GOVERNMENT STORES.
CONTROL BOARD PURCHASES
HUGE VOLUME OF BUSINESS.
OVER A MILLION IN QUARTER. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ■WELLINGTON. Wednesday. With a view to effecting economy it is now required that the purchase of stores for Government departments shall be effected through the agency of the Stores Control Board, which calls tenders for supplies and negotiates as to prices.
Seme idea of the volume of business transacted by the board is given by a return presented to tho chairman of '.ha boaid, tho Hon. J. G. Coates, sho.v.ng that during the quarter ended September 30, the valic of stores purchased totalled £1,136,395. Among some of the larger items are the following:—Railways, £497,252; Post and Telegraph Department, £256,330: Public Works Department, £289,019; Mental Hospitals, £40,947; Naval, £18,236; Defence, £20,538; Health Department, £16,056; Government printer, £14,344; Lands and Survey, £12,031; Industries and Commerce Department, £11,336.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18889, 11 December 1924, Page 11
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143GOVERNMENT STORES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18889, 11 December 1924, Page 11
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