REVENUE FROM ELECTRICITY.
TEMPORARY FALLING-OFF IN POWER CONSUMPTION. INCREASE IN OTHER DEPART- ■ MENTS. A comparative statement of units sold and revenue earned from the sale of electricity for the first two readings (four months) of the 1927 and 1928 financial years (including quarterly accounts to June 30th) was presented to the Horowhenua Power Board on Holiday, by the secretary (Mr Goldsmith). The returns were as under (all money being stated to the nearest £1): — LIGHTING, April-July, 1928, Community lighting £55; 149,185 units, revenue £5054; average return per unit sold 8.04 d. April-July, 1927, 146,280 units, revenue £4853, average return per unit sold 7.96. Increase, 2905 units, £2Ol revenue. Percentage of increase 4.14. HEATING. April-July, 1928, 250,468 units, revenue £1869, average return per unit sold 1.79 d. April-July, 1927, 216,362 units, revenue £1573, average return per unit sold 1.74 d. ’ Increase, 34,106 units, £296. Percentage of increase 18.82. ' POWER. April-July, 1928, 268,269 units, revenue £2892, average return per unit sold 2.58 d. April-July, 1927, 414,153 units, revenue £3467, average return per unit sold 2.00 d. Decrease 145,884 units, £575 revenue. Percentage of decrease 16.58. OTHER SERVICES. April-July, 1928,' water heaters £1036, street lighting £322. April-July, 1927, water-heaters £833, meter rents £566, street lighting £321. Increase, water heaters £2Ol, street lighting £l. Decrease, meter rents £566. Percentage of increase or decrease, waterheaters 24 07, meter rents 100. TOTALS. April-July, 1928 .... £11,173 April-July, 1927 .... £11,615 Decrease £442 Percentage of decrease 3.80.
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Shannon News, 24 August 1928, Page 4
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238REVENUE FROM ELECTRICITY. Shannon News, 24 August 1928, Page 4
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