ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1808, 22 July 1913, Page 4

ELECTRIC LIGHT.

FIGURES FOR JUNE. ! \ Tho electric light figures for June, as supplied by the Electrio Lighting Department, are regarded as satisfactory. As compared with the June returns of last year the revonue .has increased by .£3lO, whilst the increase in working expenses only amounts to .£2O, making the credit balanco for the past month ,£290 more than that for the corresponding month last year. The detailed figures for Juno (compared with those of the corresponding month of last year) are as follow:— 1913. 1912. £ X Revenuo 6,451 6,141 Working expenses ... 2,357 2,337 Capital charges 1,461 1,401 Credit balanco 2,633 2,343 Units sold 289,563 272,204 New connections made 104 140 Similarly, tho figures for tho first threo months of tho current financial year (ended Juno 30) read well. In that period the revenue account is 4JISOI in excess of the returns for the corresponding period of last year, whilst tho working expenses have been reduced by .£3Ol, making tho total increaso .£2102. Tho comparative three-monthly figures are as follow:— April to June, 1913. 1913. 1912. „£. £ Revenuo 18,237 16,436 Working expenses ... 6,030 6,931 Capital charges 4,383 4,383 Credit balanco 7,224 5,122 Units sold 841,503 730,71)9 New connections mado 357 431 Total connections at June 30 8,248 7,039