GREATER BUILDING
CITY FIGURES FOR YEAR. The improvement in building activity in the city is shown by the following table contained in the city engineer’s annual report:— 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 Total No. of permits issued — 287 475(a) 594(b) 690(C) 622(d) Value of work constructed—£ll2,69s £45,445 £66,486 £113,524 £141.387 Fees collected—£493 £217 £287 £514 £583 Out of this year’s total of £141,387, £97,768 is for new dwellings, which numbered 120 (last year 102), 115 being of brick veneer or similar, and 5 of timber. The average cost of dwellings erected has been as follows:— Year Average cost
It is interesting to, notice that these costs are from £ll6 (in 1933-34) to £2OO (in 1927-28 and 1931-32) higher than in Christchurch. The reason is that the average dwelling here is probably larger, being of about 6 rooms, and that brick veneer construction is so common, with little timber or other cheap construction.
£ 1927-28 916 1928-29 920 1929-30 867 1930-31 869 1932-33 816 1932-33 883 1933-34 776 1934-35 769
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Southland Times, Issue 25309, 12 June 1935, Page 2
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168GREATER BUILDING Southland Times, Issue 25309, 12 June 1935, Page 2
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