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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT—continued. MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 6,057 15 11 By Miscellaneous recoveries .. .. .. 48 2 6 Accident compensation, &c. . .. 741 12 8 Recoveries from other Departments for — Drainage and water, &c., rates .. .. 215 5 9 Maintenance of buildings, proportion of Maintenance — sewerage rates, &c. .. .. .. 50,732 9 0 Government Buildings ... .. 61,777 8 4 Rents of offices — Government Houses .. .. .. 2,342 10 3 Recovered through Public £ s. d. Parliamentary Buildings.. .. .. 4,044 14 6 Accounts .. .. 13,808 16 9 Workshops (exclusive of Wellington, for Recovered by assessment .. 98,035 0 0 which see separate account) .. .. 4,845 12 7 111,843 16 9 Telephone services .. .. .. 261 13 6 Freight and cartage — Rents paid for Government offices in the Recoveries .. .. 17,075 14 1 Dominion .. .. .. .. 13,327 3 4 Expenditure .. .. 15,713 0 5 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. 774 0 3 1,362 13 8 Wages of overseers and staff workmen .. 914 2 0 Advertising and sundries .. .. .. 59 12 0 Subsidy to Chatham Island steamer service .. 112 10 0 Proportion of " Departmental " administration expenditure .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Engineers Registration Board administration.. 184 18 1 Wiremen's Registration Board (administration) 991 15 7 Tramways and motor-omnibus expenses .. 529 10 5 Services and supplies for other Departments .. 913 8 9 99,093 13 11 Depreciation at 2 per cent, on brick, stone, or concrete buildings and 3 per cent, on wooden buildings— £ s. d. Departmental Buildings .. 10,230 8 0 Government Houses .. 1,515 0 0 Ministerial residences .. . 210 0 0 Parliamentary Buildings .. 8,214 0 0 Workshops, garages, &c. .. 1,562 5 0 21,731 13 0 Balance, excess of income before charging interest .. .. .. .. 43,161 15 0 £163,987 1 11 £163,987 1 11 To Interest at 4£ per cent, on capital — £ s. d. £ s. d. Kairuru Quarry advances (£6,185) .. 278 6 9 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 43,161 15 0 Land, buildings, furniture, and fittings— Recoveries on account of expenditure of preDepartmental Buildings .. .. 44,686 9 9 vious years .. .. .. .. 172 13 3 Government Houses .. .. .. 6,734 10 5 Interest on advances to Kairuru Quarry Co. .. 371 2 4 Ministerial residences .. .. .. 1,735 4 0 Balance, excess of expenditure over income Parliamentary Buildings . . .. 23, 006 1 4 j after charging interest on capital, transWorkshops, garages, &c. .. .. 5,380 7 6 I ferred to Maintenance Account .. .. 38,115 9 2 £81,820 19 9 j £81,820 19 9 . | = Notes. —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 in General Government Buildings ; (b) value of maintenance work carried out and rates paid for other Departments.