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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT— continued. PUBLIC BUILDINGS (CONSOLIDATED FUND): PUBLIC WORKS WORKSHOPS, WELLINGTON (INSIDE WORK). Trading and Profit and Loss Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Manufacturing Account. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Material.. .. .. .. .. 4,456 11 6 By Completed work .. .. .. .. 11,357 16 2 Wages, productive .. .. .. 4,074 9 8 Less incomplete work at Ist April, 1930 .. 1,477 4 6 Cartage, freight .. .. .. .. 210 14 4 Gross profit, carried to Profit and Loss Account 1,885 9 4 9,880 11 8 Plus incomplete work at 31st March, 1931 .. 746 13 2 £10,627 4 10 £10,627 4 10 Profit and Loss Account. To Supervision — £ s. d. £ s. d. By Gross profit on Manufacturing Account, brought £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. 381 6 1 down .. .. .. .. 1,885 9 4 Wages .. .. .. 463 710 Gross profit on sundries, brought down .. 76 9 0 844 13 11 Gross recoveries on account of previous year's Holiday pay .. .- .. .. 328 16 11 expenditure .. .. .. .. 13 13 0 Accident compensation .. .. .. 110 3 2 Balance, being net loss .. .. .. 1,988 1 5 Maintenance of shops .. .. .. 224 18 7 Power .. .. .. .. •■ 241 2 11 Depreciation — £ s. d. Plant 176 10 6 Furniture .. .. .. 12 0 8 Tools .. .. .. 16 4 10 Motor-lorry .. .. .. 40 15 0 245 11 0 Rent of premises .. .. .. 1,145 0 0 Interest on capital at 4| per cent. .. .. 318 0 0 Rebates on work done .. .. .. 3 11 6 Bad debts written off .. . • • • 3 6 1 Overstatement of debtors at Ist April, 1930 .. 42 10 4 Loss on Stock Account, brought down .. 455 18 4 £3,963 12 9 £3,963 12 9 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. PLANT, MATERIAL, AND STORES (PUBLIC WORKS FUND). Income and Expenditure on Capital Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. Income. To Expenditure, including salaries, £ s. d. £ s. d. By Sundry recoveries from miscellaneous works— £ s. d. wages, &c, on— Plant —Hire, depreciation, sales, and transfers Plant .. .. .. 45,113 15 9 to separate accounts .. .. .. 82,814 10 4 Material and stores .. 52,701 3 3 Material and stores —Issues, &c, including 97,814 19 0 overhead charges .. .. .. 61,814 18 10 Balance, excess of capital income over capital expenditure for the year transferred to— Plant Account .. .. 37,700 14 7 Material and Stores Account 9,113 15 7 46,814 10 2 £144,629 9 2 £144,629 9 2 Note. —The following have been transferred to Public Works Departmental Account without appropriation : (a) Depreciation, &c, of plant not in service, £137; (6) amounts to be written off in Appropriation Act, 1930, in connection with material and stores, £97 ss. 9d.

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