RETURNS MADE PURSUANT TO SECTION 18 OF THE WORKERS' DWELLINGS ACT. 1910. [In continuation of Appendix B of H.-11, 1917.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1917 Session I, H-11a

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1917. NEW ZEALAND.

RETURNS MADE PURSUANT TO SECTION 18 OF THE WORKERS' DWELLINGS ACT. 1910. [In continuation of Appendix B of H.-11, 1917.]

(Al.) The Moneys expended during the Financial Year in acquiring Land under this Act, in preparing the same for Workers' Dwellings, and in erecting such Dwellings. £ s. d. 1. Amount expended in acquiring land for workers'dwellings ... 1,166 8 6 2. Amount expended in preparing land for workers' dwellings ... 916 13 1 3. Amount expended in erecting dwellings ... ... ' ... 33,854 4 5 35,937 6 0 Less amount received from Railway Department for sale of part of Eccleston Settlement, Otahuhu ... ... 500 0 0 Total (paid out of Public Works Fund) ... ... 35,437 6 0 4. Amount expended in administration and travelling (paid out of Labour Department's vote) ... ... ... 513 17 10 Total ... ... ... ... ... £35,951 3 10 The above Return does not include the sum of £775 3s. Bd. incurred for maintenance, fire insurance, rates, &c, upon the dwellings erected and leased to the occupants under the Act of 1905, and £768 13s. 9d. for fire insurance and rates in respect of dwellings erected under the Act of 1910. These amounts are charged for in the rents and instalments collected. The total expenditure in connection with the workers' dwellings during the year was thus £37,495 Is. 3d.—viz , £35,437 6s. out of Public Works Fund, and £2,057 15s. 2d. out of Labour Department's vote. (A 2.) The Number op Dwellings erected during the Year, and the Number disposed op. The number of dwellings erected ... ... ... ... ... 65 The number of dwellings disposed of ... ... ... ... 65

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