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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT— continued. TIMBER-SUPPLY AND SAWMILLS (PUBLIC WORKS FUND) : .MAKOMAKO. Trading and Profit and Loss Account fob the Yeae ended 31st March, 1931. Trading Account. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Logging— By Sales of timber .. .. .. .. 5,673 11 6 Logs on skids, 31st March, 1930 7 14 6 Wages .. .. .. ],412 10 0 Supplies .. ~ .. 206 17 10 1,627 2 4 MillingTimber on hand, 31st March, 1930 .. .. .. 296 8 8 Wages .. .. .. 1,942 15 0 Supplies .. .. .. 366 511 2,605 9 7 Gross profit .. .. .. .. 1,440 19 7 £5,673 11 6 £5,673 11 6 Profit and Loss Account. Dr. £ s. d. I Cr. ■ £ s d To Royalty .. .. .. .. .. 570 411 By Gross profit .. .. .. .. 1,440 19 7 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 817 15 4 Plant hired .. .. .. .. 90- 0 0 Net profit .. .. .. .. 142 19 4 £1,530 19 7 £1,530~uT~7 Accumulated Profit and Loss Account. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s. d. To Balance, net profit to 31st March, 1931 .. 5,236 0 10 By Net profit to 31st March, 1930 .. .. 5,093 1 6 Net profit for 1930-31 .. .. .. 142 19 4 £5,236 0 10 £5,236 0 10 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTAL (PUBLIC WORKS FUND). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure for year on administration and £ s. d. By Income for year as under— £ s. d. supervision expenses, &c., as under— Fees from — Salaries .. .. .. .. 39,911 11 6 Inspection and licenses, &c, electric lines Extra engineering, clerical, draughting, and and installations .. .. .. 213 3 0 office assistance .. .. .. 56,906 17 10 Water-power licenses .. .. .. 1,166 2 6 Travelling-expenses and transfer expenses of Inspection of motor-omnibuses.. .. 456 0 0 officers .. .. .. .. 32,490 12 8 Balance carried down, being excess of net Equipment and other allowances .. -,3,173 15 4 expenditure over income for year prior to Printing and stationery, lithographic work, apportionment against various works .. 176,356 2 3 plans, periodicals, &c. .. .. 14,373 18 3 Books, fees, &c, for students attending Canterbury College .. .. .. 85 10 6 Work done by High Commissioner's staff .. 1,340 0 0 Postages, telegrams, telephone connections, and rents of private letter boxes and bags 11,649 0 2 Fidelity-guarantee-policy premiums .. 18 7 6 Meal allowances .. .. .. 231 18 10 Repairs and upkeep, &c, of instruments .. 714 810 Rents of offices throughout New Zealand .. 16,597 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 393 5 7 Depreciation on departmental library at 5 per cent. .. .. .. .'. .. 70 15 0 Depreciation, &c, written off value of plant not in service and not chargeable to particular works .. .. .. .. 137 0 0 Losses, deficits, <fce., for 1929-30, transferred from Material and Stores Account .. 97 5 9 £178,191 7 9 £178~19l"7~~9 £ s. d. £ Si a. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 176,356 2 3 By Recoveries on account of expenditure of preAmount underallocated for 1929-30 .. 2,718 910 vious vears .. .. .. .. 10 2 6 Amounts apportioned to various works and services as under — £ s. d. Railway construction and improvement .. .. 52,534 0 0 Public buildings .. .. 9,455 0 0 Lighthouses and harbourworks .. .. 317 0 0 Tourist resorts .. .. 1,775 0 0 Roads, &c. .. .. 56,113 0 0 Irrigation works .. .. 1,841 0 0 Contingent defence .. 405 0 0 Electric supply .. .. 24,941 0 0 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers improvement .. 619 0 0 Maintenance of roads .. 1,700 0 0 Maintenance of domains .. 150 0 0 Maintenance of public buildings .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 150,850 0 0 Balance carried forward to 1930-31 .. 28,214 9 7 £179,074 12 1 £179,074 12 1 Note. —The following charges have been included without appropriation under the above vote : (a) Assessed rentals of offices, &c> (£16,597), occupied by Public Works Department throughout New Zealand; (b) depreciation, &c, of plant not in service (£137)! (c) transfer from Material and Stores Account (£97 ss. 9d.).

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