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AVENAL CORPORATION. Balance-sheet to the 31st March, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expendituee. £ g. d. Bates collected, as per rate-book ... ... 124 13 0 Overdraft at Bank of New Zealand, 30th Dog-tax ... ... ... ... 10 0 0 June, 1878 ... ... ... 247 7 10 Publican's license ... ... ... 20 0 0 Labour ... ... ... ... 3 4 0 Government subsidy ... ... ... 35 10 0 Town Clerk's salary to 31st January ... 10 0 0 Fines ... ... ... ... 1 15 0 Valuation ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 Arrears of rates ... ... ... 1 13 0 Returning Officer ... ... ... 110 Balance, overdraft, 31st March, 1879 ... 134 11 3 Rent of hall to Ist August ... ... 60 0 Eerosene ... ... ... ... 0 14 9 Legal expenses... ... ... ... 10 10 0 Inspector's salary ... ... ... 10 0 0 Printing ... ... ... ... 2 7 6 Advertising ... ... ... ... 463 Ironmongery and repairs ... ... 2 12 11 Subscription, railway demonstration ... 10 0 0 Timber ... ... ... ... 151 Postage, 3s. 6d.; Electoral Act, 2s. ... 0 5 6 Stationery, 13s, 6d. ; cheque-book, 2s. ... 0 15 6 Interest on overdraft to 31st March, 1879 ... 12 11 11 £328 2 3 £328 2 3 Balance, overdraft, 31st March ... ... £134 11 3 Invercargill, 11th June, 1879. Chas. W. Brown, Town Clerk. We, the undersigned, hereby certify that we have examined the books, vouchers, &c, in connection with the Corporation of Avenal, and find the same to be correct. Leslie Chetne, \ . ~, A. C. Crombie, )

BOROUGH OF NAPIER. Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure in the General Account during the Tear ended 31st March, 1879. Receipts:. Expendituee. £ s. d. £ s. d. ■ Office charges— £ s. d. £ s. d. Rates of previous years ... 641 19 5 Salaries ... ... ... 966 6 9 Rates of the year 1878-79 ...1,017 0 6 Rent, Engineer's office ... 26 0 0 1,658 19 111 Furniture and fixtures ... 10 16 0 Bents, reserves ... ... ... 391 10 0! Advertising ... ... 121 1 7 Licenses— Printing ... ... ... 128 15 3 Publicans' ... ... 729 10 6 Stationery ... ... 40 2 0 Wholesale spirit ... ... 150 O 0 Stamps, postage ... ... 11 5 5 Auctioneers' ... ... 320 0 0 Stamps, duty ... ... 5 2 8 Hawkers' ... ... 60 0 Telegrams ' ... ... 10 15 8 Cabs .?. ... ... 50 0 0 Clerical assistance... ... 96 10 0 Carts ... ... ... 57 0 0 1,416 15 4 Drivers' ... ... ... 30 10 0 Streets and footways — Borough stages ... ... 10 0 0 Day labour, &c. ... ...1,873 11 7 Public amusements ... 10 0 0 Tools ... ... ... 48 110 Builders'... ... ... 2 5 0 Road metal ... ... 474 18 2 Cabs transfer ... ... 12 6 Timber and cement ... 130 3 2 1,366 8 0 Carting ... ... ... 687 6 0 Registration of dogs ... 66 15 0 Clive Square ... ... 140 0 0 Pound fees... ... 5 16 0 Beach Road ... ... 81 0 0 Fines, Resident Magistrate's Court ... 32 4 0 Watering ... ... 138 4 6 Permits, water ... 48 3 0 3,573 5 3 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 22 5 6 Watenvorks, maintenance and Grant, Insurance Association ... ... 130 0 0 extension ... ... ... 1,598 17 3 Contributions, streets ... ... 86 19 2 Insurance, Fire Brigade premises ... 1 11 2 Deposits Account (received) ... ... 210 0 0 Subsidy, Fire Brigades ... ... 420 0 0 Subsidy, General Government... ... 2,286 12 4 Lighting streets ... ... ... 494 13 3 Balance, overdraft, 31st March, 1879 ... 4,587 7 9 Lighting, Gas Account 412 2 Botanical Gardens ... 176 18 2 Charitable aid ... 50 0 0 Gratuity, His Worship the Mayor ... 200 0 0 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 163 1 11 Valuation of town ... 23 2 0 Election expenses ... ... ... 71 17 2 Land purchases (interest) ... ... 22 19 0 Deposits refunded ... ... ... 115 10 0 Advances, Special Loan Account ... 31 2 8 Advances, reclamation ... ... 940 14 5 Interest ... ... 202 7 6 Overdraft to 31st March, 1878 ... 1,385 13 5 , £10,893 0 8 £10,893 0 8 Napier, Ist April, 1879. M. N. Bower, Town Clerk. Audited and found correct. Harmood A. Banner,7 . ■,-, ■ 26th April, 1879. Edwin J. Turpin, j Auditors.