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schedule for distances beyond four miles to provide for a zoning of mileage. As
regards distances up to four miles the Tribunal approved the form but pointed out
that it was not bound to give different monetary values to each break of a third
of a mile. The general effect is to leave the schedule in such a form as to enable
the Tribunal to consider the Council's suggestions when the companies' proposals
as to the amounts of the standard fares are submitted.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
ACCOUNTS AND STATISTICS.
Memorandum by the Comptroller of the Council (Mr. C. D. Johnson) relating
to the Housing Accounts for the Year 1923-24.
These accounts are prepared in advance of the Annual Accounts of the Council
for the year ending 31st March, 1924. In order that they may be ready for presentation
to the Council by the time appointed, it has been necessary to insert certain
provisional figures which will be subject to adjustment in the final accounts as
prepared for audit.
The accounts furnish a comprehensive statement of the financial results of
the Council's operations under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1890 to
1923 (Clearance of unhealthy areas and rehousing under Parts I. and II., and housing
under Part III. of the Act of 1890), and of rehousing under various Street Improvement,
etc., Acts. They are divided into three main sections, distinguishing primarily
between the schemes carried out by the Council prior to the Act of 1919, which
are designated Non-assisted Schemes, and the Assisted Schemes under the Acts of
1919 and 1923, respectively. Each section is further sub-divided between clearance
schemes and dwellings.
The "Clearance Schemes "sub-sections of the accounts cover only the acquisition
and clearance of unhealthy areas. The "Working-class dwellings" sub-sections
deal with the dwellings. The capital accounts of dwellings erected in pursuance
of an obligation to rehouse persons displaced include only the "housing value"
of the sites used, the balance of the cost of acquiring and clearing the land being
regarded as part of the cost of the Clearance or Improvement Scheme. The capital
accounts of the dwellings on estates under Part III. of the Act (schemes to provide
accommodation for persons of the working classes, apart from displacements)
include the whole cost of the sites. The difference in treatment is necessary in
order to set out clearly the financial results of the Council's management of the
dwellings as such, i.e., apart from other considerations, dwelling under Parts I. and
II. of the Act and under Improvement Acts representing compulsory provision
for rehousing on sites which may be unsuitable from a commercial point of view,
whereas the Council's action under Part III. (until the passing of the 1919 Act) was
voluntary.
A.—Non-Assisted Schemes.
This section comprises the accounts of schemes carried out by the Council
without financial assistance from the State. With one exception (Calverley House,
provided to rehouse persons displaced from property acquired by Education Committee
for a school site), the whole of the non-assisted dwellings were erected prior
to the enactment of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919. The section
includes all schemes, whether for a clearance of unhealthy areas or for the erection
of dwellings and, as regards the latter, whether they have been erected under the
provisions of the Housing Acts, or to provide the rehousing accommodation required
by Acts authorising street improvements and other works.