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VETERINARY
JOHN GRIEVE, V.S.
Honor graduate of OntarieVeterin•
ary ,College. All diseases of domestic
animals treated. Calls promptly a}-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet-,
erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office
and residence on Goderich Street,• one
door east of Dr. Mackay's office, Sea -
forth.
A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S.
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary
College, University of Toronto. All
diseases of domestic animals treated
by the most modern principles.
Charges reasonable. Day or night
calls promptly attended to. Office on
Main Street, Hensall, opposite Town
Hall. Phone 116.
MEDICAL
DR. E. J.- R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
Toronto.
Late assistant New York Opthal-
mei' and Aural Institute, Moorefield',s
Eye and GoldenSquare Throat Hos-
pitals, London, Eng. At Commercial
Hotel, .Seaforth, third Monday ins
each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
b8 Waterloo Street, South, Stratford.
Dr. W. C. SPROAT
Graduate of Faculty .of Medicine,
University of Western Ontario, Lon-
don. Member of :College of Physic-
ians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office
in Aberhart's Drug Store, ''Main St ,
Seaforth. Phone 90.
DR. A. NEWTON-BRADY
Graduate Dublin University, Ire-
land. Late Extern Assistant Master
Rotunda Hospital for Women and
children, Dublin. Office at residence
lately -occupied by 'Mrs: Parsons.
Hours: 9 to 10 a.m., 6 to 7 p.m.,
Sundays, 1 to 2 p.m. 2866-26
DR. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence Goderich Street,
east. of thea United Church, Sea -
forth. Phone 46. Coroner for the
County of Huron.
DR. C. MACKAY
C. Mackay, honor graduate of Trin-
ity University, and gold medalist of
Trinity 'Medical College; member of
the :College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of Ontario.
DR. H. HUGH ROSS
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of -Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass graduate courses in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago ;
Royal Ophthalmie Hospital, London,
England; University Hospital, Lon-
don, England: Office -Back of Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5.
Night calls answered from residence,
Victoria 'Street, Seaforth.
' DR. S. R. COLLYER
Graduate Faculty of Medicine, Uni-
versity of Western Ontario. Member'
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario. Post graduate work at New
York City Hospital and Victoria Hos-
pital, London. Phone: Hensall, 56.
•Offrge, King Street, Hensel'.
DR. J. A. MUNN
Graduate of Northwestern Univers-
ity, Chicago, 111. ' Licentiate Royal
College of -Dental Surgeons, Toronto.
Office over Sills' Hardware, Main St,,
Seaforth. Phone 151.
DR. F. J. BECHELY .
Graduate .Royal College of Dental.
Surgeons, Toronto. Office over W. R.
Smith's Grocery, Main 'Street, Sea -
forth. 'Phone~ 'Office, 186W; resi-
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AUCTIONEERS
A MATIN
WILDS
BY OTTWELL BXNNS
(Continued from last week)._
And there was no question that
Helen Yardely was happy. She radi-
ated gladness as she made her way
owards the lake carrying an express
rifle in the crook of her arm. Except
for the .barking' of squirrels and the
distant cry of waterfowl the land
was very still, the silence that of an
immense solitude. But it affected her
not at all; she was not even con-
scious of loneliness, and she hummed
gaily to 'herself as she went along
the path which now .was beginning to
define itself.
As she -reached the lakeside, how-
ever, her song was suddenly checked
and she looked round, sniffing the
air thoroughly. There wasa fire
somewhere for there was the smell
of burning spruce in the atmosphere.
She thought of her own camp -fire
and looked back in' the direction of
it. Never :before had the aromatic
odor reached . her so far away, and
she was a little puzzled that it should
do so now. , There was little move-
ment in the air, and in order to dis-
cover the direction of it she wet her
hand and held it up and as one side
grew cooler than 'the., other, looked
southward. The slight wind was
blowing from that quarter towards
the camp and not away from it, so
it could not be her own fire whish
thus filled the air with+odor. There
was another encampment somewhere
in the neighborhood.
