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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT—continued. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER DOMAINS (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account for the Yeah ended 31st March, 1925. Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure on— By Balance, being excess of expenditure over in- £ s. d. Government domains— £ s. d. £ s. d. come for year .. .. .. .. 5,986 8 3 Salaries . . .. 4,856 5 8 Wages .. .. .. 13 3 Coal, coke, water, &e. .. 91 19 7 Flower-seeds, bulbs, plants, &c. .. .. .. 187 Oil Garden implements, &c. .. 277 12 10 Repairs, to buildings, paths, &c. . . .. .. 10 13 10 Cartage .. .. 16 2 0 Horse-feed, shoeing, &c., and general .. .. 15 2 4 Departmental expenditure (allocated proportion to cover cost of administration and supervision) . 150 0 0 5,606 0 5 Other domains and works— Purchase of land and improvements to domains and recreation-grounds— Grants .. .. £305 7 10 Subsidies .. .. 75 0 0 380 7 10 £5,986 8 3 £5,986 8 3 MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1925. Exclusive of Wellington Workshops. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 4,891 10 7 By Miscellaneous recoveries .. .. .. 237 2 1 Accident compensation, &c. .. . . 268 12 7 Recoveries from other Departments for mainDrainage and water rates, &c. .. .. 425 6 3 tenance .. .. .. .. 61,681 8 10 Maintenance— £ s. d. Government Houses .. .. .. 6,359 16 8 Rents recovered .. .. 16,349 4 4 Government Buildings .. .. .. 78,225 18 0 Rents assessed against GoParliamentary Buildings .. .. 2,308 4 1 vernment Departments .. 82,377 17 4 Workshops (exclusive of Wellington, for 98,727 1 8 which see separate account) .. .. 1,761 11 1 Services and supplies for other Departments .. 1,301 15 0 Telephone services .. .. .. 161 19 9 Rents paid for Government offices .. .. 13,699 11 11 Travelling expenses and allowances . . 700 8 2 Wages, overseers and staff workmen .. 1,125 16 4 Advertising and sundries . . .. . . 318 8 7 Subsidy—Chatham Island steamer service .. 112 10 0 Freight and cartage .. .. .. 115 9 1 Proportion of departmental expenditure to cover cost of supervision .. .. 1,000 0 0 111,475 3 1 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 21,084 7 5 Balance carried down—excess of income over expenditure for year .. .. .. 29,387 17 1 £161,947 7 7 £161,947 7 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. 76,342 8 6 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 29,387 17 1 Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years — £ s. d. Rents .. . .. 250 0 0 Sale of typewriters and oboslete stock .. .. .. 41 12 3 291 12 3 Interest on advances to Kairuru Quarry Company .. .. .. .. .. 361 2 4 Balance, being excess of expenditure over income after charging interest on capital .. 46,301 16 10 £76,342 8 6 £76,342 8 6 Note.—The following charges have been included for which no parliamentary appropriation is held : (a) Interest at 4| per cent, on capital value of public buildings, furniture, and fittings ; (b) depreciation has been allowed on fixed assets as at Ist April, 1924. Credit has been taken for which no appropriation is held : (a) Rentals as assessed on accommodation for Government Departments throughout New Zealand ; (b) value of maintenance work carried out for other Departments.