THE YEAR’S BUILDING

Shannon News, 20 January 1925, Page 4

THE YEAR’S BUILDING

and comparative figures.

Building activity in Palmerston North during the year 1924 was steady and increasingly strong, the value ol the permits issued by the -Borough being several thousand pounds in advance of 1923 the ‘comparative outlaybeing £220.767 for 1924, a “ d ! 2 V 7 ’ 474 17/- for 1923. The extent of the increase over a longer period when the latest figures are compared with the year 1921, the totai value permits in that period being £107.972, fes3 than half the total outiay of last year The total for 1922 wag £169,044 ’ Dunns December, 1924, there were 2<? permits issued, involving a total sum of £18,466, which compares very, favourably with the *6617 17/. for the corresponding month of 1923. Of last month’s outlay, £6IOO wa a for the erection of houses, this embodying 7 dwelling Places. The sum of *9™ was taken up in alterations and additions, and the remainder in other buildings. One big item during December was a permit tor new bmin« s a grain and seed merchant the value of the building being £lO.lßl. . Last year there were 18 ); per^ ts * houses, as compared with 140 fo 1923, while in January of lasVyear 22 permits were issued tor j„ l3 f places. For building a 3 a whoie July, 1924, with £26,924 was the busiest month, while in 1923, June came forward with a much bigger outlay, namely, £60,444.