BUILDING ACTIVITY

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 24, 24 December 1932, Page 6

BUILDING ACTIVITY

year under review. PERMITS IN CITY. Building operations for which permits liave been issued d unl^ J^ej?as twelve months by the Palmerston North City Council represent a capllai'ec°reafe7 "the economic conditions, activities PP to have been well sustained. Business premises have been modernised and frontages altered during year, while the erection of new blocks in the city area indicates continued confidence. n The period under review, thougn a lean one compared with former P ros " perous years, compares more than favourably with tire total for o centres in the Dominion, and snoi that Palmerston North is maintaining its civic advance. , Permits numbering 245 were issued, including authority for 62 new dwellings, the estimated cost of which was £43,999, or about 60 per cent, of the total building expediture. The returns for December ot tins year are small accounting for only £2885. TWENTY YEARS’ REVIEW. Statistics for the past twenty building years, each ending on March 31, and giving the aggregate value ot all permits issued, are as follow: Value.

The comparison of the values of building permits issued for 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932 on a calendar year basis, as distinct from the building year, is as follows:

Totals 62 43.999 72,907

Year. £ 1912-13 73,784 1913-14 78,303 1914-15 93,690 1915-16 80,811 1916-17 73,423 1917-18 36,110 1918-19 50,085 1919-20 148,659 1920-21 224,262 1921-22 146,144 1922-23 168,171 1923-24 227,513 1924-25 261,267 1925-26 298,495 1926-27 320,760 1927-28 253,528 1928-29 278,407 ■ 1929-30 335,190 1930-31 189,164 1931-32 79,112 CALENDAR YEAR COMPARISON.

Month. January February March April May June July August September October November December 1928. Value Houses, of houses. £ 8 6,675 ... 10 8,735 11 10,686 - 5 3,830 3 2,580 .... 14 12,310 .... 15 13,139 .... 12 10,486 ... 8 6,207 7 4,925 ...., 18 17,119 ... 9 7,832 Total value. £ 12,225 20,465 14,321 22,193 9,165 21,697 36,944 12,707 41,430 12,386 20,098 39,236 Totals .... 120 1929 104,528 Value. 262,867 Total of houses. value. Month. Houses. £ £ January .. .... 18 15,950 27,604 February . .... 18 14,710 21,928 March .... 6 5,456 13,099 April .... 15 12,369 17,312 May ........ .... 12 11.211 16,535 June .... 13 11,614 22,117 15,132 July .... 23 25,824 27,570 August .... 17 15,003 September .... 21 20,571 47,287 October .... .... 13 11,480 25,653 November .... 23 23,695 33,691 December . .... 8 6,575 56,977 Totals .. .... 187 1930. L70,476 Value. 328,612 Total of houses. value. Month. Houses. £ £ January ... .(.. 13 10,452 15,813 F ebruary . .... 14 14,770 36,203 March .... 12 11.400 18,658 April .... 13 11,335 14,362 May .... 14 14,810 17,607 June .... 17 16,051 24,110 July .... 15 13,267 22,027 August .... 13 11,081 15,121 September .... 17 15,666 24,761 October .... .... 13 12,680 15,110 November ... 9 8,875 23,186 December .... 11 8,331 9', 163 Totals .. .... 162 1931. 148,618 Value 236,126 Total Month; Houses, of houses. £ value. £ January . .... 3 2,900 8,739 February . 4 3,010 4,672 March .... .... 9 7,799 10;i26 April .... 6 4,675 7,834 May .... 13 10,676 12,268 June 4,148 8,497 July .... 6 4,447 4.933 August .... .... 7 0.300 6,448 September ... 8 5,877 7,371 October .... 9 6,921 8,204 November ... 3 1,937 2,553 December ... 5 3,450 3,850 Totals . .... 78 1932. 61,195 Value 85.495 Total Month. Houses, of houses. £ value. £ January .. .... 9 7,224 7,781 February . .... 3 1,675 4,052 March .... .... , 6 4,100 5,256 April .... 8 6,055 6,711 May .... 5 3,90Q 3,875 14,161 June 4,547 July .... 6 4,180 4,264 August 3,450 7,483 September ... 6 4,035 6,269 October .... 3 1,960 4,70£*> November ... 4 2,445 4,789 December ... 2 1,100 2,885