Having reached that conclusion,
she looked about her carefully for
any revealing column of smoke and
found none. She examined, the shore
of the lake expecting to discov,'er a
canoe or canoes beached there, but
there was nothing of the sort to be
seen. For a time she stood there
frankly puzzled, wondering what was
the explanation of the smell of fire
which was in the air, but the reason
for which did not appear. Then, af-
ter searching the lake hank once
more, she gave 'up the liroblem and
addressed herself to the task which
had brought her from the camp:
There was nothing in her snares, but
as she approached a large patch of
waterweeds, a Hock of wild geese rose
in the air, "honking" in alarm:
Instantly the rifle was at her shoul-
der, and as she fired, a gander jerk•
ed in the air, and then fell like a
stone back into the reeds. It took
her some: time.. to retrieve it, and
when she had done so she looked
around again. The sound of her rifle
in that great 'stillness would travel
a long way, and if there had been
any traveller camped in the .neigh-
borhood he must have heard it! But
there was no one to be ,seen any-
where, though the smell of fire was
as strong as . ever. Puzzled, she re-
turned to the camp, looked at her
own flre....which was burning low and
which could not possibly' bee -the ex-
planation of that which was per-
plexing her, and without saying any-
thing to her companion. about it, turn-
ed in for the night.
..She awoke early to find a wind
humming in the treetops, and im-
mediately there impinged upon her
nostrils the odor of burning wood._
She rose instantly, and dressing hast-
ily went to the tent and looked in.
Stare was still sleeping, and without
awakening him she hurried down to
the lakeside, very conscious that the
:smell of fire was much stronger than
on the previous ' night. , When she
reached the shore she looked south-
ward in the direction from which the
wind was blowing. As she did so,
for one brief moment her heart seem-
edto stop, and a great fear leaped
up within her.
Up the lakeside the shore was hid-
den under rolling clouds of smoke,
the dark green of the woods was
shrouded by the same bluish veil;
and the air seemed full of distant
crackling. Out of the veil of smoke
as she watched broke a long, leaping
tongue of yellow flame, and the air
blowing towards her seemed hot as
a furnace. Her face paled before
the terror in front. Though she had
never seen the like before, on the
way up to Fort 1Vlalsun' she had seen
the blackened patches where each
fires bad been. She had heard stor-
ies of men •surprised by them, and
she knew that the forest, full of dry
deadfall • and resinous trees, was on
fire. Her .•first thought' was for the
sick man who was in her care. The
camp was directly in the line of fire,
and, if the wind kept up, must in-
evitably burn. She would have to
get 'him away. But how?
The question was beating in her
brain as she hurried back, and
through the reiteration of it she be-
came conscious of moving life about
her. A weasel almost crossed her
foot without a glance at her, and
she saw others moving in front of
her. :Small wood --mice swarmed,
fleeing from the terror they could
not see; and a great timber -wolf
followed by a couple of cubs fled by
without more than a sidelong look.
The squirrel in the trees screeched
alarm, and once she caught sight of
a big, dark, lumbering body cras'hine
through the undergrowth to the left
of her, and divined that it was a
bear. All the creatures of the wood
had taken the alarm -and were flee-
ing before the fiery horror against
w'hic'h none could stand.
Wlhen she reached the camp she
went straight to the tent. ,Stane was
awake, lifted up on one elbow, an
anxious look upon his face. • As his:
eyes saw her ipallor, he knew that a
fear which in the last few moments
had come to him was riot groundless.
"Ah!" he tried, "the timber is on
fire! I thought I could smell it"
-'Yea," she answered, "and the
wind is driving the fire this way."
"How far away?" he inquired
calmly.
"Two or three miles."
"You will bare to go, Miss Yard-
ely," he answered quickly. "The fire
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travels quickly in such timber as this
You must not mind- me -1--'n
"You want me to • run away and
leave you to dile," cried the girl. "I
shall -do nothing of the kind. I would
sooner dig: myself! 1 could never re-
epect myself again. There must be
some way out of this difficulty, only
I don't know it. But you are used
to the ways of this wilderness. You
must tell me what to doe and quick-
ly, and 'I will do it. Oh -if we only
had a canoe!"
"We haven't," he answered
thoughtfully, "'but the next best thing
we could make ander-"
' `"What is --that-V' _- ._.. _
"A raft!" ,
"A raft?" she echoed, hope light-
ing her face.
"Yes. If by any means you could
get me down to the lakeside, I could
instruct you in the construction. • But
how you are going to do that-"
""'I shall carry you," Interrupted
the girl. "It will be very painful for
you, but there is no other way."
"But how , re"
"On my back! I am strong, thank
Heaven! And, as we have no time
to waste d will make arrangements
at once., I'll take our things down to
the shore, and then come 'back for
you. You don't mind being left for
a little while?"
"Of course not."
