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ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT— continued. LAKE COLERIDGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY. Profit and Loss Account for Year ended 31st March, 1927, compared with Year ended 31st March, 1926.

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Gross Revenue Account. I j j i ! 1925-26. ; 1926-27. 1925-26. j —— ! 1926-27. I I . ! __l £ s. d. To Generating expenses, headworks, and power- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Sale of energy — £ s. d. £ s. d. house — 120,749 1 6 | Wholesale .. .. .. .. 147,794 6 6 2,894 4 5 Salaries .. .. .. .. 2,886 4 6 263 9 7 Retail .. .. .. .. 269 4 8 725 12 5 Wages .. .. .. .. 1,116 9 3 — 148,063 11 2 58 6 5 Supplies .. .. .. .. 104 5 3 121,012 11 1 580 1 0 | Transport of stores, &c... .. .. 422 10 7 — Maintenance and repairs — 1,354 0 0 j Harper diversion .. .. .. 2,488 16 5 j 0 3 10 Discounts forfeited 297 4 5 ; Headworks .. .. .. .. 267 6 10 205 16 8 | Power-housebuilding.. .. .. 582 8 11 515 15 3 I Power-house machinery .. .. 1,822 8 3 j Rents — 232 19 8 j Roads and fences .. .. .. 641 15 6 1,054 19 11 Land and buildings .. .. .. | 1,058 18 3 447 18 3 Staff residences, &c. .. .. .. 640 6 5 221 4 8 Electric lines .. .. .. 210 3 0 10,972 11 11 471 12 11 Electric plant .. .. .. 465 13 7 7,311 18 6 1,734 14 10 1,747 17 6 Transmission-lines — 555 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 540 0 0 Transport, including upkeep of horses, 560 16 1 traps, cars, and cycles .. .. 567 6 2 Eees for testing and repairing electrical ap2.992 3 9 Repairs to power-lines .. .. 3,130 9 2 445 5 3 pliances .. .. .. .. .. 317 3 5 — 4,237 15 4 4,107 19 10 Substation, Addington — Stand-by provision : Fees from wholesale 1,258 6 8 Salaries .. .. .. .. 1,323 12 6 80 0 0 consumers .. 521 8 2 Wages .. .. .. .. 543 0 9 58 16 11 Supplies .. .. .. .. 121 12 4 Maintenance and repairs — 238 18 3 Buildings and yards .. .. 458 6 8 Interest from local bodies in respect of 227 11 1 Machinery .. .. 311 17 7 7 9 4 reticulations sold on deferred payment .. 7 9 4 — 2,758 9 10 61 6 11 Earnings, motor-vehicles .. .. 116 15 1 2,305 1 1 124 4 5 Distribution— 212 10 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 212 10 0 Transport, including upkeep of motor99 8 4 vehicles .. .. .. .. 91 9 5 Maintenance of feeder cables, transformer 2,649 17 0 stations, and tools .. .. 3,138 11 9 2,553 17 7 Maintenance of secondary distribution .. 2,017 19 1 250 15 7 Maintenance of and testing meters .. 213 18 4 109 12 7 Earth-testing .. .. .. 97 15 2 " 5,772 3 9 5,876 1 1 19,601 0 6 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 23,741 0 10 123,354 13 11 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 150,239 13 10