EXPENDITURE
235. The total expenditure during the year amounted to some $47,348,000 as compared with $46,848,000 in 1950/51. Approximately $22,000,000 was spent on major public works and $15,000,000 on recurrent maintenance works. Salaries and other administrative costs accounted for some $7,400,000 while $2,000,000 represented Rehabilitation Loan expenditure. The following comparative statement shows the expenditure on Public Works during the four years 1948/49 to 1951/52.
Year Personal Emoluments & other Charges $ Non Recurrent Recurrent Rehabilitation Loan Miscellaneous Total 1948-49 3,644,000 17,626,000 9,748,000 173,000 36,813,000 1949-50 3,932,000 20,643,000 12,975,000 960,000 50,993,000 1950-51 4,051,000 19,369,000 14,473,000 8,578,000 377,000 46,848,000 1951-52 7,401,000 21,430,000 15,500,000 1,966,000 1,614,000 47,348,000APPRECIATION
236. It gives the writer great pleasure to record appreciation of the loyalty and hard work performed by the staff of all sections of the Department.
THEODORE L. BOWRING, O.B.E., M.I.C.E., M.I.Struct.E., Director of Public Works.
29th July, 1952.
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