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maintenance of office buildings, etc. etc. It il then to
possible to see exactly how much it costs to produce a gallon
of water. This gallon of water should he sold as a commercial article; sufficient being charged to cover its cost of
production. As a corollary there will be no water rate,
cxcept for water required for public purposes such as stroct cleansing, no free allowance, and the ridor main system will
have to be abandoned.
10. Boforo dealing with the romaining sub departments in detail thoro are certain gonoral recommendations which concern
thom all. The first in fact will affect all Government
apartments.
1st January
C
That is that tho financial year bo altorod from
b1st Doccmbor to 1st April - 61st March. ΤΟΥ
accounting and ordinary administration purposes the dates aro immatorial, but from the ongincoring standpoint they are most important. The winter months October to March are the day
months and honce tho bost building months.
building a now house or rc-decorating an old one,
Whotho it is
1oad of cutting down a hill, the work can best be
continuous spoll of fino weather can be relied on.
build ing a
done when a
In tond:xing
the contractor takes into his calculation the number of wot
days thoro are likely to bo, when no work is being dono by hia wolkmon who have to be paid all the samo. But a noro sorious objection is that with the financial year ending on ülst December all maintenance contracts automatically come to an end. Work stops right in the middle of the day season. If the same contractor gets the contract for the succeeding year all is woll, but that is by no means the rule - quite rightly. The result is
The chango
that several valuable days or even weeks are lost.
oz
over would not be difficult, whereas the saving would be considerable.