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110. Maintenance of Workshops: Overheads and power costs were met, and all plant and equipment was maintained in good order.
111. Petrol, Oil and Lubricants: Petrol, oil and grease was supplied for workshop use and for the running of pool vehicles.
112. Maintenance of Harbour Plant and Equipment: 135 repair and overhaul jobs were carried out on mechanical plant on charge to the Port Works Office.
113. Maintenance of Quarries and Road Plant: 1,126 repair and overhaul jobs were carried out on mechanical plant on charge to the Roads Office.
Rehabilitation Loan.
114. Motor Transport: 17 small saloon cars, 2/25-cwt. vans, 8 light motor cycles and 6 ambulances were purchased during the year.
115. Instruments and Machinery: Workshop equipment involving an expenditure of $107,405.25 was obtained or ordered.
General Review.
116. The amount of work handled in the Mechanical Workshops continued to increase both in variety and quantity. Lack of suitable equipment and workshop space was still a retarding factor, but vehicle repair and servicing equipment ordered through the Crown Agents commenced to arrive. Certain extensions and alterations which were carried out to the existing buildings led to a more efficient utilization of workshop covered accommodation.
117. As in previous years, much work of a varied and diverse nature, apart from the normal electrical installations in buildings and maintenance of vehicles, was carried out for other Offices and Departments, ranging from the repair and maintenance of cinema projectors for the Education Department to the fabrication by electric welding and the erection of floating boring rigs for the Port Works Office.
118. The delay in delivery of numerous stock indents for spares for vehicles and mechanical plant forwarded to the Crown Agents, coupled with the rapidly ageing state of the majority of the vehicles and plant, necessitated an increasing amount of manufacturing work having to be carried out in the workshop. No new machine tools ordered from the United Kingdom arrived, but a number of old second-hand lathes and other machine tools obtained from the Japanese reparation shipments were reconditioned and placed in service to cope with the heavy demands for this type of work.
119. Further progress was made in combining the functions of the former Electrical Office and Transport Office in order to reduce as much as possible the overlapping of duties. The problem was not completely overcome due to lack of a combined
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110. Maintenance of Workshops: Overheads and power costs were met, and all plant and equipment was maintained in good order.
111. Petrol, Oil and Lubricants: Petrol, oil and grease was supplied for workshop use and for the running of pool vehicles.
112. Maintenance of Harbour Plant and Equipment:-135 repair and overhaul jobs were carried out on mechanical plant on charge to the Port Works Office.
113. Maintenance of Quarries and Road Plant:-1,126 repair and overhaul jobs were carried out on mechanical plant on charge to the Roads Office.
Rehabilitation Loan.
114. Motor Transport:--17 small saloon cars, 2/25-cwt. vans, 8 light motor cycles and 6 ambulances were purchased during the year.
115. Instruments and Machinery:-Workshop equipment in- volving an expenditure of $107,405.25 was obtained or ordered.
General Review.
116. The amount of work handled in the Mechanical Work- Lack shops continued to increase both in variety and quantity. of suitable equipment and workshop space was still a retarding factor, but vehicle repair and servicing equipment ordered through the Crown Agents commenced to arrive. Certain extensions and alterations which were carried out to the existing buildings led to a more efficient utilization of workshop covered accommodation.
117. As in previous years much work of a varied and diverse nature, apart from the normal electrical installations in buildings and maintenance of vehicles was carried out for other Offices and Departments, ranging from the repair and maintenance of cinema projectors for the Education Department to the fabrication by electric welding and the erection of floating boring rigs for the Port Works Office.
118. The delay in delivery of numerous stock indents for spares for vehicles and mechanical plant forwarded to the Crown Agents coupled with the rapidly ageing state of the majority of the vehicles and plant, necessitated an increasing amount of manufacturing work having to be carried out in the workshop. No new machine tools ordered from the United Kingdom arrived but a number of old second hand lathes and other machine tools obtained from the Japanese reparation shipments were recondi- tioned and placed in service to cope with the heavy demands for this type of work.
119. Further progress was made in combining the functions of the former Electrical Office and Transport Office in order to reduce as much as possible the overlapping of duties. The problem was not completely overcome due to lack of a combined
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