Cost Of Construction

Sir R. CLOUGH
asked the Minister of Health if, taking a comparison between the cost of building a State-subsidised house in 1919 and in June, 1922, respectively, he can state the percentages of decreased outlay in respect of each item of cost making up the aggregate?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Fall in labour rates would represent                                                                                                                                           |
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|Fall in prices of materials would represent                                                                                                                                    |
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|Balance to give the actual fall in tender prices, which includes reduction in cost of plant and other overhead charges, profit, remuneration, and the value of increased output|
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|Total reduction                                                                                                                                                                |
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The information available does not enable further sub-division to be made with accuracy between the reductions due to impaired output, decreased profit and lower overhead charges.