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STORES

59. All railway allocated and unallocated stores were completely checked by the staff of this department in March 1961. Both the physical stock and ledger balances were found to be correct and in order.

60. A comparative statement of purchases for the year 1959-60 and 1960-61 is given below:

1959-60

$

1960-61

$

Coal

Furnace Oil

8,300.00

20,235.00

25,816.03

42,382.92

Light Fuel Diesel Oil

277,219.56

287,482.42

Lubricating Oil

29,979.23

29,972.69

Petrol

2,417.90

1,735.00

From Government Stores

119,971.10

144,613.80

By Local Purchases

123,244.69

107,736.08

From Crown Agents

200,180.66

754,803.07

From Australia

F

25,838.08

14,998.28

$812,967.25

$1,403,959.26

61. Coal. Purchase of coal amounted to 210 tons compared with 100 tons for the previous year. The price of coal fell steadily from $103.00 per ton at the beginning to $91.50 per ton at the end of the financial year.

62. Furnace Oil. The price of furnace oil decreased from $143.00 to $130.80 per ton for the first half of the financial year. In January 1961 the unit cost of this oil was changed from per ton to per imperial gallon and the price was $0.545 per imperial gallon. Total purchase for the year was 316 tons, approximately 76,434 I.G., an increase of 136 tons com- pared with previous year.

63. Light Fuel Diesel Oil. As in the case of furnace oil, the unit cost of light fuel diesel oil was also changed from per ton to per imperial gallon but the effective date was 1st June, 1960. At the beginning of the year, the price of this oil varied from $245.00 to $240.00 per ton and from 1st June, 1960 to the end of the financial year, the price dropped from $0.928 to $0.880 per I.G. Total purchase for the year was 1,204 tons, approximately 319,055 I.G., an increase of 70 tons compared with the previous year.

64. The figures for the consumption of coal, furnace oil and light fuel diesel oil are shown in Appendices XI, XII and XIII,

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