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600. The important column of this statement for present purposes is that relating to new buildings and additions. The amount expended is £259,694 Bs. sd. It will be noted that included in this amount are the amounts spent on erecting the following new substantial residential hotels : The Station Hotel in Auckland during 1931-32 at a cost of £63,069 ; The Commercial Hotel at Te Awamutu during 1937-39 at a cost of £40,354 13s. 7d., the old building with the license having been acquired in 1936 at a cost of £18,589; and The Whakatane Hotel in 1938 at a cost of £32,848. These are, we think, substantial contributions to the provision of modern hotels. 601. (It should be noted that the purchase of Hotel Cargen during 1938 for £33,787 16s. 6d. represents only a transfer to Hancock and Co. from Cargen Proprietary, Ltd., a company in which the shares were held for Hancock and Co., and that the transfer was made in satisfaction of the losses incurred in running the hotel.) 602. The Campbell and Ehrenfried Co. has supplied the following return, showing its capital expenditure since the year 1930 :

603. Included in the total of £136,477 are the amounts paid for the erection of two new buildings —viz., £lOO,OOO for the Commercial Hotel at Hamilton in the year 1939 and £17,000 for the Imperial Hotel at Thames in the year 1936. When these two amounts are deducted' from the total there is left a balance of £19,477, which has been largely

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Hotel. Situated. Mature of Expenditure. Amount. Albert Caledonia Edinburgh Castle Metropolitan Prince of Wales Star Suffolk Victoria Ellerslie Manukau Northcote Commercial Helensville Imperial Masonic Settlers Waipa Auckland 99 • • 99 • • » • • 99 Ellerslie Onehunga Northcote Hamilton Helensville Thames Cambridge Whangarei Ngaruawahia New hot-water service; additional lounge space Modernizing and increasing bar accommodation Provision of staff accommodation Additional toilets ; improved bar accommodation Bar alterations Provision of hot and cold water in bedrooms ; increased bathroom accommodation Modernizing and increasing bar accommodation Increased conveniences Additions to building frontage; improved bar accommodation New conveniences .. .. Additional bar accommodation and toilet conveniences Complete new building .. .. Modernizing bar accommodation ; additional bathroom Complete new building .. .. Additional bathroom .. .. Provision of hot and cold water in bedrooms ; improved bar 'accommodation ; increased lounge accommodation Expenditure on bar accommodation £ s. d. 950 0 0 2,555 0 0 458 0 0 498 0 0 281 0 0 2,875 0 0 1,600 0 0 109 0 0 4,508 0 0 89 0 0 454 0 0 100,000 0 0 850 0 0 17,000 0 0 109 0 0 4,041 0 0 100 0 0 136,477 0 0