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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT—continued. PLANT, MATERIAL, AND STORES (PUBLIC WORKS FUND). Income and Expenditure on Capital Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Expenditure, including salaries, wages, &c., ! By Sundry recoveries from miscellaneous works— on— Plant—Hire, depreciation, sales, and transPlant .. .. .. .. 49,801 6 3 fers to separate accounts .. .. 44,735 (i 11 Material and stores .. .. .. 59,286 4 4 i Material and stores —Issues, including overMoehau quarry (equipment) .. .. 1,017 14 1 head charges .. .. .. 40,774 17 5 Balance, excess of capital expendituie over capital income for the year transferred to— £ s, d. Plant Account .. 5,065 19 4 Material and Stores Account .. .. 18,511 6 11 Moehau Quarry Account 1,017 14 1 24,595 0 4 £110,105 4 8 £110,105 4 8 Note. —Credit has been taken without parliamentary appropriation under the vote for £3,154, depreciation since 1.917 on plant not in service—transferred to Public Works Departmental Account. PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL (PUBLIC WORKS FUND). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Net expenditure for years on administration By Income for year as under— and supervision expenses, &c., as under — Fees from— Salaries .. .. .. .. 58,418 11 6 Inspection of electrical installations ... 3 3 0 Extra engineering, clerical, draughting, and Water-power licenses .. .. .. 812 0 6 office assistance .. .. .. 21,800 10 1 Electric-line licenses .. .. .. 51 9 0 Travelling-expenses and transfer expenses of Sale of plans, specifications, &c. .. .. 52 1 5 officers .. .. 17,543 19 11 Balance carried down, being excess of net Equipment an other allowances .. .. 2,459 19 4 expenditure over income for year, prior to Printing and stationery, lithographic work, apportionment against various works .. 130,160 11 10 plans, periodicals, &c. .. .. 9,502 11 8 Books, fees, &c., for students attending Canterbury College .. .. .. 132 1711 Purchase of and repairs to instruments, office requisites, &c. .. .. .. 1,421 18 4 Work done by High Commissioner's staff .. 1,130 0 0 Postages, telegrams, telephone connections, and rents of private letter-boxes and bags 6,910 12 0 Fidelity guarantee policy premiums .. 24 16 8 Expenses of Commissions generally .. 34 6 5 Meal allowances .. .. .. 315 7 5 Rents of offices throughout New Zealand .. 14,069 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. lis 9 6 Depreciation on departmental library at 5 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 42 5 0 Depreciation (total since 1917) written off value of plant not in service and not chargeable to particular works .. .. .. 3,154 0 0 £137,079 5 9 £137,079 5 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 136,160 11 10 By Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years .. .. .. 129 0 1 Amounts apportioned to various works and services as under — £ s. d. Railway construction and improvement .. 50,744 0 0 Public buildings .. 10,508 0 0 Lighthouses and harbourworks .. .. 261 0 0 Tourist resorts .. .. 1,610 0 0 Roads, &c. .. .. 28,903 0 0 Irrigation works .. 2,082 0 0 Contingent defence .. 3,320 0 0 Electric supply.. .. 26,240 0 0 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers improvement .. 1,332 0 0 Maintenance of roads .. 1,700 0 0 Maintenance of domains.. 150 0 0 Maintenance of public buildings .. .. 1,000 0 0 127,850 0 0 Balance transferred to Suspense Account for future apportionment .. .. .. 8,18111 9 £136,160 11 10 £136,160 11 10 Note. —The following charges have been included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation under the above vote : (a) Assessed rentals of offices (£14,069) occupied by Public Works Department throughout New Zealand; (b) depreciation of plant not in service (£3,154).

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