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The 1936 Budget Estimates Of The Current Revenues, Debenture Funds Used For Current Purposes And Expenditure Chargeable For Revenues City Of Toronto Budget Story No.1

Year: 1936

Summary: Outlines the fact that Toronto is once again operating on an unbalanced budget. Details the costs of unemployment relief and raises the question of taxation of municipally-owned utilities

Bureau Of Municipal Research Thirty-Second Annual Report

Year: 1946

Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1946. Topics of importance include planning and urban sprawl, the city budget, co-ordination of departments, terms for alderman, and the ward system. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at the end.

The City Of Toronto Will Have Spent Out Of Current Account In The Year 1925 $28,074, 823.20

Year: 1925

Summary: An analysis of annual expenditure and comparison to previous year. Warns that without a more rational, scientific accounting of expenditures, the city may not be able to keep decreasing municipal expenditures.

Monthly Letter To Men And Women

Year: 1947

Summary: Discusses the taxation of governmentally owned public utilities and crown companies, and increased structural efficiency in the municipality.

The 1932 Budget Estimates Of Current Revenues And Expenditures For The City Of Toronto Story No.2

Year: 1932

Summary: Tabulated comparison of expenditure for the years 1927-1932, with discussion.

City Of Toronto 1938 Budget Story No.3

Year: 1938

Summary: Outlines city budget figures for 1938. Suggests a detailed administrative survey be made of all city departments and that a long term capital expenditures budget be established. Further goes on to note that the cost of government is on the rise, however costs in Health and Sanitation and general welfare are on the decline.

The 1936 Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Finance

Year: 1937

Summary: A summary of the various reports regarding the city's financial state. Some highlights of these reports include details on the housing issue, and how city planning was essential to the success of new the new housing programme.

The Toronto Current Civic Budget For 1942

Year: 1942

Summary: Provides an outline of revenues and expenditures for the civic budget of 1942. Notes the high level of debt payments. Questions how it can be claimed that there was adequate reduction of the tax burden.

City Of Toronto Budget Story No.2

Year: 1936

Summary: Outlines the issues of budget management in light of city debt.

How Civic Expenditures In Toronto May Be Reduced? Story No. 1

Year: 1936

Summary: The city budget should be balanced by reduced expenditure and not increased taxes, with unemployment payments bearing a heavy burden on the budget.

Civic Financial Control Story No. 2

Year: 1927

Summary: Highlights the ways in which the city has financially controlled expenditures for civic services over the past ten years - including public services not administered by boards or commissions. Raises the question of taxing privately-owned utilities as a source of city revenue.

Forty-Third Annual Report

Year: 1957

Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1957. The chief concern of the Bureau is the recommendations of the city administration survey. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at the end.

Open Letter To The Citizens Of Toronto Re Spending And Lending

Year: 1941

Summary: This open letter demands retrenchments in light of the war effort, and calls for expneditures on supplies and equipment to be reduced. Also calls for the size of the city government to be reduced.

Open Letter: Control Over Civic Spending

Year: 1951

Summary: Argues there is need to reduce public expenditure.

Open Letter To The Citizens And Taxpayers Of Toronto On Budget For A Deficit

Year: 1932

Summary: Examines the issue of Toronto's deficit. Advocates reducing estimated expenditures.

Third Annual Report Of The Toronto Bureau Of Municipal Research

Year: 1917

Summary: A summary of work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1917. Includes a listing of BMR bulletins. Sample work includes: setting up a speakers' bureau, studying street cleaning and garbage disposal, and studying charitable expenditure. Achievements of various city boards and departments are detailed. Future goals are outlined. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at end.

Estimated Current Expenditures For 1936 Of The City Of Toronto

Year: 1936

Summary: Analysis of city expenditures for 1936, including reduction of expenses for salaries and wages of city workers. Notes that this is the most balanced budget since 1932, and that the deficit has been greatly reduced since 1935.

Open Letter To The Citizens And Taxpayers Of Toronto

Year: 1924

Summary: Highlights the high level of spending on salaries in the public service and the need for improved efficiency

The 1930 Budget Of Current Revenues And Expenditures For The City Of Toronto Story No.1

Year: 1930

Summary: Outlines estimates of annual budget revenues and expenditures and their equivalent in mills.

Civic Financial Control Story No. 3

Year: 1929

Summary: A scan of the city's debt management in 1917-1926, after which its estimates began to include more complete information. Notes Harbour and Radial deficits, while the TTC has been at an operating surplus each year. Also notes the encouraging news that the city has increased taxation in order to pay down Harbour and Radial deficits.

The 1931 Budget Of Current Revenues And Expenditures For The City Of Toronto Story No.3

Year: 1931

Summary: Analysis of municipal expenditure on salaries and wages for the years 1927-1931.

Bureau Of Municipal Research Twenty-Seventh Annual Report

Year: 1941

Summary: A summary of the the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1941. Topics of importance include the electoral system, civic budget and administration. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at the end.

Open Letter: The Role Of Citizen Research In Metropolitan Communities

Year: 1954

Summary: The Bureau and the Citizens esearch Institute of Canada - their role and what they deal with: monitoring, making information available, analyzing what the govt. should and shouldn't be involved in.

The 1931 Budget Of Current Revenues And Expenditures For The City Of Toronto Story No.2

Year: 1931

Summary: Comparison of expenditure on community services for the years 1927-1931. Tabulated comparison of taxation revenue and other general revenue sources.

Estimated Current Revenues For 1940 (In Comparison With Those Of 1930 And 1939)

Year: 1940

Summary: Provides the estimated current revenues for the 1940 civic budget. Outlines expenditures and the tax rate. Raises questions as to whether all city departments are as efficient and as adequately mechanized as they could be.

Bureau Of Municipal Research Twenty-Third Annual Report

Year: 1937

Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1937. Topics of importance include the city budget, public welfare administration, and city planning. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at the end.

The 1934 Budget Estimates Of Current Revenues, Debenture Funds Used For Current Purposes And Expenditures Chargeable To Revenue Of The City Of Toronto Budget Story No.1

Year: 1934

Summary: Highlghts the issue of growing deficits in the Great Depression, and argues this issue is not being fully presented to the public.

If The Bureau Of Municipal Research Were To Assert That On A Certain Date $10 000 Disappears From The Funds Of The City Of Toronto

Year: 1922

Summary: Suggests that earlier estimates and earlier tax collection is necessary in order to save the city money.

In 1915, The Bureau Raised The Question When Is A Tax Rate Not A Tax Rate? Perhaps The Question Should Have Been When Is The Official Tax Rate Not The Real Tax Rate

Year: 1945

Summary: Provides civic budget figures for recent years. Notes that the measure of the tax rate does not always indicate the true tax burden, and that civic budget omissions can often lead to greater personal expenditures by the taxpayers.

The 1935 Budget Estimates Of Current Revenues, Debenture Funds Used For Current Purposes And Expenditures Chargeable To Revenues Of The City Of Toronto Budget Story No.1

Year: 1935

Summary: Provides budget and expenditure figures for the fiscal year 1935. Argues that the biggest challenge pointed out in the budget is current unemployment expenditure and debt on past unemployment expenditure.

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