He gave a talk to senior officers in Government on staff training, toured the Crown Lands and Survey Office and held discussions with senior staff in the Public Works Department on survey methods and organization.
1.27. Other visitors included Mr. James K. CARR, Under-Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Mr. A. D. GRAHAM, Secretary of the City and Guilds of London Institute; Sir Robert MATTHEW, Past President of the Royal Institute of British Architects; Mr. S. R. SIMPSON, Land Tenure Adviser of the Ministry of Overseas Development; Mr. H. S. STEPHENSON, H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries and Professor D. F. ORCHARD, Professor of Highway Engineering of the University of New South Wales.
## ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
Government Architect:
J. C. CHARTER, A.A.Dip., A.R.I.B.A.
Assistant Government Architect:
J. T. MALLORIE, A.R.I.B.A., A.M.T.P.I.
## GENERAL
2.01. The Architectural Office is responsible for the control of the Government building programme. Most of the work is designed and supervised by the staff of the office but, in view of the size of the programme, it is necessary to engage private architects and quantity surveyors for a number of projects.
2.02. Maintenance of Government owned buildings and buildings leased by the Government, numbering 1,850, is the responsibility of the Maintenance Division of the Office.
2.03. The total Architectural Office staff numbered 550. All work was carried out on contract and expenditure on new works amounted to $200,100,000. This was made up of $119,700,000 on Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing; $41,500,000 on general projects undertaken by the office; $38,900,000 on Government building projects undertaken by private architects and $1,110,000 on works carried out from funds received as a result of the World Refugee Year. A further sum of $7,650,000 was spent on maintenance and alterations, $1,751,000 on typhoon damage and $1,068,000 on works carried out for other departments. A graph of expenditure for the last ten years is shown on page 6.
He gave a talk to senior officers in Government on staff training, toured the Crown Lands and Survey Office and held discussions with senior staff in the Public Works Department on survey methods and organiza- tion.
1.27. Other visitors included Mr. James K. CARR, Under-Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Mr. A. D. GRAHAM, Secretary of the City and Guilds of London Institute; Sir Robert MATTHEW, Past President of the Royal Institute of British Architects; Mr. S. R. SIMPSON, Land Tenure Adviser of the Ministry of Overseas Development; Mr. H. S. STEPHENSON, H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries and Professor D. F. ORCHARD, Professor of Highway Engineering of the University of New South Wales.
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
Government Architect:
J. C. CHARTER, A.A.Dip., A.R.I.B.A.
Assistant Government Architect:
J. T. MALLORIE, A.R.I.B.A., A.M.T.P.I.
GENERAL
2.01. The Architectural Office is responsible for the control of the Government building programme. Most of the work is designed and supervised by the staff of the office but, in view of the size of the pro- gramme, it is necessary to engage private architects and quantity surveyors for a number of projects.
2.02. Maintenance of Government owned buildings and buildings leased by the Government, numbering 1,850, is the responsibility of the Maintenance Division of the Office.
2.03. The total Architectural Office staff numbered 550. All work was carried out on contract and expenditure on new works amounted to $200,100,000. This was made up of $119,700,000 on Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing; $41,500,000 on general projects under- taken by the office; $38,900,000 on Government building projects under- taken by private architects and $1,110,000 on works carried out from funds received as a result of the World Refugee Year. A further sum of $7,650,000 was spent on maintenance and alterations, $1,751,000 on typhoon damage and $1,068,000 on works carried out for other depart- ments. A graph of expenditure for the last ten years is shown on page 6
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