Appendix Q.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1927.
Expenditure.
1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually expended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows:---
Amount voted. In Estimates. Supplement-ary Votes, Total. Actual Expenditure. (i) Personal Emoluments and Other Charges, $1,268,349.00 $1,268,349.00 $1,117,271.48 (ia) Other Charges, $209,682.00 $213,682.00 $177,164.73 (IB) Special Expenditure, $4,000.00 $6,330.00 $20,580.00 $14,681.13 (ii) Annually Recurrent Works, $1,540,400.00 $258,550.00 $1,798,950.00 $1,542,494.95 (iii) Extraordinary Works, $3,706,264.00 $772,290.00 $4,478,554.00 $2,966,390.69 $6,738,945.00 $1,041,170.00 $7,780,115.00 $5,818,003.01 Less amount met out of savings, under the above Heads as per Financial Messages for the year 1927, $75.00 $430,075.00 Total, $6,738,945.00 $611,095.00 $7,350,040.00 $5,818,003.01*Detailed Statements of (ii) and (iii) are given in Annexes A and B.
With regard to (i), the savings are due partly to higher rate of exchange than the one at which the sterling salaries in the Estimates were converted and also on account of vacant posts provided for in the Estimates not having been filled during the year under review.
In the case of (i), (iв) and (ii), savings were effected on the following sub-heads:-
*In addition to this expenditure a sum of $1,537,261.16 was expended on works charged to Loan Funds, and $747,065.25 on works undertaken for the Military and Naval Authorities.