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lii addition to the realisable assets of £4,674, the value of the permanent improvements amount to £12,930, particulars of which are as follows : — £ 1,500 chains earth roads, at £2 ... ... ... ... ... 3,000 775 ~ pumice roads, at £4... ... ... ... ... 3,100 40 ~ metalled streets, at £20 ... ... ... ... 800 95 „ asphalted streets, at £28 ... ... ... ... 2,660 30 ~ wooden culverts, at £10 ... ... ... ... 300 60 yards steel culverts, at £1 ... ... . . ... ... 60 230 chains concrete kerbing, at £2 ss. ... ... ... ... 517 210 ~ concrete channelling, at £2 ss. ... ... ... 472 160 ~ tarred pavements, at £5 ... ... ... ... 800 Puarenga Bridge, Whakarewarewa ... ... ... ... 220 Alum Creek Bridge ... ... ... ... ... ... 36 Kuirau Bridge, Ohinemutu ... ... ... ... ... 55 Whakarewarewa Road grading ... ... ... ... ... 750 Swamp-drainage, 80 chains, at £2... ... ... ... ... 160 Total ... ... ... ... ... ...£12,930 Balance-sheet of the Rotorua Town Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1909. General Account. Receipts. £ s d. Expenditure. £ s. d Treasury— Balance, 31st March, 1908 .. .. 456 18 8 Half-share of bath fees .. .. 1,491 13 2 Administration — Rents of Crown lands .. .. .. 1,945 8 11 Salaries .. .. .. 215 0 0 Pees and fines (Magistrates' Court) .. 218 6 Printing and advertising .. .. 218 9 Pees— Legal expenses .. .. .. 52 110 Nightsoil service .. .. .. 589 13 5 Audit fees .. .. .. .. 17 0 0 Public pound .. .. .. .. 78 11 0 Office expenses, telephones, lighting .. 18 9 10 Dog-registration .. .. .. 22 10 0 Interest on bank overdraft .. .. 30 17 6 Licenses — Bank charges .. .. .. 0 10 0 Publicans' .. .. .. 189 0 0 Publio worksAuctioneers' .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 Streets and roads maintenance (labour Vehicle .. .. .. .. 79 0 0 and material) .. .. .. 2,538 13 0 Drivers' .. .. .. .. 718 0 Street lighting (two months) .. .. 26 5 0 Building permits .. .. .. 22 15 0 Fire-prevention— Circus .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Payments to brigade (capitation) .. 70 18 0 Halls .. .. .. .. 10 10 0 New plant and uniforms .. .. 29 10 6 Wharfages .. .. .. .. 12 0 0 Telephone, lighting, &c. .. .. 16 15 6 Shooting Gallery .. .. .. 10 0 Nightsoil service— Billiard-rooms .. .. .. 6 0 0 Wages .. .. .. 363 5 10 Hawkers' .. .. .. .. 810 0 Fodder and plant .. .. .. 98 17 9 Rents— Public pound (maintenance and fodder) .. 29 10 7 Real property.. .. .. .. 50 11 0 Nuisance inspection (salary, &o.) .. 123 13 11 Boat-shed compartments .. .. 36 5 0 Miscellaneous— Dinghy-grid spaces .. .. .. 210 0 Dog-registration .. .. .. 316 0 Public Library— Insuranoe— Government subsidy .. .. .. 13 14 10 Accident .. .. .. .. 37 18 0 Subscriptions, rent of rooms, sale of Pire .. .. .. .. 13 7 0 catalogues, &o. .. .. .. 70 19 0 Public library— Material Sold—Pumice, tar, &c. .. .. 4 18 0 Salary .. .. .. .. 52 0 0 Contributions to works : Culverts, kerbing, Books and papers .. .. .. 83 9 8 and channelling, &c. .. .. 31 4 3 Lighting and fuel .. .. .. 15 15 6 Miscellaneous— Charitable aid .. .. .. 9 14 7 Refunds from Publio Account .. .. 22 15 5 Rent, Section 39, suburbs .. .. 4 0 0 „ Insurance .. .. .. 014 2 Compensation for acoident .. .. 5 0 0 Grazing fee .. .. .. .. 015 0 Refunds to Publio Account .. .. 32 3 0 Section 159, Municipal Corporations Act— American Fleet visit .. .. 2 2 0 Isolation Hospital— Rent .. .. .. .. 37 12 9 Nursing and board .. .. .. 265 8 0 Maintenance of building .. .. 53 3 9 Balance, 31st March, 1909 .. .. 49 17 9 £4,750 14 8 £4,756 14 8 An important departure in connection with the administration of the Town of Rotorua has been made during the year by giving the Department, in its municipal capacity, the power of a Maori Council, for the administration of the Maori villages within the Town of Rotorua. Some of these villages have been in a very insanitary condition in the past, and consequently somewhat of a menace to the health of the town. Maori Committees have been set up in each village to assist the Department in its administration, and the Rev. F. A. Bennett has been appointed Secretar)' to the Committees and Sanitary Inspector. The revenue from the villages is at present limited to dog-registration fees and billiard-room licenses, the total of which will not amount to more than £15 per annum, and will not by any means cover the cost of administration, which will have to be met out of the Town Account. The building now being used as an isolation hospital for fever and other infectious-diseases cases is altogether inadequate for the purpose, and it is a matter of some urgency that another and more suitable building should be provided,