PUBLIC BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY FIRE (RETURN OF) DURING LAST TEN YEARS, WITH ESTIMATED COST OF INSURING ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1912 Session I, D-07

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PUBLIC BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY FIRE (RETURN OF) DURING LAST TEN YEARS, WITH ESTIMATED COST OF INSURING ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 26tli October, 1910. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing—(l) The estimated value of the public buildings that have been destroyed by fire in New Zealand during the last ten years; and (2) the amount that would have had to be paid by way of premiums to insure all the public buildings of the Dominion within that period."—(Mr. Myers.) Eeturn showing—(l) The Estimated Value of Public Buildings that have been destroyed by Fire in New Zealand during the last Ten Years; and (2) the Amount that would have had to be paid by way of Premiums to ■ insure all the Public Buildings of the Dominion within that Period. (1.) £57,637. (Not including school buildings.) (2.) £90,000 (approximately). (Not including school buildings or railway buildings.) Public Works Office, H. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary. Wellington, 16th February, 1912. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,400 copies), £1.

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