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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT —continued. PLANT, MATERIAL, AND STORES (PUBLIC WORKS FUND) Income and Expenditure on Capital Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Expenditure, including salaries, wages, . By Recoveries charged to miscellaneous &c., on— £ s. d. public works — Plant .. .. 25,688 17 11 Issues, hire and depreciation on Material and stores 39,187 16 6 plant .. .. .. 25,713 9 8 64,876 14 5 Issues, including overhead charges, Balance, being excess of capital income material, fro. .. .. 88,429 16 7 over capital expenditure for year, transferred to — £ s. d. Plant Account .. 24.11 9 Material and Stores Account .. 49,242 0 1 — 49,266 11 10 £114,143 6 3 £114,143 6 3 PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL (PUBLIC WORKS FITND). Income and Expenditure on Capital Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure for year — £ s. d, By Income as under—Salaries .. .. .. .. 71,964 8 6 FeesExtra engineering, clerical, and draughting, Inspection of electrical in- £ s. d. £ s. d. and office assistance .. .. .. 9,830 12 3 ■ stallations .. .. 17 16 0 Travelling and transfer expenses, &c. .. 12,007 14 9 Preparation of power licenses 51 6 6 Expenses of Commissions generally .. 43 8 5 Water-power licenses .. 395 911 Equipment and other allowances .. .. 1,689 0 7 Commissions of Inquiry on Printing and stationery, lithographic work, behalf of local bodies .. 37 8 2 plans, periodicals, &c. .. .. 8,328 8 1 502 0 7 Purchase of, and repairs to, instruments, Sales of plans, specifications, office requisites, &c. .. .. .. 444 411 &c., and general .. .. .. 211 2 4 Work done by High Commissioner's staff .. 900 0 0 Departmental expenditurePostages, telegrams, telephone communica- Proportion applied to — tions, rent of private letter-boxes and bags 5,910 0 6 Roads (Maintenance Account) 1,700 0 0 Law charges and legal expenses .. .. 58 8 5 Domains (Maintenance AcCost of preparation of reports on New count) .. .. 150 0 0 Zealand hydro-electric schemes .. .151 2 6 Buildings (Maintenance AcSundries .. .. .. .. 515 4 7 count) .. .. 350 0 0 Bents of offices throughout iSlew Zealand . . 8,535 0 0 2,200 0 0 Balance carried down, being excess of capital expenditure over capital income for year .. 117,464 10 7 £120,377 13 6 £120,377 13 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 117,464 10 7 By Recoveries on Account of expenditure of preInterest at 4! 2 per cent, on capital value of vious years— departmental library (£650) .. .. 29 5 0 Expenses of Commission, Lums- £ s. d. den Town Board .. .. 8 16 0 Proportion of salary of caretaker, Government Buildings, Stratford .. .. .. 60 0 0 68 16 0 Balance transferred to Departmental Account .. .. .. . 117,424 19 7 £117,493 15 7 £117,493 15 7

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