BUILDING FIGURES.
: —— INCREASE ON LAST YEAR! . The building figures for February this year show an increase of £22,693 over February, 1930, yet [the number of -permits granted last year were, 37 in excess of this year. , . The reason lies in the fact that this year two unusually large contracts were let —the new Begent street. £30,600, and the new Exhibition HalJ, £30,000. ,If it Were not for theso eohtracts the figures for. February,'l93l, would have been tho loweftt for at least five years. The' St. Albans district maintains , its popularity as a building suburb, but there is a decided decrease in -every other district, with'the exception of the central inner area, and St. Albans. ' ' The detailed figures are as follows, last year's figures being given'in parentheses — , • Central Inner Area. Value. Number. ' ' £61,315 (£2700) ,'7 (7) Central 'Outer Aria. ■ £7OO (£3osi3)' * \ 8 ( 6 ) St. Albaiis.' -/£3285 (£23,718) 11 (26)' SydeiLhani. £2365 (£3454) 11 (12) f Linwood. £705 (£4988) 4 (14) Spreydon. £1398 (£6720) ' ' 5 (15) 'Woolston. £1292 (£3822), 7 (10) Tls. £71,150 (£48,457) '53 (90)
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20176, 3 March 1931, Page 6
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174BUILDING FIGURES. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20176, 3 March 1931, Page 6
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