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Statement of Assets and Liabilities, 31st Decembee, 1894. Assets. Liabilities. Actual— Harbour-works loan .. .. .. 50,000 0 0 Wharfage in hands of Railway Depart- Contractor's deposit .. .. .. 20 0 0 ment .. .. .. .. 710 7 2 Overdraft at Colonial Bank .. .. 492 5 1 Mail subsidy, for quarter ended 31st Unpresented cheque .. .. .. 210 13 5 December, 1894, in hands of Bostal Balance, being excess of assets over liaDepartment .. .. .. 50 0 0 bilities .. .. .. .. 23,597 13 2 Deposit for Stewart Island Mail-servioe, in hands of Bostal Department .. 50 0 0 Sinking Fund at 31st December, 1894 .. 12,835 4 6 Estimated— Steam-tug " Awarua" .. .. 6,500 0 0 Screw steamer " Dispatch" .. .. 1,000 0 0 Buildings .. .. .. ... 1,850 0 0 Buoys, beacons, and moorings .. 550 0 0 Boats (including lightship) .. .. 400 0 0 Briestman dredge and iron barge .. 3,000 0 0 Two hopper barges (wood) .. .. 800 0 0 Batent slipway .. .. .. 150 0 0 Coal-hulk " Titan" .. .. .. 300 0 0 Hydraulic winch .. .. .. 50 0 0 Instruments and diving apparatus .. 100 0 0 Stores on hand, coal, &c. .. .. 300 0 0 Harbour Board offices— Office buildings, Campbelltown .. 250 0 0 Furniture, safe, strongroom, stationery, ... &c. .. .. .. .. 150 0 0 " Bluff Harbour Foreshore Endowment Act, 1879," No. 1—34,034 acres, Taringatura district .. .. .. 34,034 0 0 " Bluff Harbour Foreshore Endowment Act, 1879," No. 2—8,500 acres, fore- . sho.re an,d wharves .. .. 7,000 0 0 No. 3 —9 acres 2 roods 35 perches, Sig-nal-station Reserve .. .. 125 0 0 No. 4—4 acres and 18 perches, Filotstation Reserve .. .. .. 200 0 0 No. 5—2 roods, office-site, Campbelltown 120 0 0 No. 6 —2 roods, office-site, Invercargill 300 0 0 No. 7 —4 acres, waterworks, reservoirsite, rights-of-way, mains, services, &c. 3,500 0 0 £74,320 11 8 £74,320 11 8 Examined. —A.H.M., 13th February, 1895. James E. Fox, Treasurer. Examined and found correct. —James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General. I hereby certify that this statement was examined and allowed at the adjourned annual meeting of the Bluff Harbour Board, held this 14th day of March, 1895, statutory notice of which was published as required by law.—Edwin Pollaed, Chairman.

GISBOENE HABBOUE BOABD. Balance-sheet of the Gisboene Haeboue Boabd for the Year ended 31st December, 1894. 1. Genebal Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in hand, 31st December, 1893.. 483 14 0 Salaries— Wha.rfage dues .. .. .. 4,481 16 7 Secretary, Treasurer, Rato-collector, and Bort charges .. .. .. 627 2 3 Wharfinger .. .. .. 275 0 0 Weighbridge-fees, &c. .. .. 25 5 6 Harbourmaster, Weighbridge-keeper, and Sale of water .. .. .. 40 6 8 Lamplighter .. .. .. 76 0 0 Licenses and storage.. .. .. 43 5 9 Filot-fees .. .. .. .. 58 17 10 Bent, Tauwhareparae .. .. 432 12 10 Fidelity bond .. .. .. 710 0 Rent, foreshore .. .. .. 18 15 0 Office expenses, stationery, fittings, and inRefunds— surance .. .. .. .. 12 3 6 J. N. Williams, half share dividing-fence, Audit-fees .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 pilot's section .. .. .. 414 5 Advertising and printing .. .. 47 1 0 Stamps, telegrams, and scavenger .. 40 0 0 Broperty maintenance and improvement (including £14 17s. 4d. paid to Borough Council) .. .. .. .. 74 6 11 Harbour maintenance .. ~ .. 750 911 Tauwhareparae Road allowance .. .. 36 10 3 Law costs .. .. .. .. 66 5 11 Rent of spring, four years, to 31st December, 1894 .. .. .. .. 52 0 0 Transferred to Interest Account .. .. 3,304 8 10 Balance, 31st December, 1894 .. .. 1,346 18 10 £6,157 13 0 £6,157 13 0

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