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APPENDIX No. IA-contd.

ABSTRACT of ENGINEERING EXPENDITURE, year ended 31 March 1925-contd.

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TOTAL Cost of Repair of Stores in Post Office Factories..£ 16,976(0) 218,096(0)

2,660 (0)

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(k) The work undertaken during the year was rather less than anticipated. The saving on bonus accounted for 21,5001. (1) Unexpectedly large quantities of telegraph, telephone and protective apparatus were condemned during the year. (m) Increased expenditure was incurred owing to (1) heavy storms (65,0001.), and (2) additional work necessitated by the rapid expansion of the telephone service (78,000l.). The excess would have been greater but for the saving on bonus (23,0007.). (n) The reduction of the estimate by 16,000l. in 1924-25 proved to be excessive.

(0) Less repair work was undertaken than anticipated, and the saving on bonus accounted for 2,000.

APPENDIX No. II.

STATEMENT SHOWING RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF ENGINEERING STORES, year ended 31 March 1925.

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* Includes Stores value 1,250,0001. charged to Suspense Head of the Telephone Capital Account.

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POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS (TELEPHONIC SYSTEM).

See also Report of Comptroller and Auditor General.

AN ACCOUNT of the RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS by the POSTMASTER-GENERAL under the Telegraph Acts, 1892-1907, the
Telephone Transfer Acts, 1911, and the Telegraph (Money) Acts, 1913-1924.

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39,877 17 10

phone Company's

Plant, etc.

12,121,083

12,121,083

9,724,208 6 953,055,800 14 4 62,780,009 1 1

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Expenditure on

Works, etc.

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Expenditure on

Stores not yet allocated (Suspense Head)

1,250,000

1,250,000

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£9,940,009 1 166,426,883 14 476,151,092

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166,426,883 14

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* In addition to this sum, receipts amounting to 518., being the proceeds of the sale of old materials on sites purchased out of Telephone Moneys, were received and brought to account by the Office of Works.

In the following cases claims against contractors for liquidated damages for delay in completing contracts were abandoned, with Treasury
sanction:-75 cases under Post Office contracts, 106,5251. 2s. 5d.; 3 cases under Office of Works contracts, 5201. 1s. 4d.; total, 107,0451. 3s. 9d.
The increased cost to public funds due to contractors' delay in these cases is estimated at 4,4611. -s. ld.

The material used for plastering a Repeater Station at Derby proved to be defective through no fault of the contractor, and unproductive
expenditure of 6007. was incurred in replacing the defective plaster. In addition, the sum of 501. 8s. was paid to the contractor for extra cost, due
to delay caused by Post Office difficulties in connexion with tenders for the power plant.

Sums amounting to 1047. 18s. 7d. were paid to three contractors for extra expense incurred through unforeseen difficulties or undue prolonga-
tion of work additional to the main contract.

Land and buildings to the value of 2,7501. for use as a District Manager's office were transferred to the Postmaster-General from the
Commissioners of Works without payment.
Advances from the Civil Contingencies Fund on Telephone Capital Account were made and repaid during the year (£530,000).
General Post Office,

30 November 1925.

H. N. Bunbury, Accounting Officer.

I have examined the above Account. I have obtained all the information and explanations that I have required, and I certify, as the result of
my audit, that in my opinion the above Account is correct.
Malcolm G. Ramsay, Comptroller and Auditor General.

1924-25.

STATEMENT OF EXCESSES.

A STATEMENT of SUMS required to be VOTED in order to make good EXCESSES on certain GRANTS for CIVIL SERVICES for the Year ended 31st March, 1925.

Three Hundred and Eighty-seven Thousand One Hundred and Four Pounds Nine Shillings and Seven Pence.

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4th March, 1926.

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