$12,606.
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There is a total increase on the Head of
Head 28. Public Works Department.
Estimate 1951/52.
Revised Estimate 1950/51. Approved Estimate 1950/51.
Actual Expenditure 1949/50.
87,475,723
4,916,756
5,434,368
3,976,808
There are very few changes in the senior posts
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in this Department. The post of Town Planning Officer, which has never been filled, has been a bolished. It has been necessary to provide for a short overlapping period for a supernumerary appointment of Chief Architect pending the retirement of an officer on leave. A post of Building Surveyor has been abolished and an Assistant Mechanical Inspector regraded as a Mechanical Inspector Class II. post of Mechanical Inspector Class I has also been abolished. Three posts of Photo Printers have been transferred from the non-pensionable to the pensionable establishment and dne Woman Confidential Assistant promoted from Class II to Class I. The only changes in the non- pensionable establishment are the absorption of a post of Woman Architect into the male ostablishment, and the abolition of the posts of one Quantity Surveyor Assistant and one Messenger. One Head Office Attendant has been regraded as Office Attendant. There is a small increase of $35,635 in Personal Emoluments.
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Arising out of a decision to show in departmental estimates the expenditure on daily-paid staff under a separate sub-head of expenditure entitled casual labour readjustment in the expenditure between the Public Works Department and Public Works Recurrent became necessary. The sum of $2,009,000 is shown for the daily-paid staff employed by the Public Works Departmant. A great portion of this expenditure was previously shown under the maintenance provisions under Public Works Recurrent. A portion of it is in respect of uncompleted loan works which it nas been necessary to carry forward under Public Works Recurrent. Two other new sub-heads are shown for the first time. A sum of $5,000 is provided for subsistence allowances and $2,000 for courses of instruction abroad which was previously shown under miscellaneous services.
Special Expenditure items cost only 3720 more than last year and the sub-heads are largely self- explanatory.
$2,041,355.
The total increase on the Head amounts to
Head 29. Public Works Recurrent.
Estimate 1951/52.
Revised Estimate 1950/51.
Approved Estimate 1950/51. Actual Expenditure 1949/50.
$15,205,000
15,272,233
16,633,000
12,974,374
Expenditure on Public Works Recurrent shows
a reduction of 1,428,000. Some sub-heads are lower because of the elimination of daily-paid labour which has been transferred to the provision for casual labour under Public Works Department. This adjustment has produced an apparent saving but in a number of cases, if the expenditure had been shown on the same lines as in 1950/51, the
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