THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY FEB. 4, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 4 February 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY FEB. 4, 1880.

The annual volume of statistics published by the EetistrarsQenera!, some reference to which we bave already made, furnishes \some very useful information bearing upon the relative cost of the County and Borough .sys* teraa of local Goyernment on tbe WestCoast. For purposes of comparison, we bave selected the returns from Hokitika, Greymouth, Westport, and loangahua for tbe past financial year. They are as follows :— Hokitika Cot/ntt— Expenditure— Revenue— Public Works, £16,066 £11,864 Hospital, £184 Salaries, £855 Bobot/oh— Expenditure— Revenue— Public Worts, £1933 £3732 Salaries, £712 Inangahtm Countt— Expenditure— RevenuePublic Works, £16,351 £18,978 Hospital, £880 Salaries, £592 Gbey County— Expenditure— Beyenue— Public Works, £12,627 £17,690 Hospital, £50 Salaries, £949 Bobot/gh— Expenditure— RevenuePublic Works, £771 £4481 Salaries, £310 Bttlleb County— Expenditure— RevenuePublic Works. £8389 £6695 Hospital, £19S Salaries, £237 Bobottoh— Expenditure— Revenue-** Public Works, £871 £1695 Salaries, £410 The annual charge for salaries in each of the fouc places stands, therefore, as follows :--Hok : tika, £1597 ; Greymouth, £1259; Buller, £647, and Inangahua, £592, while the iucome of the Inangahua County ia i Q excess of tbe aggregate revenue of both Hoki« tika or Buller, and only a trifle below that of Greymouth. For the rest, the figures will speak for thenaselves.