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Head 29. Public Works Department.
Estimate 1950/51
Revised Estimato 1949/50
Approved Estimate 1949/50
Actual Expenditure 1948/49
5,434,368 4,306,749
4,349,180
3,643,255
During the current financial year Mr. S. S.Ross,
The
Adviser on Organization and Methods, undertook a comprehensive survey of the Public Works Department. 1950/51 Estimates are based largely on his recommendations. These involve a number of changes in title, style and status of officers in the Public Works Department. In general, however, there are very fow increases in staff. A considerable number of officers normally paid on daily rates is transferred to either the pensionable or the non-pensionable establishment. In the course of 1950/51 a staff reorganisation will be carried out. essential preliminary, however, to provide the necessary
It is an posts in the Estimates and this involves to some extent duplication under this Head and Public Works Recurrent. But, it is expected that in 1951/52 a corresponding reduction of expenditure on daily-paid staff provided for under Public Works Recurbent will be affected.
All
Two other major changes have been made. Floating Staff has now been transferred to the Marine Department on the one hand, while all Lift Operators formerly provided for departmentally are now shown und er the Public Works Department. In addition,
In addition, provision for apprentices has been transferred from Personal Emoluments to Other Charges where a sum of $7,800 is provided for Honoraria for University engineering students. As a result of all those changes Personal Emoluments has shown an increase of $226,246.
Economies in Recurrent Expenditure have been made in most sub-heads. Apart from the provision of Honoraria referred to above, an additional $8,462 for Rent of Offices, and two minor increases for Publications and Uniforms, all other sub-heads show reductions.
The net fall, in Other Charges is $6,838.
With the exhaustion of Loan funds, it is necessary to provide under Special Expenditure for a large number of items which together are estimated to cost $865,780.
The total increase on this Head is
$1,085,188.
Head 30. Public Works Recurrent.
Estimate 1950/51
Revised Estimate 1949/50 Approved Estimate 1949/50 Actual Expenditure 1948/49
$17,033,000
10,358,323
12,632,000
The total increase for this Head is
9,747,900
$4,401,000 but, of this figure, $1,240,000 is accounted for by works executed on private account for which corresponding revenue is received. of the balance,
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