MOUNT EDEN'S GROWTH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18703, 8 May 1924, Page 13

MOUNT EDEN'S GROWTH.

' i.v- • | I - •■•.•./.'t-K PROGRESS SINCE •1914—, , i' ft• ? : '° : vMj' ,: -■'•• ■.■'■ •■•' . RECORD OF ' CONSTRUCTION. < Building permits issued by the Mount Eden Borough Council for the last finanf cial year totalled 557, representing a con*' -struction Expenditure of £220,187,-. These included permits for 154 houses, valued at. £141,793, 52 for shops at £45,570, 221 for " alterations and additions to existing builds {v ings at £20,411, 145 for sheds at £6031, 1 and 5 for halls, etc.,'valued at £6380. i- Since; and including the financial year, ~ 1914, the expenditure on- new buildings ■ and alterations ' and additions has totalled >: £1,073,417, the construction including 1230 " dwellings during the : period, r - . The following table of returns shows the 1 ' V war-time slump in the local building trade £ and its subsequently rapid recovery and expansion:--

Year. New Additions, Value. - • *■* Buildings. Eta.'' £. . ' 1914 .. ■ . . 217 79 %, 139,119. . 1P15 ,, .. 120 • 105 69,265 ' 1918 .. .. .73 . 70 , - 40,866 „// 1917 . s:~#v. 63 'i 65 35,798 >, ' .1918 .. .. 21 73 16,429 1919 .. .. 31 110 • 29,026 » . ' - 1920 .. - .. 74 • 139 66,123 . > 1921 .... 103 278 118,405 v 19'2 .. .. 139 y 265 134,937 y ■ f - 1.923 . . ; . . 191 350. 2G4.778 / 1924 . . .. £08, 36$ ,220,185.; Totals '..1,230 ; .1,300 £1.073,417 *