"There's be no breakfast this morn-
ing, .bat I can't help that. A- forest
fire is no help to housekeeping."
She forced a little laugh as she
spoke the words, but -once outside the
tent, a look of deepest anxiety cloud-
ed her beautiful face.
CHAPTER XII
-THE RAFT
Never in her life had Helen Yard-
ely worked so hard as she worked in
the next two hours. She made two
journeys to the lake with their 'pos-
sessions, and on the way back the
second time she arranged several
resting -places in preparation for the
hardest task of all -the carrying of
her injured •companion down to the
Shore.
That, as she knew, was bound to
be a terribly painful thing for him,
but there was no other way, and
harsh necessity made her ruthless.
She did what she could with an im-
pravised sling, and helped him to
stand on his uninjured leg, - The pain
he endured was shown in his white
face; -erect in the bitten under hp,
which trickled red. -She was afraid
that he was about to faint, but he re-
covered himself, and three-quarters of
a minute• later she was carrying him
:pick -a -back to the lakeside.
• Twice she heard a groan torn from
him, hut she set her teeth, and point-
ed on to the first restingplace,'where
as gently as she could, she set him
on the trunk -of a --fallen tree -whi
supported by its under branches, lay
waist high. Then she turned round
and looked at ,Stan. He was in a
state 'verging on collapse. Instantly
she felt for his service water -bottle,
which she had previously .filled with
brandy and water,' and pouring out
some of the liquid she held it to-
wards him
"Drink," she said, "all of it."
He did so, and when they had rest-
ed five minutes they started again,
after halting twice more, reached the
shore, where she set him down on a
convenient rock, below which she had
piled blankets to support his injured'
leg. Then, for the moment quite ov-
erdone, she collapsed on the sand,
one .hand on her jumping heart, the
other on her throbbing head. It was
a little time before either of them
could speak, and it was the man who
did so nest.
'iMiss Yardely, take a lime brandy
I implore you!"
Helen looked up, nodded without
speaking, and with shaking hands
poured • out a little of the spirit for
herself. ,After a time her breatn
came back, and she rose to her feet.
"You are mortal heavy," she saia,
with an attempt at gaiety. "You
were like the old man of the sea on
my back. . . 'I hope your leg is
all right?"
"Painful! But that is to be ex-
pected, and it can't be helped." A
drift of smoke came down in the
wind and made him cough ,and he
looked round to mark the progress of
the fire. "We haven't much of a
margin, Miss Yardely."
"No," else answered, "I must get
busy. Now tell me what to do!"
'Whilst waitiig for her, to recover
he had noted numerous sun-dried
poles scattered about the beach, and
those he pointed to.
'Get about seven of those, Miss
Yardely, as near equal length as you
can. Gather them as close" to the
water's edge as possible, and then
get some saplings for cross -pieces.
Lash the poles well together with the
tent and pack -ropes, and put a lit-
tle spruce on the top to help us keep
dry. We haven't time to build a
Noah's Ark, and it will :be no end
of a job for you to get the thing
afloat by• yourself."
The girl looked round and pointed
to a little creek where the water was
very still.
"I could build it afloat there.
There's a gravelly bottom and it's not
Llfdal l,..;l �,Jlv�r�A-4'.
rhe said, "I shall hays to carry you
out to the raft." •
It was no' easy task to get him on
to it, but she had 'pushed the raft
well in the reeds so that it could not
give, and though it was a painful op-
eration for him„ he was presently ly-
ing on a pile made: of the, tent can-
vas and blankets. Ten minutes later
when he opened 'bis, eyes they were
afloat, and she' was poling the raft
into deeper water. She looked at
him as his eyes opened. •
"This raft is not quite so good las
a punt -but it might be 'worse!"
"TlX:y''re 'always awkward things,"
he said. "You ought -to have--'had--a-
sweep." -
"No time," she answered, with a
nod towards the shore.
"You will have to pole us out, as
far as you can, and then we must
drift."
"It is the' only way," she agreed.
x''Fortunately this lake seems very
shallow." L
Ten minutes later the pole failed
to touch bottom, and a current of wa-
ter setting across the lake .began to
drift them ,well from the shoran. • As
he saw that, 'Steele gave a sigh of re-
lief. o
"You can sit down and rest now,
Miss Yardely. There is nothing fur-
ther to be done for the present. It
is a case of time and tide now, but I.
think we are perfectly safe."
