English Translation

93a) the budget was approved as it had been drawn up by us. A certain uncertainty still arose because of the newly fixed amount of the rent levy, since the price formation office of the Reichsprotektor could not at first decide to give its approval to this increase immediately. Nevertheless, at the moment this matter is also in good way. I do not think it is necessary to stress that all German concerns, as in recent years, have received a generous consideration this time too. The fact that German performance in urban procurement is becoming more and more effective is best reflected in some figures relating to the year 1994l. Consequently, of all work carried out by the city in the year 194l, 15.65 % in the first quarter, 14.1% in the second quarter, 12.50 % in its third quarter. and in the fourth quarter 27.63 percent, thus an annual average of 17.47% to German companies. This clearly assumes that the Germans were allocated almost six times the amount of deliveries from the city, to which they would have a claim according to their mere head count. Thus, our expectations of the year l939 were not only met, but considerably exceeded. The situation of urban finance is closely linked to the reorganisation which has been taking place more intensively since the last few months, as its final result is primarily that of simplifying the operations and thus reducing the use of forces. On the l.Jänner l942, two decisive advances have already been made in the spirit of the reorganization. First, the existing magistrate services were transformed into mere branches, to which the civil, industrial and financial agenda was withdrawn in favour of the central offices. As there is a lack of suitable rooms to accommodate the financial departments at the tax office, the conversion will not be possible until 1 April on this special offer. Against this, the business law and the scripting agenda has already been concentrated. Secondly, the group Vohnungswesen was also rebuilt on 1/l.1942 in a sense that it was 5335 chiv