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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT —continued. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER DOMAINS (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure on— £ s. c(. By Balance, being excess of expenditure over inGovernment domains— come for the year, transferred to Domains £ s. d. Salaries .. .. . . .. 4,220 1 9 Maintenance Account .. .. .. 5,449 5 3 Coal, coke, water, &c... .. .. 76 8 6 Flower-seeds, bulbs, plants, &c. .. 127 2 6 Garden implements, manures, &c. .. 346 1 3 Horse-feed, shoeing, and general . . 710 9 Departmental expenditure (allocated proportion to cover cost of administration) 150 0 0 4,990 14 9 Other domains and works— Purchase of land and improvements to domains and recreation-grounds— £ s. d. Grants .. .. .. 282 10 0 Subsidies .. .. 176 0 6 458 10 6 £.5,449 5 3 £5,449 5 3 Note.—The following charge has been included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation under the above vote ; Proportion of " Departmental " expenditure, £150. MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 5,984 711 By Miscellaneous recoveries .. .. .. 80 2 1 Accident compensation, &c. .. .. 811 12 3 Recovered from other Departments forDrainage, water, &c., rates .. .. 228 19 5 Maintenance of buildings, proportion of Maintenance— sewerage rates, &c. .. .. .. 37,192 17 2 Government houses .. .. .. 2,552 010 Rents of offices— £ s. d. Government buildings .. .. .. 45,224 10 7 Recovered through public Parliamentary Buildings .. .. 2,914 3 3 accounts .. .. 15,554 911 Telephone services, postages, &c. .. .. 300 8 1 Recovered by assessment 98,657 0 0 Rents paid for Government offices in the Do- — 114,211 9 11 minion .. .. .. 13,126 17 6 Freight and cartage— Travelling-expenses and allowances .. .. 868 7 8 Recoveries .. .. 18,468 18 7 Wages of overseers and staff workmen .. 2,330 411 Expenditure .. .. 17,235 19 10 Advertising and sundries .. .. .. 65 9 4 1,232 18 9 Subsidy to Chatham Islands steamer service.. 112 10 0 Services and supplies for other Departments .. . 2,050 13 7 Proportion of departmental and administration Maintenance of workshops (exclusive of Welexpenditure .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 lington, for which see separate account) .. 5,469 0 8 Engineers Registration Board (administration) 135 11 8 Wiremen's Registration Board (administration) 1,198 2 4 Tramways and motor-omnibus expenses .. 197 8 3 Auckland Metropolitan Transport Commission 4,097 12 8 Provincial buildings .. .. .. 50 0 0 £81,198 6 8 Depreciation at 2 per cent, on brick, stone, or concrete buildings, and 3 per cent. on wooden buildings— £ s. d. Departmental buildings . . 10,525 0 0 Government houses .. 1,515 0 0 Ministerial residences .. 210 0 0 Parliamentary Buildings .. 8,225 0 0 Workshops, garages, &c. .. 2,125 0 0 22,600 0 0 Value of old building demolished (written oif) 4,125 0 0 Balance, excess of income before charging interest .. .. .. .. 52,313 15 6 £160,237 2 2 £160,237 2 2 To Interest at 4| per cent, on capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. Kairuru Quarry advances (£6,185) .. 278 6 9 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 52,313 15 6 Land, buildings, furniture and fittings— Recoveries on account of expenditure of Departmental buildings .. .. 44,766 18 0 previous years .. .. .. .. 20 8 11 Government Houses .. .. .. 6,757 7 7 Interest on advances to Kairuru Quarry Co. .. 371 2 4 Ministerial residences !! .. .. 1'730 2 3 Balance, excess of expenditure over income Parliamentary Buildings .. .. 23,030 17 4 after charging interest on capital, transWorkshops, garages, &c. .. .. 6,383 1 5 ferred to Maintenance Account .. .. 30,241 6 7 £82,946 13 4 £82,946 13 4 Note.—-The following charges have been included for which no parliamentary appropriation is held by the Department under the vote : (a) Interest at 4|- per cent, on capital value of public buildings ; (6) depreciation of fixed assets ; (c) proportion of " Departmental " expenditure. The following credits have been taken without appropriation : (a) Rentals assessed against Departments for accommodation in General Government buildings ; (b) value of maintenance work carried out and rates paid for other Departments.