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T. H. HOUGHTON. 



country towns, those having works under municipal control 

 having in 1914 realised a gross profit after paying manage- 

 ment expenses of £19,037 on a loan expenditure of about 

 £122,000, ample to cover interest and depreciation. 



The progress of the public supply of electricity has been 



even greater than that of gas, the following figures supplied 



by the General Manager of the City Council's works 



showing : — 



1904 1916- 



Capital expended £151,894 ... £2,860,000 



Gross revenue £4,060 ... £434,000 



Units of electricity sold per annum 257,499 ... 63,593,900 



Total load connected equivalent 



to 60 Watt lamps ... 16,850 ... 1,223,000 



HP. of motors connected ... 451 ... 44,100 



Average revenue per unit sold in pence 3 f 06 ... 1*90 



The Electric Light and Power Corporation's returns are 



on a similar, but smaller scale, being : — 



1910 1916 



Gross revenue £5,589 ... £51,000 



Units of electricity sold per annum 400,000 ... 5,000,000' 



HP. of motors 506 ... 6,000 



Total load connected, equivalent 



to 60 Watt lamps 13,300 ... 160,000 



The electricity supply works controlled by Councils in 

 country towns made in 1914 an aggregate gross profit of 

 £13,835, the loan expenditure having been about £138,000. 



The large expenditure on water supply and sewerage 

 amounting to £16,302,146, for works completed to June 



30th, 1916 :— 



Water. " Sewerage. 



Sydney £7,192,472 ... 6,114,072 



Newcastle 592,880 ... 400,351 



Country Towns 1,664,058 .. 338,313 



9,449,410 6,852,736 



