THE YEAR'S BUILDING

Evening Star, Issue 19760, 10 January 1928, Page 2

THE YEAR'S BUILDING

VALUATION TOTALS £604,134 •Although the financial year as far as the city building surveyor Mr G. W. 'Gough) is concerned ends in March, it is interesting to make a note of the permit values lor the year, 1927, and also to compare them with the corresponding mouths of 1926. The total value of the permits granted in 1927 amounts to £604,134, which is £116,626 short of the previous year’s values of £720,760. However, although the Town Hall estimate of £81,525 is included in March of last year, 1926 was more noteworthy for the launching of really big contracts. These include the Rubli'c Trust building, the Queen’s Building, work at the hospital, and the new premises of the, city’s two newspapers. The following table will give a direct comparison:—

Totals ... £720,760 £604,134

January 1920, £38,03(5 1927. £53,785 February ... 34,470 37,849 March 50,874 142,317 April 51,856 30,310 29,210 May 45,415 Juno 110,558 25,061 July 41,975 56,082 August 61,828 43,300 September ... 48,640 36,751 October 85,188 38,546 November 119,742 71,968 December ... 27,289 21,890