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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT —continued. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER DOMAINS (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account fob, the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Expenditure,. Income. To Net expenditure on— By Balance, being excess of expenditure over Government domains — £ s. d. £ s. d. income for the year, transferred to Domains £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. 4,332 810 Maintenance Account .. .. .. 0,101 5 2 Wages .. .. .. 53 18 11 Coal, coke, water, &c. .. 75 13 3 Flower-seeds bulbs, plants, &c. 238 18 5 Garden implements, manures, &c. .. .. .. 107 10 7 Horse - feed, shoeing, and general .. .. 17 8 1 Departmental expenditure (allocated proportion to cover cost of administration) .. .. .. 150 0 0 4,975 18 1 Other domains and works— Purchase of land and improvements to domains and recreation grounds — Grants .. .. 546 19 2 Subsidies .. .. 578 7 11 1,125 7 1 £6,101 5 2 £6,101 5 2 Notb. —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 fop. the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. 5,594 8 0 By Miscellaneous recoveries .. .. 113 18 6 Accident compensation, &c. .. .. 545 9 0 Recoveries from other Departments for— Drainage and water, &c., rates .. .. 304 9 4 Maintenance of buildings, proportion of Maintenance — sewerage rates, &c. .. .. 56,525 2 1 Government Buildings .. .. 69, 298 1 8 Rents of offices — Government Houses .. .. 2,936 15 9 Recovered through £ s. d. Parliamentary Buildings .. 1,801 10 7 Public Accounts .. 13,437 3 8 Workshops (exclusive of Wellington, for * Recovered by assesswhich see separate account) .. .. 1,432 14 2 ment .. .. 9.1,662 0 0 Telephone services .. .. .. 257 10 11 105,099 3 8 Rents paid for Government offices in the Net receipts in connection with adminisDominion . . .. . • .. 11,063 3 2 tration of — Travelling expenses and allowances .. 809 0 1 Engineers' Registration Board .. 362 7 4 Wages of overseers and staff workmen .. 2,708 6 9 Wiremen's Registration Board .. 116 5 7 Advertising and sundries .. .. 80 I 9 Subsidy to Chatham Islands steamer service 112 10 0 £ s. d. Freight and cartage .. 12,140 14 9 Less recovered .. 11,861 7 8 279 7 1 Proportional of " Departmental " administration expenditure .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Services and supplies for other Departments 1,355 12 1 99,579 0 4 Depreciation at 2 per cent, on brick, stone, or concrete buildings and 3 per cent. wooden buildings— Departmental buildings £ s. d. (£414,847).. .. 9,309 0 0 Government Houses (£50,500) .. .. 1,515 0 0 Ministerial residences (£7,000) .. .. 210 0 0 Parliamentary Buildings (£408,851) .. 8,177 0 0 Workshops, garages, &e. (£38,752) .. .. 1,163 0 0 20,374 0 0 Balance, excess of income before charging interest .. .. .. .. 42,263 16 10 £162,216 17 2 £162,216 17 2 £ s * d* £ s. d. To Interest at 4|- per cent, on capital value— By Balance brought down .. .. .. 42,263 16 10 Kairuru quarry advances (£6,185) .. 278 6 9 Recoveries on account of expenditure of Land, buildings, furniture, and fittings — previous years .. .. .. 209 19 6 Departmental Buildings (£926,175) .. 41,677 17 6 Interest on advances to Kairuru Quarry Co. 371 2 4 Government Houses (£149,723) .. 6,737 10 0 Balance, excess of expenditure over income Ministerial residences (£37,167) .. 1,672 10 0 after charging interest on capital, transParliamentary Buildings (£516,302) .. 23,233 10 0 ferred to Maintenance Account .. 35,674 14 7 Workshops, garages, &'c. (£109,332) .. 4,919 19 0 £78,519 13 3 £78,519 13 3 Note. —The following charges have been included for which no parliamentary appropriation is held by the Department under the vote : (a) Interest at 4J per cent, on capital value of public buildings ; (b) depreciation of fixed assets ; (c) proportion of " Departmental" expenditure. The following credits have been taken without appropriation : (a) Rentals assessed against Departments for accommodation i n General Government Buildings ; (b) value of maintenance work carried out and rates paid for other Departments.

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