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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT—continued. PUBLIC WORKS WORKSHOPS, AUCKLAND. Trading and Profit and Loss Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Dr. £ s. d. I Cr. £ s. d. Materials purchased for jobs, &c. .. .. 10,287 4 11 Jobs completed during year .. .. 20,937 10 0 Wages: Productive .. .. .. .. 14,285 13 8 Jobs incomplete at 31st March, 1937 .. 3,3.51 12 11 Cartage and freight .. .. .. .. 586 18 9 Stores sold during year .. .. .. 3,927 15 5 Miscellaneous services .. .. .. .. 765 1 9 £ s. d. Balance, being gross profit carried down to Profit Stock on hand, 31st March, 1937 .. 1,824 13 3 and Loss Account .. .. .. .. 2,807 7 9 Less, stock on hand, Ist April, 1936 1,309 4 9 515 8 6 £28,732 6 10 £28,732 6 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. Salaries: Supervision .. .. .. .. 1,110 119 Gross profit transferred from Trading Account 2,807 7 9 Holiday pay to workmen .. .. .. 689 10 5 Balance, being net loss transferred to accumulated Accident compensation paid to workmen.. .. 140 8 2 loss .. .. .. .. .. 773 13 5 Maintenance shops, &c. .. .. .. 384 16 9 Power, gas, &e. .. .. .. .. 129 4 9 Depreciation— £ s. d. Plant and machinery .. 31 8 6 Tolls, &c. .. .. .. 27 2 0 58 10 6 Telephone charges .. .. .. .. 17130 Interest on capital at per cent. .. .. 556 510 Rent of premises (assessed) .. .. .. 494 0 0 £3,581 1 2 £3,581 I 2 CONSOLIDATED EUND—MAINTENANCE OF RAILWAY LINES. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Expenditure. Ineomc. £ ss. d. £ s. d. Net expenditure on maintenance of Net recoveries during year : Recoveries unopened lines — £ s. d. £ s. d. on account of goods and passenger Okaihau-Rangihua .. .. 816 2 4 traffic — Dargaville Branch .. .. 569 12 9 Dargaville Branch .. .. 918 18 11 Gisborne-Waikokopu .. .. 1,088 0 1 Waikokopu Section .. .. 5,906 0 5 Waikokopu Section .. .. 757 4 3 — —-—■— 6,824 19 4 Napier-Wairoa.. .. .. 1,017 6 1 Interest received on sales of plant on time payment 50 12 6 Wharanui-Parnassus .. .. 196 311 Balance, being excess of expenditure over income Kawatiri-Inangahua .. .. 110 12 9 transferred to Maintenance Account .. 81,509 11 8 Wcstport-Inangahua .. .. 323 I 8 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 44 7 10 4,922 11 S Working-expenses of running goods and passenger traffic— Dargaville Branch .. .. 2,870 5 1 Waikokopu Section .. .. 5,053 7 5 7,923 12 6 Contribution towards Improvements and Additions to Open Railway Lines (transfer to Public Works Fund Vote, " Railways Improvement, &c.") .. .. .. .. 50,476 011 Transfer to Working Railways Account on account of various special works.. .. .. .. •• 25,020 14 2 Interest at 4J per cent, credited to Treasury on balance outstanding on sales of plant on time payment .. 42 4 3 £88,385 3 6 £88,385 3 6

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