Helen' glanced towards the shore,
and gave an involuntary shudder.
The fire • was running throggh the
forest . like a wild beast. Clouds of
smoke, black or leaden -colored; rolled -
in front, the vanguards of the de-
stroyer, and out of them leaped
spouts of fiery sparks, or long
tongues of yellow flame, and behind
this, the forest under the fan of the
wind was a glowing furnace. She
looked at the ,.•belching smoke and
the rocketing flames and listened to
the roar of it all, fascinated.
"How terrible, she cried, "and
how beautiful."
"The Inferno!" said Stane. "I've
seen it before." ,
"And you wanted me to leave you
to that?" ;she cried.
"Pardon me, no! I did not want
you to be caught in it, that is all!
Listen!"
Across' the water came what might
have .been the sound of a fusillade of
rifles, and with it mingled another
sound as of shrieking. •
"What is it?" asked the girl.
"'Branches bursting in the heat,
trees falling." ' '
"How long will it last?
"Don't know. Weeks maybe! The
fire might travel a hundred miles."
Helen shuddered again. "If we
had not been near the water-"
"Finis!" he said with a little laugh
and they fell silent again, watching
she awful thing from" which they had
so- -narrowly escaped.
The raft drifted slowly along,
borne by a eurreet• • towards the,
northern end of the lake and cross-
ing it obliquely, and the girl crouch-
ed in her place apparently ..absorbed
in the spectacle the fire afforded. An
hour passed, and then glancing at
her-Stane .-saw . shat she -had - fallen
asleep. A little smile came on his
face and was followed by an ardent
look of admiration as he continued
to stare at her. She was flushed with
sleep, and grimy with • sweat and
smoke and dirt. ' The -grey shirt-
sleeves, ,rolled up above the elbows,
showed her scratched forearms, and
on one hand, hanging across her
knee In the abandon of sleep, with
startling incongruity gleamed a -dia-
mond ring. The beautiful chestnut
hair had escaped from its fastenings
and hung :in tumbled masses, and
there were ragged tears here and
there in the borrowed raiment. Nese
er, .thought Stane to himself, had he
seen a lady more dishevelled or more
beautiful, and as he watched her
sleeping, worn out with her hercul-
ean labors, his heart warmed to her
in gratitude and love.
She slept for quite a long time, and
when she opened her eyes she looked
round in surprise. The fire still -roar-
ed on is way through the woods ort
the distant shore, over which hung a
huge pall of smoke; but the raft was
now a long way 'from the 'zone of
destruction, and drifting slowly but
surely towards the northern fend of
the lake. She measured, with her
eyes the distance they had drifted,
and looked towards the shore which
they were steadily approaching, then
she spoke.
"1 -Must have slept for a long time."
"Three hours, I should say," ans-
swered Starve with a smile.
"And you? How is your leg?"
"Fairly comfortable," he answered.
"I am glad of that; I was terribly
afraid that it might have suffered
some new injury -`-how :hungry I
am!"
deep."
• "Yes!'(' he said quickly, "than would
be (better!"
For an hour he sat there watching
her work, and marking the swift
progress of the fire. The heat grew
tremendous, the roar of the flames
and of crackling trees filled the air
to the exclusion of all other sounds
and the pungent smoke made it dif-
ficult to breathe. He had begunto
think that, after all, her endeavours
had been in vain, when she approach-
ed him, sweat running down her
flushed face and drenched well above
the knees.
"You will have to set your teeth,"
a, roll: ,dei
had lireal�faak''
1e as. somal cold '1?ac4tl} sQ
eft oiler farom lT r+rla y t► i
that; .e3:01M1 b0-3E4W "ihailf 41,0."
find• them.; We insist eat VGAul to
ly we're nit. likely: to +l e: 4hert of
water." 'She laughed a little: as este
stoke, then: ' riling, heart 110 look!
for the food; which, ulnen aha . hue
found it, she divided; between 'them.
"Where 3s not much bacon:, bnt there
are biscuits galore for present needs,"
she said as she put the food, before
him. "Fall to, sxr!"
She herself ate the simple areal
with' a relish that surprised herself,
and then loaned round once more.
They had drifted nearer. the shore,
and rookin'g, ;overside she could see the
bottom of the lake. At that she
clapped her hands.
"The water is shailowing," she
cried. '9I believe I can resume my
punting."
