and approved of. Eobt. McConnel, 7 a At 21th April, 1879. Christopher Ladds, j All(lltorsThis statement was approved by Council this 13th day of May, 1879. Geo. Booth, Mayor. Amended Statement of the Eeseetes and other Eeal Estate belonging to the Corporation showing the Terms, Conditions, and Rente for which any parts thereof are let on lease or otherwise, and the amounts of the Eents in arrear in each case. 1. i acre of land situated on Fifth Street, Sydenham, on which are erected") . . » ~, __ ~. £s. d. the Council's office and a two-roomed cottage. The cottage is let at 1 5 6 Bs. 6d. per week to Mr. Heber Jupp J ' 2. i acre of land situated on Colombo Road, fenced in and used as a yard } Amount of rent due on the for storing Borough material. Not let or leased ) 31st March, 1879 ... Nil. 3. 1,200 acres of land in the South Rakaia Road District, given by the-) Government as an endowment to the Borough. This land is rented f to a Mr. J. C. Boyle, at the rate of £45 per year, for sheep grazing C purposes ) 4. — acres at Chaney's Comer —Sanitary Reserve. Sydenham, April, 1879. W. Cuthbeet, Treasurer. Examined and approved of. Eobt. McConnell, 7 a Xt 24th April, 1879. Cheistophee Ladds, j AuultorsApproved as amended.—l3th May, 1879. Geo. Booth, Mayor.