POST AND TELEGRAPH —continued. Department—continued. Annual report—continued. Staff, F.-l- —continued. Personal, F.-l, 6. Persons employed in the Department, F.-l, 6. Post and Telegraph Officers' Sick Benefit Fund, F.-l, 8. Report on officers, F.-l, 7. Salaries, &c., F.-l, 7. Sick benefit fund, F.-l, 8. Visit of engineering officers to Australia, F.-l, 6. Stores Branch, F.-l, 9. Suggestions Board, F.-l, 8. Telegraph and telephones-Carrier-current telephone systems, F.-l, 22. Decorative telegram stationery, F.-l, 19. General election and licensing poll, 1938, F.-l, 21. Inland code telegrams, F.-l, 20. International Telecommunications Conference, Cairo, 1938, F.-l, 19. Meteorological Offices, F.-l, 21. Multi-channel voice-frequency telegraph, F.-l, 21. Overseas letter-telegrams, F.-l, 20. Poles and wires, F.-l , 24. Printing telegraphs, F.-l, 21. Public call offices, F.-l, 27. Residential telephone connections, F.-l, 26. Switch-board accommodation, increases in, F.-l, 29. Telegrams and toll calls : Number, F.-l, 45. Telegraph and telephone communication: Maintenance, F.-l, 23. Telegraph and toll systems : Extension, F.-l, 22, 37. Telegraph batteries and power supply, F.-l, 21. Telegraph service, F.-l, 7. Telegraph traffic, F.-l, 19. Telephone-exchanges : Services, F.-l, 26, 27. Telephones—Number : F.-l, 4, 46. Telephone statistics, F.-l, 29. Toll service, F.-l, 21. Workshops, F.-l, 9. Work performed for other Departments, F.-l, 18. Telegraph extension, D.-l, xxx. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. See under PUBLIC WORKS. PUBLIC DOMAINS. See under LANDS AND SURVEY. PUBLIC WORKS--Annual statement, D.-l— Chief Electrical Engineer : Annual report — Broken wires and poles, D.-l, 102. Electrical accidents, D.-l, 110. Electrical fires, D.-l, 112. Electric supply— North Island system : Maximum quantity loads, D.-l, 116. South Island svstem : Maximum quantity loads, D.-l, 117. Electrical Supply and Electrical Wiring Regulations, D.-l, 109. Electrical wiremen : Registration, D.- l , 112. Electric-power Boards, D.-l, 97. Generating-schemes in operation— Design office, D.-l, 93. North Island electric-power system, D.-l, 75, 115. South Island electric-power system, D.-l, 87, 117. Tables : North Island and South Island electricpower systems, D.-l, 120. Growth of load, D.-l, 104. Hydraulic section, D.-l, 96. Inspections of electric lines, also private generatingplants, D.-l, 109. Licenses and permits issued, D.-l, 109. Local electric-supply systems, D.-l, 98. New Zealand electrical-supply statistics, D.-l, 105-8. Engineer-in-Chief : Annual report — Aerodromes, landing-grounds, and air-route facilities : Establishment, D.-l, 61. Construction and improvement of roads and bridges, D.-l, 40. Defence works, D.-l, 68. Designing office, D.-l, 69. Harbour-works, D.-l, 58. Hydro-electric development, D.-l, 38. Improvements to school-sites, D.-l, 58. Irrigation, D.-l, 35. Lands-improvement, D.-l, 53.

PUBLIC WORKS —continued. Annual statement, D.-l —continued. Engineer-in-Chief: Annual report—continued. Plant and mechanical equipment, D.-l, 65. Public buildings, D.-l, 69. Railways, D.-l, 25. Small-farms scheme, D.-l, 57. Tramways, D.-l, 68. Finance — Annual public-works expenditure : Loan-money, D.-l, ix. Annual main highways accounts, D.-l, 127, 152. Expenditure and liabilities on public buildings out of Public Works Fund, D.-l, 11. Expenditure for the year: Audited statement of expenditure out of Public Works Fund for the year 1938-39, D.-l, 23. Net expenditure on road-construction, including main highways, for years 1913-14 to 1938-39, D.-l, xxi. Percentage earned on operating-capital after paying net operating-expenses, D.-l, xiv. Railways Statement, showing expenditure on construction of rail ways, D.-l, 8. Receipts and expenditure, Public Works Fund 1938-39, D.-l, xviii. Total expenditure : Summary showing total expenditure out of Public Works Fund, D.-l, 1. Yearly expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1917—18 to 1938-39, D.-l, 2. Government Architect: Annual report on buildings, &c , D.-l, 70. Irrigation and water-supply— Schedule of schemes, completed or under construction, D.-l, 20. Total area for which irrigation water is available, D.-l, xxiv. Main Highways Board : Annual report— Beautification of highways, D.-l, 145. Construction, D.-l, 132. Declarations and adjustments of main highways I) -1 150. Finance, D.-l, 127, 152. Flood damage, D.-l, 132. Foremen and overseers of road construction : Examination, D.-l, 150. General, D.-l, 127. Highway engineering and design, D.-l, 146. Highways materials, testing of, D.-l, 145. Improving visibility at corners and intersections, D.-l, 207. Legislation, D.-I, 127. Lengths of main highways, D.-l, 133, 144, 155. Level railway crossings : Elimination, D.-l, 142. Lighting on main highways, D.-l, 208. Local authorities' advances, D.-l, 145. Magnetic truck, D.-l, 149. Maintenance, D.-l, 130, .131. Plant, D.-l. 145. Residential accommodation for regular surfacemen D.-l, 144. Road-safety measures, D.-l, 143. Sign-posting, centre line marking, &c., D.-l, 144, Standard specifications, D.-l, 149. State highways, D.-l, 142, 145. Tables— Annual main highways accounts, D.-l, 152. Construction of work completed during the vear 1938-39, D.-l, 132. Length of main highways, D.-l, 155. Lengths of main highways metalled and surfaced since inception of Board's operations (9th June, 1924), D.-I, 133. Maintenance of main highways (including bridges) D.-l, 131. Tests of stone completed during year, D.-l, 155. Minister's report— Aerodromes and subsidiary services : Establishment, D.-l, xxviii. Education buildings, D.-l, xxviii. Finance— Expenditure, 1938-39,: Public Works Fund, D.-l, vii, viii. Receipts, Public Works Department, 1938-39, D.-l, vii. Votes under control of Minister of Public Works : Summary, D.-l, ix. Votes under control of Ministers other than Minister of Public Works: Summary, D.-I, x.

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