• She took up her pole .• and, finding
that she could touch batten, began
to pole the raft inshore, and in twen-
ty minutee. she was looking for a
place to land. She found it fir a quiet
little bay beyond a tree -crowned
bluff and in a little time she had
boa ed•-the---clumsy-r and -jumped
ashore. She anchored • the raft to a
tree, and then looked around. Just
where she had landed there was a
level patch of 'sward, 'backed by mas-
sive firs and after considering its
possibili!tiels . for a moment, she
spoke:
"We will make our new camp here!
It., will do as well as anywhere else,
and in case the fire travels round
we can easily take to the lake a-
gain."
Her first action was to gather
kindling wood for a fire, and to set
the kettle oyer it, and that done,
once more she pitched the tent and
made a bed for her • patient; • then
with great trouble .and some pain for
him, she got him from the raft to
the spruce couch; after which she
examined the rough splints ;and
bandages. They were in place, and
hoping that the leg had suffered no
harm through the :enforced'removal,
she prepared hot tea and such a meal
as their resources allowed.
"I shall have to build a new house
for myself, to -morrow," she laughed
as she sipped the tea. "And I shall
insure it against fire. .I shall be
quite an expert architect and build-
er, by the .time. I reach civilization."
"If you ever de!" he laughed.
She looked round the wild land-
scape, then she also laughed,
'yI should not care much if I nev-
er did. This sort of life has its at•
tractions, and it offers real interest>
and real excitements. There • are
worse things than the wilderness."
"You have not been un here in
winter, have you; Miss Yardely?"
"No," she replied, "but I should
like to have the experience."
"He puffed meditatively at his pipe
and made a calculation, then he said
rather enigmatically: "You may yet
have the chance, Miss Yardely, if
you remain to look after . me."
"1 certainlyshall remain," was the
uncompromising reply. "But what
do you mean, Mr. -Stane?"
"Well," he explained, "it will be
s'orne weeks at least before I can
face the trail, ar;d that means that
autumn will be on us before we can
move. And you have had a little
experience of what trailing ,and
pa'c'king one's 'goods in this country
means: Even when we are able to
start:, we shall not, be able to travel
fast, and the nearest point of civiliza-
tion is Fort Matsu -re"
"How long will it take us to reach
,the fort?"
"I do not know," he replied, shak-
ing his .head thoughtfully. • "I have
only been there on the one occasion
you know of -and then by water.
:Much will depend on the sort of
country that lies between here and
there, but I am afraid we shall have
hard work to make it before winter
overtakes us."
"Then we , shall have to make the
best of things," answered the girl
lightly.
"There is, of course, the chance
that we may be found 'by some search
party sent out by your uncle; •and
there is the further possibility that
we may stumble on some ) Indian
camp; ,..but apart from these contin-
gencies, I am afraid we can expect
no help but what we can' find in our-
selves, and it will be very necessary
to husband our resources, as I warn-
ed you two days ago."
The girl refused to be daunted
"This is a game country," she re-
plied cheerfully. "We shall not
starve. To -morrow I shall • go Mint-
ing -and • you will see, Mr. Stane, oh,
you will see! After all, it was not
for nothing that I went up to Scot-
land every autumn, t will- fill the
'pot, never fear."
He looked at her smiling face, re-
membered what she had already done,
and then spoke enthusiastically.
"I believe you will, Miss Yardely.''
No more was said upon the mat-
ter until next day, when, whilst she
was engaged in building a new tepee
for herself, she' hurried into the
camp, and picked up the rifle.
"What is it?" he asked.
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claim.J. Walton McKibben, Chairman.
Auditors' Report.
We, the auditors for the County of
Iron -tee -to repent -as -fellows on
the accounts and financial standing
ofl the county for the year''1931.
General Account Statement.
