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Salaries charged in

Expenditure on Public Works.

Govt. Buildings, exclusive of Gaol & Police Stations.

Years.

Total.

Total.

Appendix L.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

Statement of Salaries, Expenditure, &c., for the Years 1878, 1883, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896.

Communications from Colonial Secretary.

Letters despatched,

Exclusive of Notices, Permits, Certificates, &c., issned under Building and Water Works Ordinances, and occupation of Crown Land by Squatters.

Cost of

Repair of

Roads.

Pay Sheets.

Pay List.

Recurrent.Extraordinary

No.

Cost of Repair.

Separate

Papers.

References. Official to Govt. Departments.

Miscellaneous.

*

1878,

36,113

5,504

41,617

142,022

142,022

37

11,560

22,660

153

No register

190

556

1883.

38,216

5,477

(1) 43,693

1888,

40,258

8,265

48,523

Included

in Extraor-

dinary.

Approx.

kept.

258,044 | (1) 258.044

61

16,213

30,000J

266

342

254

493

401,383

401,383

68

25,102

40,381

167

374

260

369

1891,

73,166

12,960

86,126

93,297 | (2) 358,099 | (2) 451,396

102

(4) 24,506 | (4) 38,209

:

:

1892,

73,978

15,312

89,290 | (3) 166,718 | (2) 402,704 |(2,3)569,422

106

93,981,

40,246

:

1893, (5)

72,329

Nil.

72,329 (3) 149,669 (2,6) 204,040 (2,3) 353,709

107

24,762

40,355

573

1,122

433

922

1894,

70,616

Nil.

70,616

177,277

271,553

448,830

108

21,371

39,758

782

1,201

351

655

1895,

(7) 73,518

1,538

75,056

213,510

201,536 (8) 415,046

110

29,991

36,216

1,022

1,779

649

655

1896,

(7) 69,041

1,909

70,950

238,786

186,979 | (8) 422,765

108

42,969

* 40,953

844

1,471

761

705

FRANCIS A. Cooper, Director of Public Works.

(1) These figures are exclusive of expenditure on Taitam Water Works. All charges in connection therewith including supervision being charged direct to the Vote. (2) Exclusive of Expenditure on Praya Reclamation Works,

(3) In and since 1892, the cost of Gas and Electric Lighting for the City of Victoria and Kowloon has been charged to Annual Recurrent Works.

(4) Prior to 1890 it was usual to obtain special votes for the repair of storm damages during every Summer.

(5) The extension of the Water Works necessitated additional expenditure.

(6) The falling off in the expenditure on Extraordinary Public Works in 1893 is accounted for to some extent by the Officers' time being taken up in the preparation of Plans, &c., for Govern- ment Office Extension, Slaughter-House, Pig and Sheep Depôts, Government Stores, Kowloon Water Works, Water supply Aberdeen and Shaukiwan, Sewerage of the Eastern District of the City of Victoria, Gaol Extension, Naval and Military Reclamation, and the proposal to stop the Praya Rclamation Works.

In 1892 the offices of Surveyor General and Resident Engineer Water and Drainage Department were amalgamated under the title of Director of Public Works at the Salary previously attached to the office of Surveyor General alone. The present systems of Store Accounting and General Accounting were first introduced into the Department.

(7) Exclusive of Exchange Compensation-$19,017.41 (1895)—$8,341.98 (1896.)

(8) Exclusive of Crown Agents' Accounts.

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