50. Railway Land. The following areas of Railway land were leased for various purposes:
Area
Description
Annual Rental
Sq. Ft.
$
Military Camps, etc.
435,858
2.00
A Bible Auditorium (Seventh Day
Adventists)
6,000
8,640.00
A
A Club House and Sports Ground
126,936
30.00
A Boy Scouts Hut
3,735
10.00
Motor Car Garage
19,756
26,042.40
Film Titling Studio
3,000
3.003.84
Storage
41,510
30.278.47
Cultivation and Gardening
1,216,178
3,703.44
Various other purposes
122,368
104,483.18
1,975,341
$176,193.33
51. Advertising Space. Advertising apace let during the year was 10,404 sq. ft. to a total value of $148.546.11.
52. Australian Sleepers. A total of 3,172 Australian sleepers arrived during the year.
STORES
53. A complete check of stores was carried out by the Annual Board of Survey in March 1959. Both the physical stock and ledger balances were found to be correct and in order. The Board reported satisfactorily on the survey.
54. A comparative statement of purchases for the year 1957/58 and 1958/59 is given below:
1957/58
1958/59
$
$
Coal
80,085.00
Nil
Furnace Oil
47,364.12
12,950.28
Light Fuel Diesel Oil
275,789.76
297,062.34
Lubricating Oil
26,342.81
22,647.50
Petrol
2,087.00
2,969.00
From Government Stores
137,922.78
167,282.77
By Local Purchase
141,825.37
144,608.82
From Crown Agents
200,979.47
248,027.32
From Australia
1,405,438.25
75.179.36
$2,317,834.56
$970,727.39
55. Coal. No coal was purchased during the year, the 99.55 tons consumed being drawn from stock purchased the previous year.
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