IT is hereby uoiifi;- I ihv: the following Estimates of Rev- nu j and Expendi ture, as pussed by the p.-.ovo Board, have been adopted lor the period from Ist April, 1898 to the 31at March, 1899 : Estimated Revenue. £ s d Total estimated receipts, exclu aive ol gem ral rate ... 150 14 0 Additional sum nquired, a rate of la in the £ on the valuation for the current year, say £2IOO 105 0 0 £255 14 0 Estimated Expenditure. £ e d By overdraft, 31st March, 1898 6 3 1 Total probable expenditure on general account of the Board fund for the year ending 31st March, 1899 - Office, salary, advertising, priuting, rent and fee ... 65 0 0 Ordinary maintenance, drain ing and streots 50 0 0 Metalling County road and streots 134 10 11 £255 14 0 J. C. TAYLOR, Clerk K.N.T.B. July Bth, 1898 125 WAIPAWA TOWN BOARD. IT is hereby notifiod that the following Estimates and Expenditure, as passed by the abovo Board, have been adopted for the period from let April, 1898, to the 31st March, 1899 : Estimated Revenue. £ b. d. Total estimated receipts, in cluding rent £5, pound fees £6 11s fid, licenses £l9O, und transfers £2 ... 203 11 6 Sabsidy —Balance of 1897 8 £l2, aud ou 1898 9 £75 87 o 0 County Rate, Hay £lls, Town rate £325 440 0 0 Total receipts ... £730 11 Estimated Expenditure. £ s. Liabilities- Overdraft at Bmk 58 9 Salary, printing, advertising, interest County and Chari table Aid 158 5 Purchase of pound 1J 0 0 Maintenance, street lighting 318 16 Miscellaneous works 85 0 0 Total expenditure ... £730 11 6 J. C. TAYLOR, Clerk W.T.B. July 7th, 1898 118 “ Nothing Like Leather.” [to the editor.] Sir, During recent years, abundant showers of “ dabblers ” have fallen all over the laud. These are people who try to sell every conceivable thing under the sun, aud to Bnavel up every line of trade going. As a natural consequence very often, they are unable to do justice to any line. 