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II.
Drinking-water and sewage works and works for the canalisation or rivers and
estuaries are carried out by inclusive contracts, for which public tenders are invited.
Works for the protection of towns and villages are carried out for the Administration by
the engineers of the Department. All works are executed under the direct supervision
of the Hydraulics Department of the General Directorate of Public Works.
III.
During 1929, 1930 and 1931, the works carried out were borne on the extraordinary
budget, which was financed by foreign loans.
During 1932 and 1933, most of the works were borne on the ordinary budget, funds
for the remaining works being furnished in virtue of special laws designed to combat
unemployment, the application of which was made possible by means of internal loans.
In 1934, the works will be borne on the ordinary budget of the Republic.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE.
Works carried out from 1929 to Date.
Since 1929, the Department of Architecture has put in hand the construction of a
large number of public buildings and the extension or partial reconstruction of others
which were occupied and in use.
The total cost of these works amounts to 105,083,737 dollars, distributed as follows :
Dollars
Materials 42,02^,404
Eabour 59>897>730
Application of social legislation 3,152,513
A sum of 84,495,234 dollars has been expended on the buildings which have been
completed; of this sum, 33,798,093 dollars was expended on materials, 48,162,283 dollars
on labour and 2,534,858 dollars on the application of social legislation.
The total cost of repairs to important buildings and new works on premises already
in use amounts to 20,588,503 dollars; the amount expended on materials being
8,235,401.9 dollars, on labour 11,735,446 dollars and on the application of social legis¬
lation 617,656 dollars.
Particulars of the sums expended on new works, classified according to the nature
of the various services, are given below :
Dollars
Buildings for various public administrative services. . 37)674,551
Schools and educational establishments 43,808,562
Police barracks 4,791,601
Swimming-pools 5,603,912
Stadia 1,709,249
Courts of Justice and prisons 8,700,799
Fruit depots, packing-house, etc 970,277
Communal dwelling for workmen 1,824,786
The chief buildings constructed since 1929 are as follows : Premises for a Ministry,
consisting of fourteen stories and three basements and covering 19,953.31 square metres;