A PAYING CONCERN
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
NEARLY £18,000 CREDIT BALANCE
The operations of the electricity department of the City Council from Ist April to 31st December, 1926, showed a credit balance of £17,872, as compared with £25,164 for the corresponding period in 1925. Figures presented to the City Council last evening gave the following information:—
1026. 1925. Increase £ £ £ tevenue 217,654 205,577 13,077 ■urchase of electrical energy from N.Z. Govt 36,209 29,988 6,211 Expenses of Generating stations .. 19,924 28,453 »8,529 ixpenses of substations ...... 7,955 6,433 1,582 Mstributlon expenses 17,553 14,047 3,5»« ■eneral expenses.. 13,201 12,123 1,078 ?otal operating expenses 94,842 91,044 3,798 Special expenditure (chargeable to revenue) 51,921 39,315 12,606 :apltal charges .. 53.019 50,054 2,965 fotal expenditure..- 199.752 150.413 19 369 Credit balance ... 17,872 25,164 *7,292 •Denotes decrease. Total units sold: In 1926, 20,810,702: in -925, 18,783,122; an Increase of 2,027,580.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1927, Page 3
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140A PAYING CONCERN Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1927, Page 3
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