New Brighton Borough Council for 1902 consists of Mr. G. McIntyre, mayor; and Messrs C. H. Winny, William Edwards, William Bellamy, Charles Foster, H. R. Walker, C. J. Clayton, A. H. Wyatt, James Glanville, and Dr. C. D. Greenwood, councillors; Mr. Walter Blake, town clerk. The district of New Brighton, which comprises about 1500 acres, with a seabeach frontage of some six miles by a depth of three-quarters of a mile, was incorporated as a borough in 1897. There are already about five miles of formed streets within the borough. The capital value of ratable property is £95,000, and the annual value £6,914. Rates are levied on the annual value, and there is a general rate of 1/4d, a separate rate of 2d, and a special rate of 6d. The revenue for the year which ended with March, 1902, was £891, and the expenditure, £1,202. It is proposed to spend £3,000 in concrete channelling, in sinking wells, and in other works within the borough.