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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT —continued. MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. \ income. £ s. d. £ s. (1. £ s. d. ] By Services and supplies for other Departments 2,908 2 9 To Salaries .. .. .. 5,113 (i 2 Recoveries from other Departments for mainAccident compensation, &c. .. J,212 15 4 tenance .. .. .. .. 51,618 13 8 Drainage and water rates .. 340 12 6 Freight and cartage .. .. .. 599 18 8 Maintenance— £ s. d. Government Houses .. 3,521 13 9 Rents recovered .. .. 8,187 18 11 Government buildings .. 76,269 12 7 Rents assessed against GoParliamentary Buildings .. 2,721 12 9 vernment Departments .. 73,575 14 7 Telephone services .. .. 371 3 5 81,763 13 6 Rents paid for Government Interest on advances to Kairuru Quarry Comoffices .. .. .. 7,250 19 9 pany .. .. .. .. .. 371 2 4 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. .. 846 5 6 Wages — Overseers and staff workmen .. .. 834 5 0 Advertising and sundries .. 114 5 5 Subsidy — Chatham Island steamer service .. .. 56 5 0 Proportion of departmental expenditure to cover cost of supervision .. .. 350 0 0 99,002 17 2 Depreciation (2 per cent.) — Departmental buildings and offices (£531,380 7s. 2d.) .. 11,027 12 2 Parliamentary Buildings (£403,680 13s. lid.) .. 8,073 12 4 Government Houses (£50,007 Is. lOd.) .. .. 1,000 2 10 Ministerial residences (£13,185) .. .. 263 14 0 Workshops, stores, and garages (£.19,269) .. .. 385 7 8 20,750 9 0 Balance carried down—Excess of income over expenditure for year .. .. .. ..17,508 4 9 £137,261 10 11 £137,261 10 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital (4-J per cent.) —• By Balance brought down .. .. .. 17,508 4 9 Kairuru Quarry loan (£6,185 ss. 4d.) .. 278 6 9 Balance, being excess of expenditure over Departmental buildings and income after charging interest on capital .. 51,122 8 5 offices — £ s. d. Land and buildings (£822,609 7s. 2d.) ..37,017 8 5 Furniture and fi 11 in g s (£11,967 12s. lOd.) .. 538 10 10 Parliamentary Buildings— Land and buildings (£503,680 13s. lid.) .. 22,665 12 8 Government Houses — Land and buildings (£108,343) .. .. 4,875 8 10 Furniture (£14,140) .. 636 6 0 Ministerial residences — Land and buildings (£32,185) .. .. 1,448 6 6 Furniture (£5,988) .. 269 9 2 Workshops and garages — Buildings (£19,269) .. 867 2 1 68,318 4 6 Expenditure on account of previous years — Wages of overseers .. .. .. 31 11 3 £68,630 13 2 J £68,630 13 2

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