Receipts
Bank balance, Jan. 1,, 1931 $ 3.537.03
Balance, county rates, 1930 20,770.04
County rate's, 1931 166,716.20
Administration of Justice4,953.31
Schools 37,823.93
County Herne Deposits .. 5,724.95
Registry Office Fees 654,L0
Division ' Court Fees , 68.75
Licenses ... 741.00
Prov. Treas. re Corn Borer
Act 365.25
Priv'. Tress., Pensions Co,
Home 11,458.47
West Wawanosh Debenture 160.48
Hay Debenture 561.70
Bequest, R. McKay (Chil-
dren's Aid) 1,001000
Poultry Permits 12.00
Loans 130,00000
Land Tax. 2,955.37
Total $377,497.00
Expenditures•
Outstanding cheques .. $ 12,396.99
Administration of justice. 19,274.69
County' Home, 15,157.47
Schools 109,735.11
Municipal, government •9,021.60
County property ... . ,610.16
Children's Shelter .. 3,401.93
'-Mother's . Allowance 3`0,725.0(
Jail 4052.38
Hospitals 10,532.55
Grants 3,425.00'
Interest and exchange 5,010.95
Printing 1,711.27
Division Courts '285.97
Land tax 3,151.19
Water and light 277.19
Telephone • 925.50
Lo ns repaid 125,000.00
Ol Age Pensions 30,009.63
Coupon interest 1,058.75
Canada Bonds -;"Trust: Fund,
Children's Aid 1,200.00
Transfer from General, ac- -
count to Provincial High- '
way Account 12,950.46
Total $382,013.79
Total $382.013.79
Total377,497.00
Treasurers debit balance $4,516.79
Bank Balance.
Bal Dr. Bank of Commerce.
en January 1, 1932 "$ 708.77
Outstanding cheques : , 3,808.02
Bank Dr. Balance $4,516.79
1931 Assets
Unpaid county rates $ 20,368.51
Amount to be transferred
,.from the Provincial high-
way acct. to 'the General
account 12,950.46
$33,218.97
1931 General Account Liabilities.
Dr. balance at Bank of
Commerce
Outstanding cheques
Outstanding notes
Expenditures
Receipts
$ 708.77
3,808.02
60,000.00
Total Assets
"Meat," she whispered Laughingly,
"on four legs and with horns. I don't
know the precise name of it, but II
think it is a woodland caribou. It
has come down to the water just the
other side of the bluff. I am goieg
to stalk it."
She hurried away from the camp.
Ten minutes passed and Stane still
listened for her shot. Then it came
and. sharp and clear on the heels of
it came a cry of triumph. The in-
jured man smiled with pleasure.
A few minutes later, when Helen
returned, there was a gleeful look
upon her face. "Got it!" she cried.
"We'll have a change of diet to-
day."
"You have still plenty of work be-
fore you," said Stane, after congrat-
ulating her. "The beast will need
skinning and.--::"
"Ugh!" she interrupted with a lit-
tle grimace. "I know, and that will
he messy work for me, since I know
nothing at all about it."
"It is an inevitable part of the
work in trailing through the wilds,"
said Stane with a smile. "But I
wish I could take the work over----"
(Continued next week)
Amount unprovided for
$64,516.79
$ 33,318.07
'31497.82
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DebentaFPhila. 214
WiawAnosh. , ,,
Debenture•. Na. 21-1, ia;r.'
.44
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Patriotic debentures, due
1933 County Lra1114ean.
$1$x5004
1Pro nci'al--hig±hwa3' diene
tures' 140004.00
Comity highwa ? notes"" . :61Aa440,i14.
Outstaiading cheques, eoun-
ty roads 11,1,027
County general account,
notes 60,1109,00.
Outstanding Cheques,' Gen --
eral Account
'Bank deficit, general sect 7,08.71:;:
Prov. Highway Acct., 1931 47,,09'01
'Interests on;. Highway De-
benture, 1931 , 5,000 00 '
Prov. highway acct., 1930 59,033.76
Total Liabilities
$16 365,800 7
Total Assets 183,932.32'
Amount .unproivided. for..$181,868.47 -
County Pfoperty Assets.
Court House '$ 37,500.00 •
Contents 2,500.00
Jail property 30,000.0.1
Contents 1,500.00.
Registry Office 7,500.00.
Contents 2,500:00
Children's Shelter . ° 5,500.00
Contents - 1,500.00.
County Home 57,200.00
Contents 6,000.00
County Farm, 67 acres and
outside buildings 5,000.00
3 horses 250.00
6 cows 300.00
79 pigs 300.00
Hhens
60.00
0 bushels grain 300.0
y and straw 300.00
500 bushels potatoes .,. 150.00
Fuel 1,000.011 .
Implements 1,000.00
21 gravel pits , 8,0'00.00
7 trucks 8,000.00
Heavy machinery, graders,
etc. 22,000.00
$198,360.00.-..
Summary of Financial. Standing.
The general account of the. county
When -it ..receives the' balance "of its
county rates and gets its refund from -.-
the highway will be short $31,197.82.
The county roads account, after
receiving its 'Government grant, will
be able to pay amounts due the bank
and show a surplus of $2,765.65.
