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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT— continued. MAINTENANCE OF, AND REPAIRS TO, ROADS, CONTROL OF RIVERS, ETC. (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. I Income. £ s. d. To Maintenance and repairs to roads .. .. 12,342 0 7i By Interest on advances to local bodies from Renewal of road-bridges .. .. .. 8,808 12 2 I Public Works Fund .. .. .. 332 6 8 Restoration of flood damage .. .. 8,183 10 0 I Balance, being excess of expenditure over Rail freight on road-metal for local bodies .. 993 9 1 I income for the year, transferred to annual Compensation for injuries .. .. .. 72 17 0 maintenance accounts — £ s. d. Contribution towards maintenance, &c, of Roads, &c. .. .. 33,680 8 6 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers improvement- Waihou and Ohinemuri works ..' .. .. .. 1,180 810 Rivers Account .. 1,180 810 Departmental administration—Proportion allo- Imprest Supply Act, 1927, cated for the year .. .. .. 1,700 0 0 and Local Authorities Interest at 4J per cent, credited to Treasury on Empowering Act, 1928 109,284 6 0 advances to local bodies from Public Works 144,145 3 4 Fund .. .. .. .. .. 311 19 6 Subsidy—Matakanui irrigation race .. .. 95 15 0 Payment to Christchurch Port and City League (in connection with investigations as to best means of access to sea) .. .. 1,000 0 0 Subsidy to Lawrence Borough (widening and deepening Weatherstone's Creek).. .. 161 0 0 Protection of Crown lands from erosion .. 343 11 10 Imprest Supply Act, 1927, and Local Authorities Empowering Amendment Act, 1928 (Relief of Unemployment) .. .. .. 109,284 6 0 £144,477 10 0 £144,477 10 0 Note. —£1,700 for departmental administration is included without appropriation. MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 5,814 8 6 By Miscellaneous recoveries .. .. .. 41 18 3 Accident compensation, &c. .. .. 585 17 7 Recoveries from other Departments for maintenDrainage, water, &c, rates.. .. . . 373 1 0 ance of buildings, proportion of sewerage Maintenance— rates, &c. .. .. .. .. 34,408 6 11 Government houses .. .. .. 2,824 16 7 Rents of offices — Government buildings .. . . 40,848 1 6 Recovered through Public £ s. d. Workshops (exclusive of Wellington workshop) 793 11 5 Account .. .. 14,182 17 8 Telephone services, postages, &c. .. .. 323 3 0 Recovered by assessment 102,230 0 0 Maintenance—Parliamentary Buildings .. 2,454 18 5 116,412 17 8 Rents paid for Government offices in the Freight and cartage — Dominion .. .. .. .. 12,465 9 4 Recoveries .. .. 10,832 4 0 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. 1,188 4 4 Expenditure .. .. 9,721 16 0 Wages of overseers and staff workmen .. 632 6 4 1,110 8 0 Services and supplies for other Departments .. 5, 435 0 4 Advertising and sundries .. .. . . 17 3 8 Proportion of departmental and administration expenditure .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Subsidy to Chatham Island steamer service .. 140 12 6 Engineers Registration Board .. .. 79 1 9 Tramways and motor-omnibus expenses .. 1 19 6 Electrical Wiring Regulations .. .. 125 0 0 Provincial buildings .. .. .. 1,053 6 0 Compassionate grants and allocations .. 305 0 0 Depreciation at 2 per cent, on brick, stone, or concrete buildings, and 3 per cent, on wooden buildings — £ s. d. Departmental buildings .. 10,661 0 0 Government houses .. 1,515 0 0 Ministerial residences .. 210 0 0 Parliamentary Buildings .. 8,225 0 0 Workshops, garages, &c. .. 2,169 0 0 22,780 0 0 Balance, excess of income before charging interest .. .. .. .. 52,732 9 1 £151,973 10 10 £151,973 10 10 To Interest at 4J per cent, on capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Kairuru quarry advances 278 6 9 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 52,732 9 1 Land sold on time payment 14 10 2 Interest on advances.. .. .. .. 390 9 10 Departmental buildings .. 45,953 11 0 Adjustment—Expenditure erroneously shown Government houses .. 6,678 7 2 in previous year's accounts in respect of Ministerial residences .. 1,724 18 10 Wiremen's Registration Act .. .. 114 14 9 Parliamentary Buildings .. 24,365 16 9 Balance, excess of expenditure over income Workshops, garage, &c. .. 6,435 7 2 after charging interest on capital, transferred 85,450 17 10 to Maintenance Account .. .. .. 32,213 4 2 £85,450 17 10 £85,450 17 10 Note.—The following charges have been included for which no parliamentary appropriation is held by the Department under the vote : (a) Interest at 4| 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 other Departments for accommodation in General Government Buildings ; (b) value of maintenance work carried out and rates paid for other Departments.

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