CORPORATION OF INVERCARGILL.

BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1875.

Dr.

To Cash Rates, 1875-6 ... £2530 0 0
Do. 1874-75 ... 42 2 0
Do. 1873-74 ... 10 16 0
Do. 1872-73 ... 3 16 0
Do. 1871-72 ... 2 8 0
Licensing Fees ... 82 10 10
Reserves and Park ... 645 13 1
Municipal Leases ... 207 16 2
Penalties, R.M. Court ... 213 11 0
Bye-Law Licences ... 188 0 6
Auctioneers ... 150 0 0
Cemetery Fees ... 285 4 6
Contractors’ Deposits ... 257 4 0
Dog Registration ... 88 2 6
Theatres ... 46 0 0
Sale of Land and Gravel ... 30 18 6
Sale of Surplus Bricks ... 93 6 0
Provincial Hawkers ... 13 0 0
Carriers’ Licences ... 6 0 0
Gasworks Shippers ... 7 0 0
Refund Advances Immigration ... 27 0 0
Sale of Town Debentures ... 4000 0 0
Advance by Bankers ... 10,163 14 6
Fire Insurance Subsidy ... 20 15 0

£19,847 18 8

Cr.

By Balance due Bankers, 1st January, 1875 ... £6080 4 7
Gasworks ... 9192 14 10
Interest on Loans ... 987 18 9
Sinking Fund ... 360 0 0
Public Works ... 857 14 1
Salaries ... 414 16 8
Day Labour ... 519 18 9
Fire Brigade ... 155 14 0
Cemetery ... 257 8 10
Reserves and Park ... 304 15 2
Contractors’ Deposits ... 200 12 0
Printing and Advertising ... 382 2 8
Ordinary ... £68 3s. 5d.; Law costs ... 128 19 5
Waterworks ... 4 8 7
Cash in Town Clerk’s hands ... 0 10 0

£19,847 18 8

W. B. SCANDRETT, Town Clerk.

JOHN W. MITCHELL, Mayor.

We, the undersigned, have examined the Books and Vouchers in connection with the above Balance Sheet, for the year ending 31st December, 1875, and find the same correct.

D. MACRORIE,
D. FLEMINGTON, } Corporation Auditors.

Invercargill, 5th January, 1876.

EDUCATION MEETING.

In consequence of no Election of a Committee having been made in the Educational Districts of Port Chalmers, Sawyer’s Bay, Long Bush, Wild Bush, Queenstown, Macetown, Invercargill, Tuaikaito, and Alexandra, His Honor the Superintendent has fixed Monday, the 21st February, 1876, at 7 o’clock, p.m., for a meeting of the Owners and Occupiers of Land and Householders in each of the above-named districts, for election of a School Committee, and for other business.

By order,

JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

WANTED a Schoolmistress for the North Taieri School; salary, £100 per annum. Applications, with testimonials, to be lodged with the undersigned on or before the 15th February.

GEO. BLYTH ANDERSON, Clerk North Taieri School Committee.

North Taieri, January 14, 1876.

TOKOMAIRIRO GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

WANTED a Junior Assistant Master. Salary £115 a year. Duty to commence 25th January. Applications with testimonials received until the 14th instant.

R. R. JONES, Clerk School Committee.

Milton, January 3, 1876.

SCHOOLMASTER wanted for the Main School, West Taieri; salary, £100, with two-thirds of the school fees and a residence. There is an excellent glebe of 10 acres. The attendance last quarter was about 70. Applications with testimonials to be lodged with the undersigned before the 1st February. The duties will begin on 1st March.

JAMES FULTON, Hon. Sec., Woodside.

NOTICE.

RATEPAYERS in the Portobello Road District are hereby requested to pay their Road Rates for the current year to the undersigned before the 20th instant, otherwise legal proceedings will be taken to recover the same.

By order of the Board,

GEORGE J. CLARK, Collector.