Tientsin. Consul-General's, Vice-Consul's and Assistants' Houses and offices (two sites). The British Concession generally. Tsinanfu.-Consul's residence and offices. Tsingtao.-Consul's House and offices. Wuchow. Consul's House, Constable's quarters and offices. constructed :-Residences for Ambassador, three Counsellors, five Secretaries, quarters for students, writers, &c., with other buildings. Chemulpo.-Vice-Consul's House and offices. Dairen.-Consur's House and offices. Fusan.-Consul's House and offices. Hakodate.-Vice-Consul's House and offices. Kobé. Site. Nagasaki.-Consul's and shipping clerk's houses and offices. Seoul. Consul-General's and Vice-Consul's Houses, Constable's quarters and gaol Shimenoseki.-Offices and shipping clerks' residences. Tamsui.—Consul’s residence, offices, Constable's and boatmen's quarters and gaol. Yokohama. Five sites-all Temporary offices rebuilt. buildings destroyed in earthquake. SIAM. Bangkok.-Minister's, Consuls and Vice-Consul's Houses, Vice-Consul's, students' and Clerks' quarters and offices. Chiengmai.-Consul's House and offices. Small sanatorium. Nakawn-Lampang (Lakhon).-Vice-Consul's Residence and offices. Nan.-Ditto. Phré.-Ditto. Senggora.-Ditto. INDO-CHINA. Saigon.-House about to be erected (Consulate-General.) Y Vote. APPENDIX No. 4. PAPER forwarded by Sir Lionel Earle, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G. OFFICE OF WORKS. Classification of the Provision under the Furniture Subheads of Votes accounted for by the Office of Works, 1926. 888888888 £ £ £ મ 930 80 495 30 745 Gardens. £ Equip- £ 4 300 750 1,850 17,135 16,887 24,130 131,049 17,695 10,606 17,435 9,200 39,768 22,700 289,470 APPENDIX No. 5. PAPER forwarded by Sir Lionel Earle, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G. The site was vacant and was acquired in the financial year 1925-26 for £6,000. It was let to an Amusement Contractor from 20th February-27th March, 1926, for £15, and for a further period from 30th July, 1926, to 25th March, 1927, at £20 per month. The total cost of Site and Building is estimated at £23,500, and a sum of £6,000 to enable the building work to be commenced has been included in the Estimates for 1927-28. Tenders have not yet been invited. APPENDIX No. 6. LETTER from Sir Lionel Earle, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G. DEAR SIR, OFFICE OF WORKS. INTERVIEWS WITH UNEMPLOYED JUVENILES. (Qs. 825-827.) April, 1927. At my recent attendance before the Committee I was asked by Major Isidore Salmon whether it would be practicable for unemployed juveniles to be interviewed during holiday periods at school centres instead of at Employment Exchanges. As the matter was one for the Ministry of Labour, I placed the suggestion before them, and have now received the enclosed reply. The Clerk, Select Committee on Public Accounts, Yours truly, House of Commons. ENCLOSURE. 1. The suggestion has been made that unemployed juveniles should be interviewed during the holiday periods at school centres instead of at Employment Exchanges. It is assumed that the object is to provide for juveniles being dealt with away from the Employment Exchanges, and to make this provision as cheaply as possible by using school premises which would otherwise be unoccupied. 2. Even if it were established that it was desirable to make separate provision for juveniles in this way, it is difficult to see what advantage would lie in a scheme which could only apply during certain limited periods of the year. The scheme would also be expensive. Apart from the cost of hiring the special accommodation required from the local Education Authorities, while the normal accommodation for juveniles at the Exchange was standing idle, the separation of this special part of the work from the ordinary work of the Exchanges, even if it were practicable, would involve duplication of records and equipment and would seriously interfere with the economical organisation and supervision of staff This consideration would apply specially to the division of Unemployment Insurance work. 3. There are other practical difficulties. For instance, there would be considerable inconvenience to employers notifying vacancies, by the periodic change of location and telephone number of the Juvenile Department. They would tend to use the Exchange system less, and this in turn would re-act on the number of juvenile applicants. The juveniles and their parents would also find the change confusing. 4. It might be added that under present arrangements, as far as school-leaving juveniles are concerned, the greater part of the advisory work and the general work preliminary to registering the boy or girl for employment is, wherever possible, already carried out by the Department at the school during the school-leaving term, and that in such cases only the final arrangements for placing are made at the Exchange. 5. In the circumstances it is considered that no real advantage would follow the adoption of the suggestion, but that there would be very real practical difficulties. APPENDIX No. 7. PAPER forwarded by Sir Lionel Earle, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G. OFFICE OF WORKS. STATIONERY OFFICE, HARROW. (Qs. 871-877.) EXTENSION OF PRINTING PRESS. The growth of the work incidental to the printing of the Post Office Telephone Directory involved the practical duplication of the printing and binding machinery and, therefore, the provision for further accommodation at Harrow became an urgent necessity. HEATING. The sum of £3,277 11s. 5d. was expended in providing a new heating installation in the year 1923-24. This scheme allowed for the ultimate extension of the system to the Compositors' Rooms, but this work was not carried out until later, as the Stationery Office preferred for the time being to provide heating by means of a boiler and circulating pipes which were in the building when taken over by the Department, supplemented by the use of Stoves. When the boiler reached the term of its life, the heating system, already installed in the machine rooms, was extended to the composing rooms, at an estimated cost of £1,200. 61421 Y 2. NEW ROADS. The roads giving access to the Paper Store, Boiler House and Loading Pavilion, were merely clinker tracks and entirely unfitted for the heavy traffic resulting from the development of work at Harrow, and it became a matter of urgent necessity to lay down properly constructed roadways. In addition to the new roads, the main approach road was reconstructed and the drainage system overhauled as part of the general scheme of work. The cost of the New Roads was charged to New Works, the other items of the programme being treated as maintenance charges. APPENDIX No. 8. PAPER forwarded by Sir Lionel Earle, K.C.B., K.O.V.O., C.M.G. OFFICE OF WORKS. BOARD OF CONTROL: WARWICK STATE INSTITUTION. ALTERATIONS TO CHAPLAIN'S HOUSE. (Qs. 884-893.) In view of the pressure at Rampton State Institution it became necessary to provide accommodation at Warwick to house 12 additional female patients and four staff, and the Chaplain's house was adapted for this purpose. The Buildings at Warwick are still in occupation and are likely to be so for some time to come. |
