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Schedule showing Financial Position at each Resort.

Note.—No allowance is made in these figures for interest on capital expenditure or for depreciation of plant or buildings. Return of Receipts. The following table shows the receipts of the Department from all sources since 1911-12 : — 1911-12. 1.9)2-13. 1913-14. 1914-15. 1915-16. 1916-17. 1917-18. Receipts .. .. 28,048 29,711 30,107 26,630 31,067 33,137 32,935 The amount of the passenger-bookings at the different agencies during the year amounted to £38,867, as against £35,476 for tho previous year. Return of Expenditure. The following is a comparison of the expenditure for the past seven years : — £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Consolidated Fund .. 46,478 45,934 48,462 49,823 47,966 45.785 48,732 Public Works Fund .. 13,361 12,906 14,989 8,232 5,167 1,094 967 The following is a brief summary of the year's work in the different resorts : — Rotobua. Works. Buildings.— The various buildings have had the usual attention as regards maintenance. In order to cope with the increased demand for mineral water for massage and douche purposes, consequent on, the number of wounded soldiers requiring treatment, a large tank with a capacity of 1.3,000 gallons has been constructed, and placed in the top story of tho main building, so that the water can be delivered in the operating-rooms under pressure. Gardens and Reserves. —These have been kept in good order throughout. The new tennis-courts are still in process of making, but the work has been delayed through inclement weather, scarcity of labour, and the fact that in dealing with virgin soil a certain amount of time has to elapse between each operation. Water and Drainage. —Nineteen now consumers were connected with the system, and about 1,600 ft. of service-pipe varying from J-in. and lj in. has boon laid, or renewed where necessary through corrosion. Electrical Supply. —Tho supply has boon maintained with great regularity during tho year, the total stoppage, due to accidents through gales, being under three hours. The demand has steadily increased, thirty new consumers having been connected up during the year. The revenue from energy supplied during tho year was £5,320, as against £4,634 of the previous year. The number of units generated at the power-house was 489,265. The work of rewiring the bath buildings has been commenced, and is now in progress. Acclimatization. Deer. —The deer-shooting season (one month), which, closed on the 26th April, 1917, was very successful. The full number of licenses allotted to the district were taken out, and twenty-one heads were obtained. Those ranged from ten to seventeen points, tho last named being obtained from the Galatea herd. A, very fine stag with a twenty-point head is known to be among the Rotoiti herd, and although several enthusiastic stalkers have made great efforts to secure the head, none have so far been successful. The Mahia herd was shot over by only one stalker, who only secured medium heads. This herd is at present in rather poor condition, and is very much in need of vigorous culling. It is estimated that quite a hundred weedy and malformed animals could be destroyed with great advantage to the herd. With a view to introducing fresh blood the Department has liberated several animals recently.

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