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CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Financial Tear ending 31st March, 1879. Borough Fund Account. Receipts. Expendituee. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance, Ist April, 1878 948 911 Repairs to streets ... ...2,992 4 6 Rates, 1874... ... ... 10 0 Scavengering ... ... 1,119 3 4 „ 1875... ... ... 310 0 Lighting ... ... ... 1,734 5 2 „ 1876... ... ... 21 1 0 Stone and shingle ... ...4,28117 2 „ 1877... ... ... 299 19 6 Horses and fodder ... ... 364 15 8 1878... ... ...8,222 11 0 Plant and repairs ... ... 14111 0 8,548 1 6 Asphalting, repairs ... ... 484 11 3 Watering rate, 1877-78 ... 381 5 3 11,118 8 1 „ 1878-79 ... 268 10 11 Watering (rate) streets, 1877 ... 65 12 0 649 16 2 „ „ „ 1878 ... 547 5 5 Asphalte rate, 1877-78 ...2,26115 7 612 17 5 „ „ 1878-79 ... 722 011 Asphalte Account, 1877-78 ...2,179 4 4 2,983 16 6 „ „ 1878-79 ...3,31118 1 Scavengering Account, Septem- 5,491 2 5 ber Quarter ... ... 604 9 2 Scavengering Account, SeptemDitto, December Quarter ... 537 9 1 ber Quarter ... ... 500 0 0 1,14118 3 Ditto, December Quarter ... 500 0 0 Miscellaneous receipts — 1,000 0 0 Rents ... ... ... 525 17 8 Plans ... ... 584 0 0 Fines, Resident Magistrate's Printing, advertising, &c. ... ... 434 3 0 Court ... ... ... 121 2 0 Office expenses ... 46 1 1 Dog-tax ... ... ... 663 0 0 Salaries and legal expenses ... ... 2,417 211 Weights and Measures ... 04 2 5 Bath ... ... ... ... 118 4 Bath ... ... ... 28 10 0 Fire Brigade ... 513 10 10 Licenses, Publicans' ...1,570 0 0 „ Prevention ... ... ... 345 10 9 ~ Auctioneers' ... 960 0 0 „ Insurance ... ... ... 38 12 6 „ Pawnbrokers' ... 50 0 0 Interest ... ... 162 011 Local ... ... 728 12 0 Contracts, labour ... 142 8 0 ■ 4,711 4 1 „ material ... 792 5 11 Pans ... ... 171 5 6 Sundry works ... 710 2 7 Interest ... ... 132 1 6 Imprest, Collector ... 20 0 0 Deposits ... ... 226 11 9 Sundries ... ... 556 18 4 fixed ... 891 0 0 Publicans'license, refund to Customs ... ' 30 0 0 Reimbursement of expenditure ... 1,294 17 3 Fines, Resident Magistrate's Court, refund 0 9 0 Sundry receipts ... ... ... 414 10 9 Deposits returned ... ... ... 167 19 3 Fire prevention ... 250 0 0 „ fixed, Bank of New Zealand ... 940 0 1 Fire Brigade (transfer) ... ... 15 0 0 Board of Conservators — Lighting... ... ... ... 20 0 0 Payment on account of Waimakariri rates 1,708 12 7 Government grant — District Drainage Board —■ £ s. d. Subsidy ... ... ... ... 3,498 9 6 Payment on account, rate 1877 284 15 7 Board of Conservators— „ „ ~ 1878 2,919 10 6 Waimakariri rates, 1874-78 1,424 13 7 3,204 6 1 Drainage Board—■ Balance, Drainage Account, No. 2 ... 851 17 4 Balance, Ist April, 1878 ... 162 911 Drainage Board rates, 1877-78, collected ... ... 3,893 13 6 4,056 3 5 Balance, General Account ... ... 512 7 9 £31,890 7 5 £31,890 7 5 Balance, Drainage (No. 2) Account, brought Balance, General Account, brought down ... £512 7 9 down ... ... ... ... £851 17 4 E. T. Haskins, Treasurer. We, the appointed Auditors, having examined the above statement of accounts, and compared the same with the vouchers, find it to be correct. T. B. Ceaig, ] Auditor . Christchurch, 9th May, 1879. H. E. Alpoet, j Auaitors-

Balance-sheet showing Assets and Liabilities on 31st March, 1879. Borough Fund Account. Assets. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Rates, 1874... ... ... 17 4 0 Balance ... ... 512 7 9 1875... ... ... 86 2 5 Deposits on contracts ... ... 998 12 9 „ 1876... ... ... 39 18 6 Due Board of Conservators ... 232 6 4 „ 1877... ... ... 65 18 6 „ Salaries ... ... 154 12 9 „ 1878... ... ... 18113 0 „ Gas Company ... ... 102 13 8 Watering rate, 1877-78 ... 5 110 „ J.L.Wilson ... ... 164 410 „ 1878-79 ... 136 18 11 „ Brightling ... ... 769 7 9 Asphalte rate, 1877-78 ... 158 13 2 „ Wages ... ... 79 1 1 „ 1878-79 ... 900 0 0 „ Printing, &c. ... ... 80 0 0 Scavengering Account, Sentem- „ Sundries ... ... 313 17 5 ber Quarter ... " ... 142 11 9 1,896 310 Ditto, December Quarter ... 276 9 7 Works in progress — Ditto, March Quarter ... 820 0 0 Footbridge, East Belt ... 300 0 0 Rents — Forming and shingling East Weighbridge ... ... 9 0 0 8e1t... ... ... 151 5 0 Carried forward £2,839 11 8 ... Carried forward ...£451 5 0 £3,407 4 4