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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT—continued. ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF QUARRIES : WESTERN SPRINGS QUARRY. Trading and Profit and Loss Account for the Period ended 31st March, 1940. Dr. £ Or. £ Quarrying .. .. •• •• •• 8,123 Sales .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,937 Crushing .. .. . • •• •• •• 1,897 Transport outward .. .. •• •• 6,303 Internal transport .. .. .. • • • • 2,389 Gross profit carried down . . .. .. ■. 225 £18,937 £18,937 £ £ Salaries," &c. . . ■ • • • • • • • 489 Gross profit brought down .. .. .. .. 225 Accident and holiday pay . . .. .. .. 1,386 Net loss .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,404 Plant hire .. .. ■ ■ • • • ■ 1 > 592 Depreciation .. . ■ • • ■ • • ■ 976 Interest . . . • ■ ■ • ■ • • •• 647 Repairs, maintenance, &c. .. .. .. . ■ 539 £5,629 £5,629 MAINTENANCE OP PUBLIC BUILDINGS (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1940. Expenditure. £ Income. £ Insurance of Government buildings .. .. .. 50,000 Miscellaneous recoveries .. .. .. .. 435 Accident compensation .. •. •• 2,749 Recoveries from other Departments for maintenance of Supervision and administration .. 20,000 buildings, proportion of sewerage rate, &c. .. .. 68,210 Drainage, water, &c., rates . ■ ■ ■ ■ • 598 Rent of offices— £ Maintenance of— Recoveries through Public Account .. 26,445 Vice-Regal residences .. .. .. 7,604 Recovered by assessment .. .. 118,537 Government buildings .. .. 85,419 144,982 Government workshops (exclusive of Wellington, Balance, being excess of expenditure over income before Rotorua, Temuka, and Auckland workshops) .. Cr. 483 charging interest .. .. .. .. 3,937 Parliamentary buildings .. .. .. . • 1,868 Rents paid for Government offices in the Dominion .. 14,956 Wages : Overseers and staff workmen .. .. Cr. 19 Advertising and sundries .. .. .. • ■ 520 Maintenance of gardens and grounds .. .. 2,507 Interest (paid out) .. . • • . • ■ 16 Engineers' Registration Board .. ■ • ■ • 46 Electrical Wiremen's Registration Board . . 765 Depreciation at 2 per cent, on brick, stone, or concrete buildings and 3 per cent, on wooden buildings — £ Departmental buildings .. .. .. 18,161 Vice-Regal residences .. .. 1,677 Ministerial residences .. .. • . 344 Parliamentary buildings .. • • ■ • 8,230 Workshops, garages, &c. .. .. .. 2,636 31,048 £217,594 £217,594 £ £ Balance brought down .. .. •• •• 3,937 Interest on advanoes .. .. .. .. 20 Interest at 4 per cent, on capital .. .. .. 95,006 Balance, being excess of expenditure over income after charging interest on capital, transferred to Maintenance Aocount .. .. .. .. .. 98,923 £98,943 £98,943 PUBLIC WORKS WORKSHOPS, WELLINGTON. Trading and Profit and Loss Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1940. Dr. ■ £ Cr. £ £ Materials purchased .. .. •• ..37,973 Jobs completed during year .. .. .. 91,205 Wages .. .. 30,607 Less jobs incomplete at Ist April, 1939 .. 11,897 Cartage .. .. •• • 1,329 Travelling-expenses recoverable . . . • 60 79,308 Balance, being gross profit carried down to Profit and Loss Plus jobs incomplete at 31st March, 1940 .. 7,202 Account 17,463 86,510 Stock in hand, 31st March, 1940 .. .. .. 3,947 Less stock on hand, Ist April, 1939 . . 3,025 922 £87,432 87,432 £ £ Salaries .. .. ■■ •• ■■ 4,579 Gross profit brought down .. . . .. 17,463 Wages, supervisory .. .. •• •• 1,344 Travelling-expenses, supervisory . . .. .. 307 Holiday pay to workmen .. .. . ■ 1,971 Accident compensation . . . . . ■ ■ • 171 Maintenance, &c., of shops .. .. .. • • 288 Power, gas, &c. .. .. .. .. • ■ 336 Cartage out .. .. .. • • • ■ 81 Depreciation — £ Plant and machinery .. .. • • 130 Tools .. .. ~ ■ • • • 82 Office furniture .. . • • • 17 229 Interest on capital at 4 per cent. .. . • • • 628 Rent of premises (assessed) .. .. •• 1,239 Balance, being net profit for year, transferred to Accumulated Profit and Loss Account 6,290 £17,463 £17,463

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