BUILDING ACTIVITY
WELLINGTON IN THE LEAD Building activity in the cities and larger towns of the Dominion was being well maintained during the first month of this year, a total of 1155 permits for buildings, valued at £635,326, being issued during January, compared with 1209, of a value of £593,410, during December. The figures given in the Monthly Abstract of Statistics, just issued, show that Wellington is well in the lead in the value of new structures, while there has been a considerable drop in Auckland. The total permits for Wellington for January are as follow: — No. £
Wellington . City ■ .... .. 117 155,390 Lower Hutt .. 65 35,653 Petone .. 17 8,540 Eastbourne .... 3 '180 Johnsonville 4 2,000 236 202,783 The figures for the other main centres for January are:No. £ Greater Auckland .. 423 163,721 Greater Christchurch . .. 102 48,489 Greater Dunedin .. 90 61,773
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 136, 5 March 1927, Page 8
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