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Session 11. 1912. NEW ZEALAND.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS (RETURN RELATIVE TO EXPENDITURE ON).
Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 15th August, 1912. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing—(l) The cost of the new Government House, including purchase of additional land, &c. ; (2) the amount spent on the present Parliament House from the time it via< vacated by His Excellency the Governor to the present date; (3) the cost of the temporary residence for His Excellency the Governor at Palmerston North or elsewhere ; (4) the cost of repairing and adding to thflt portion of the Parliamentary Buildings not destroyed by fire on the old site ; (5) the amount paid to the contractor for work done on and for cancelling his contract for the erection of the new wing, Sydney Street; and (6) the estimated cost o( the present alterations now being made, including new foundations, but not taking into account any estimate of aotual buildings."—(Mr. Campbell.) New Government House, Wellington. & (1.) The cost of the new Government House, including purchase of additional land, &c— 57,844 (2.) The amount spent on the present Parliament House from the time it was vacated by His Excellency the Governor to the present date (not including recurring charges relative to maintenance, &c, of Parliament Buildings) ... ... 15,994 (3.) The cost of the temporary residence for His Excellency the Governor at Palmerston North or elsewhere ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,877 (4.) The cost of repairing and adding to that portion of the Parliamentary Buildings not destroyed by fire on the old site ... ... ... ... ... .. 11,983 (5.) The amount paid to the contractor for work done on and for cancelling his contract for the erection of the new wing, Sydney Street ... ... ... ... 8,828 (6.) The estimated cost of the present alterations now being made, including new foundations, but not taking into account any estimate of actual buildings ... ... 63,000 G. J. Clapham, H. J. H. Blow, Accountant. Under-Secretary. Public Works Office, Wellington, 28th August, 1912.
Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,400 copies), £1.
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Price 3d.]
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS (RETURN RELATIVE TO EXPENDITURE ON)., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1912 Session II, D-11
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