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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT —continued. MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Expenditure. I Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. I By Services for other Departments .. 824 13 I To Salaries .. .. 5,323 4 6 Rents assessed against other Depart - Accident compensa- ments .. .. .. .. 40,078 19 9 tion, sick-pay, holi- j Rents recovered, charged other Deday pay, &c. .. C4O 3 0 partments .. .. .. 9,904 13 9 Drainage and water- Rents—Cash collected .. .. 3,902 8 5 supply rates .. 418 17 4 Maintenance of Go- £00,770 15 0 vernment Houses, Recoveries from other Departments for Wellington and repairs to buildings .. .. 28,274 18 5 Auckland .. 1,553 17 7 Interest at 0 per cent, on advance to Maintenance of Par- Kairuru Marble Company .. 371 3 0 liamentary Buildings 1,297 10 7 Maintenance of Government Buildings 40,130 15 1 Telephones .. 228 2 0 Freight, cartage, and transport .. 1,531 4 3 Rents paid for buildings occupied by Government Departments throughout Dominion .. 23,014 10 1 Travelling allowances and expenses .. 1,409 12 8 Wages of overseers and staff workmen .. 2,-901 1 2 Advertising and miscellaneous expenses 134 12 9 Proportion of Departmental expenses for cost of supervision.. 350 0 0 1 84,999 18 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 4,410 18 5 £89,410 10 5 £89,410 10 5 To Interest on capital:— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 4J per cent, on value By Balance brought down .. .. 4,41018 5 of — Excess of expenditure over income .. 75,224 2 4 Departmental buildings and offices (£811,929) .. 30,537 0 0 Parliamentary Buildings, Government and Ministerial residences (£529,921) 23,840 9 0 Workshops a n d garage (£24,739) 1,113 5 0 Marble-quarry Loan (£0,185 ss. 4d.) .. 278 0 9 01,775 0 9 Depreciation on— Departmental Buildings and offices .. 10,814 0 0 Parliamentary Buildings, Government Houses, and Ministerial residences 7,052 0 0 17,800 0 0 £79,041 0 9 I £79,041 0 9 | ...