The Provincial Highway Account
made no . payments of the amounts
due on the 31st day 'of December,
1931, although having to its credit in
the bank $77,867.04. In January,
1032,- this account paid back to the
general account the amount borrow-
ed from it, $12,950.46, paid the pro-
vincial governments its 1930 account
of $59033.76, also the Debenture No.
1 Provincial Highway account $12,-
950.46, making a total payment of
$'84.,934.68.' -
The townships of IBIowick and
"West Wawanosli paid" hi the Balance
of their county rates $5,092.13 due
the highway account and to straight-
en mit the account $2,01,3.04 was a-
gain borrowed from the general ac-
count. On the first day of March
1932, which should have been the
standing of the Provincial Highway
account on the' first day of January,
was as follows: '
Debenture debt $ 92,049.54
'Provincial account, 1931 47,559.97
Bal. borrowed from Gen-
eral account 2,013.04
$64,516.79
County Roads
Receipts
Bank bal. Jan. 1, ''1931.... $ 136.97
Balance county rates, 1930 .16.349.17
County rates, 1931 58,768.50 -
'Government grant 67,963.24
Other receipts 15,341.82
Bank loans 100,000.00
3258,559.70
Expenditures
Payments on county roads,
including Engineer's sal-
ary and office expenses$ 140,009.54
Commission pay sheets 659.20
Loans repaid' 118,000.00
Bank interest 3,285.26
Outstanding 1930 cheques 5,642.07
Total expenditures
Total receipts
267,596.07
258,5-59.70
Payments exceeded receipts 9,036.37
Outstanding cheques . 11.:90.27
';relit balance in bank . , 2,153.90
$9,030.S7
1931 Assets.
Credit balance in bank...$ 2,153.90
Hayrick unpaid rates .... 5,112.10
W. Wawanosh unpaid rates 2;526.06
Estimated Gov. grant ... 64,163.86
$73,955.92
1931 Liabilities:
Outstanding cheques , ... $11,190.27
Bank loans 60,000.00
Credit balance
5
$71,190.27
2,765.65
$73,955.92
Provincial Highway Account
Receipts
County rates, 1931 $ 39,179,05
Savings account 25,125.48•
Interest on savings acct612.05
Transferred from general
Recount 12,950.46
$77,867.01
There was no payment made up to
the 31st day of December on the
Provincial Highway account. .
1931 Assets.
Cash in bank $ 77,867.04
Unpaid county rates . , 5,092.13
$82,959.17
' 1931 Liabilities.
Due Prov. Treas. 19349 Road
Account $159,023.76
•
Cash balance in bank
$141,622.55
37.53
$141,585.02
or a net debt• of the Highway De-
partment of $141,585.02.
To simplify the Assets and 'the
Liabilities of the county after each
department gets what is due it:
Liabilities.
Provincial Highway ` $141,585.02
Patriotic debentures 18,500.00
Debtor balance;' general ac-
count 31,197.8'
$191„282.84
Cash assets .. , 9,414.37
Total net debt $181,868.47
We examined the insurance policies
and statement of insurance held by
the different county properties as
kept in the Clerk's office and found
the same correct as follows:
9 policies on House of Re-
fuge $50,0100.00
4 policies on • Court House 25,000.00
3. policies on jail and jail
residence _ 15,000.00
1 policy on Ohildren's Shel-
ter 4,000.00
1 policy on boilers in Court
House and House of Re-
fuge 5,000.00
1 policy on Registry Office 5,000.00
if
3104,000.00
The annual premium of $405,74) is
paid and all policies renewed to date.
In checking over the Criminal Jus-
tice account, we find' lhat Cli a Al "
len, juror, was overpaid $4.00 and
Robert Cole overpaid $2. -
We examined the statements in the ..
Clerk's office of the school grants+
paid to the Township Treasurers and
found that they. correspond with the a
treasurer's statement.
We examined the bonds of tile
Treasurer, which consists of a per-
sonal bond of $25,000.00 and- a similar
amount of $25,000.00 -supplied by et
guarantee company.
In conclusionwe wish to thank the
Trees -trier and the' Clerk for any as-
sistance given in the making of this
audit and also fvTsh to congratulate•'
the county on its improved financial -
'standing, and the policj* of etriat
economy should soon pllaee the out-,
ty out of debt -Robert 44gghis and,,
John Cameroaa, Auditors.