BUILDING ACTIVITY
FIGURES FOR JULY. FOUR MONTHS’ RETURNS. Forty building permits were, issued by the' Palmerston North. City Council for the month of July, representing an aggregate value of £12,709, compared with JO permits, of a value of £14,352, in the corresponding month of last year. The various classes of permits are as follow, their values being given in parentheses: —- Dwellings, 9 (£8500) ; alterations and additions to dwellings, 16 (£1880) ; garages, 10 (£221) ; businesses, one (£1835) ; alterations and additions to businesses, three (£243) ; alterations to public buildings, one (£110). For the four months ended to-day 40 permits of a total value of £60,136 were granted for dwellings, as against 35 valued at £62,157 for the corresponding period last year. Details of the permits issued this year are as follow (comparisons being in parentheses) : April. 28, £12.51S 0 938, 25. £14.942) ; May, 40, £18.705 (36. £15.014) ; June, 38, £16.124 (38, £17.849) ; July, 37. £12,789 (36, £14,352).
No public buildings are included in these figures.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 205, 31 July 1939, Page 8
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163BUILDING ACTIVITY Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 205, 31 July 1939, Page 8
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