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ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT—continued. LAKE COLERIDGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC- POWER SUPPLY. Profit and Loss Account for Year ended 31st March, 1926, compared with Year ended 31st March, 1925.

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Gross Revenue Account. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1924-25. | 1925-26. To Generating expenses, headworks, and power- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ; By Sale of energy — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. house — 88,224 17 4 : Wholesale .. .. .. .. 120,749 1 6 2,881 18 10 Salaries .. .. .. .. 2,894 4 5 1,864 7 4 Retail .. .. .. .. 263 9 7 | 851 2 8 Wages .. .. .. .. 725 12 5 ' 121.012 II 1 82 10 5 | Supplies .. .. .. .. 58 6 5 [ 90,089 4 8 444 3 10 Transport of stores, &c. .. .. .. 580 1 0 J j Maintenance and repairs — .1 990 11 4 Harper diversion .. .. .. 1,354 0 0 15 1 4 Discounts forfeited .. .. 0 3 10 257 11 10 Headworks .. .. .. .. 297 4 5 :! j 145 13 6 Power-housebuilding.. .. .. 205 16 8 ! ■ 1,003 14 2 | Power-house machinery .. .. 515 15 3 : Rents — 172 9 1 ! Roads and fences .. .. .. 232 19 8 976 11 9 Land and buildings .. .. .. 1,054 19 11 550 15 10 Staff residences, &c. .. .. .. 447 18 3 252 17 3 j Electric lines .. .. . • 221 4 8 i 7,311 18 6 132 16 8 Electric plant .. .. .. 471 12 11 7,380 11 6 ! 1,747 17 6 1 1,362 5 8 Transmission- lines — 525 0 0 ; Salaries .. .. .. . ■ 555 0 0 Transport, including upkeep of horses, I 585 0 1 1 traps, cars, and cycles .. .. 560 16 1 j Fees for testing and repairing electrical ap2,052 4 9 : Repairs to power-lines .. .. 2,992 3 9 476 16 8 pliances .. .. •• .. ■- 445 5 3 1 : 5 1 4,107 19 10 3,162 4 10 Substation, Addington — j Stand-by provision: Fees from wholesale 1,154 11 1 ; Salaries .. .. .. .. 1,258 6 8 80 0 0 consumers .. .. •• •- 80 0 0 511 3 6 Wages .. .. .. .. 521 8 2 85 8 10 Supplies .. .. .. .. 58 16 11 Maintenance and repairs — 334 14 9 Buildings and yards. .. .. 238 18 3 Interest from local bodies in respect of 163 6 10 Machinery " .. .. .. 227 11 1 7 9 4 reticulations sold on deferred payment .. .. 7 9 4 2,305 1 1 132 4 11 Earnings, motor-vehicles .. .. •• 61 6 11 2,249 5 0 Distribution — 212 11 9 Salaries .. .. .. .. 212 10 0 Transport, including upkeep of motor114 2 8 vehicles .. .. .. . ■ 99 8 4 Maintenance of feeder cables, transformer 1,581 9 0 stations, and tools .. .. .. 2,649 17 0 2,237 0 3 Maintenance of secondary distribution .. 2,553 17 7 340 14 0 Maintenance of and testing meters . • 250 15 7 73 5 7 Earth-testing .. .. .. 109 12 7 — j 5,876 1 1 4,559 3 3 17,351 4 7 Carried forward .'. .. .. . . ' 19,601 0 6 92,163 2 7 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 123,354 13 11