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Approximate Estimate — continued. Particulars. Amounts. Totals. Brought forward ... £ 8. d. £ s. d. 87,105 5 H Ballast— 2,000 cubic yards per mile, for 46 i- miles, 94,300 cubic yards, at 2s. Permanent Way — Sleepers, totara, manuka, Goa or black pine, 84" x 8"x 4J", 2,000 per mile, at 2s. Rails, 40 lbs. to lineal yard, 63 tons per mile, at £8 10s. Fishplates, Millarian-Palliser bolts and nuts, fang bolts and spikes, &§ tons per mile, at £10 12s. 6d. Sleeper-fixing, plate-laying, &c, 1760 yards, at9d. ... 200 0 0 9,430 0 0 535 10 0 61 2 0 66 0 0 Permanent way per mile ... 862 12 0 46| miles Permanent "Way, at £SG2 12s. per mile ... Turntables, points, switches, 10 sidings, guard rails, water tanks, buffer springs run-outs at Oamaru and Moeraki, semaphores, and gradient indicators, &c, 40,110 18 3,000 0 0 0 Fencing — Whole line, less tunnels, bridges, viaducts, sidings, and places otherwise provided for, 88 miles, = to 7,040 lineal chains, at 25s. 43,110 18 0 8,800 0 0 Crossings — Public level-crossings and gates, accommodation gates, £100 per mile on. trunk, line, 40 miles Station Buildings. — Oamaru Station and Booking Office Kakanui, Herbert, Hampden, Port Moeraki, £250 ... Six Roadside Stations—Platforms and Shelter Sheds, at £83 6s. 8d. Goods and Engine Shod, Oamaru and Moeraki, £500 4,000 0 0 1,000 1,000 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 0 0 3,500 0 0 Rolling Stock — Three " F;iirlie " Locomotives One pair Yertebrated Gemini Engines, with central buffers ... Two Composite Carriages, 1st and 2nd Class One " Fairlie" Double Bogie Carriage, to accommodate 60 Passengers One Express Carriage ... . Two Guards'Brake Vans Two Horse Boxes (with double stalls) Ten Goods Waggons (open platform) Ten Goods Waggons (dwarf sides) Ten Goods Waggons, covered Ten Cattle Vans Ten Sheep Vans Boiling Stock for 46-J- miles, at £300 per mile 13,950 0 0 Contingencies, 10 per cent. Engineering Expenses, 5 per cent. ... 169,894 16,989 9,344 3 8 3 84 7 Total Expenditure for 46 miles 1450 chains, length of Trunk Line Or a proportional cost per mile of ... £4,249 1 G £196,227 15 0 J. Mi Dunedin, 9th September, 1871. illae, F.S.A., Consulting Railway Engineer. General Summaey. Earthwork Tunnels Bridges Viaducts £ 8. d. 47,968 5 H 14,476 0 0 7,884 0 0 8,150 0 0 Carried forward 78,478 5 H